The National Register. — London, England, 1818-06-01 00:00:00

c;o WI DIMDAY. U ‘NK RESTRICIION. • 7 The tad of SHATTNIIBUIttr neared the third reading of the Bank Restriction 111(1 The Eat or iu E.anamk rode to inove an intendment. the substance of !veil Was, after tietting forth the at•te of the debt due be Government to the Bank.which he described Laing. In the first place, twelbe millions and a half. with * subsequent increase of eight millions, that the Reim ietion on the Bank shunt .1 be coo itmed until the sinoset of the doses. meet d e b t •bnutd liM reduced to the rate to *bids it along at tl.s time of the first stoopage of cash paynseuta at the Bank. The Motion of the Noble Earl was negatived without a di- Alter a few observations front Lord Kiug, the Hill was read the third time and pissed. SI'.VF OP THE PRISONS. The nal:lsisa LANIUDOW4II wished to give not:ce of a Motion on asithject of so lunch importance, that he could not stiffer the stsrioat to close withent e:itlins their Lordships' vie tietil.ir attention to it. 'it was connected with the state ut the pr *onos in the different prisons in the country g and, with a b ie s e of hi inging the metier fully before their Lordships, he ' , spotlit on Wednesday Next, move for an Address to the Crown on the snbjeet. EDUCATION OF THE POOR BILL. Lord Rosilyon - u - s;;c1 the commitment of this HO. His Lordship rret iced his Motion by going ir sortie length into a review of the state of the public charities of the country, and raiding unt the necessity of a particular inquiry into with s view of their (awl , 'setae applied according to the im itation of the orlaitial foundations. The 1.4/110 CMANCELLOII said, th.it in his opinion the of p raline, of the proposed Bid would be el a stvei injurious to the eh :t at:4llle institutions of the country, end though he had the highest reepect for the talent, integrity, and views of those who orated the measure, yet he could by no mean. agree with them, is the anode in which they wist.ed to tarry their object into ethet. There way one thing which would carer sirily irstilt from this Bill, which, in his opinitio, part.rillarly objectionable. It went to appoint Covurniesioneis for aii Aigniry into all charities, hut thee wet/ . some of tine • which rs placed by the founder leyniod such _jurisdiction, by having. according to the wishes of the originals:owl's, particular perinns to wbesu the saatiagemeut and disposal of the fund- w ere particularly vested. Now. if any man were to leave his propetty, find no doubt any person might leave it for what lavrfel purpose he thoneist first, and order j!a being disposed in not way which he :liought Naas proper, and tu apeoiiii the Bishop of a partielar place, or Lie head of a particular College, to ur the goers leo ..•,‘ ivacen, or v isitnrtsol his inititutionio established, lie (the •id Canceller) Stwold say es a lawyer, stint iii inch case 111 e WOlllllOOl interfere in tut maim/v.llloin without ♦ere str.in! gionntli. He would not iier. discus., ill. fies. tioll .1 , to the rich► or pow. ref gather hon•a of Parhunient so lin. I ., •re, but he 10 guava •gait,.; toe prece dent of breaking •iow.i ;he uy whieb all such Owl in•ii.titinns were r►gulated. It had been waidohat several ciao. .i•hools were endowed. in which there were as :be present Jay, rex or none of these for whom the charity was ; ghat that WAS not the Wilt of the tru •tees or maw sets 011111'or , V 1 41. 0 11 it was oecasioge.l by a tail/sun of iiii prese,ll ita%•..f sending rhilitien is sises and bey. us to piiithe setninure.i. and it clindien were kept away tiom those free schism., tile bia .se enuti not be said to rest with the trust. es. The Noblia and I. armed Loud then couteildect, ui..t tholighl eft LUIS ,1101 ••as..ei down to the Bill loi the rs'penst $ ut the Cattlutts.ctui , ers, the cost wool Ibe forty blest• Kreatet. Bs.t th" vilic.v..sobjeettou hr had a the Bat was, heel U did not Stair •• hut was to or the ultimo' e ouj• c. of thi s inquiry b) the Comini•si n. ri, alit/ until that was avowed, be could not gist his 'nine eonviirs mice to , tie mrilruie. "WV , ' .101.1.AXM :Milt he would nut proceed to answer the abses of the Noble and Li:gilled 1,91 d, for he cmierived t h e ~••t at the,u weir setae of the question. I•be Bill was MOt, as he hail said. to decide upon auy of tile abil•fli whisk existed but to tale iv what extent they did exist. It was nut • Bill ageiast the trusters of charittes--that wee a total mistake ; it v... 10 e lino the state of eitseatiun iu the connti y what funds wets oppiirable to that great object. and also to know how those funds Were applied. Up . less this vse,e done, it wo 1,1 lie impossible fur Parlistatient to firing forwlird soy reiliedy for the abuses which were at - hOOWlrilio Jto rust. The Noble Los d then eonteni • ed that the Par naturist lead a clear right to make such an inquiry, for it w 46 a peiliciple.diat every mass who held auy pa one 1111.1, ought to oreount for the moaner in which he executed that trust. Lord Itaatonat.s coatooded, that the hill would be pro. dnctive ol a arestAleol of evil w.thout any one real gund• V..J.r 111.1 W Cil emustanceo, he you'd not consent to going lat.) thv n,itt re. . . Lot dCsit Alt vow supported the Bill. Their LordAtiii.s then divided—Fur going into the Cons + millet, it,s--Majority fur going into the Com., itt r, v. . . . . Lord LivERPOOL proposed • clause, that the power of the Coniinissioneis should be restricted to an inquire into Omni. ties estahli.liiid foe the educatioa of the poor. This was put auditelei.fl to. Neveriil other Bills were then forwarded thressit their re spectivestagy:•, •nd ihe lit tibe :Opt,' med. .111111.11 DAY• The Royal Assent by Ciirtimi.s:on was given to the Irish Paper 1)11 1 1r5, the bt . I mA' Stuve Trade Treaty, the Irish YrOtsian. y that 11 i.h 'Tenantry Reerilation, the Great Yarrow Lands, the Engl. sh yaiworr Fisheries, the Kidweliy liar final , and a ft:Huber 4.1 utl:er Bats, ',Tat or i1f111411 . . Cotunii3 , loffer3 were the A i havilup of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor and the Earl or MIMI< NU ry. The Duke of Kent's Annuity Bili was read the third time and passed. It was then soul to the Commons. the Chief Baron liseaards and Mr. Juat.cr Bayley befog the ruessen. gers for that purpose. The Pariah Vtvii res, the Fever Hospital, and the Laboori-iii . Wages Bills, were read the third time and paint O. Their to,dnhips adjourtied to Saturday. BaTuItDAY. The Royal Assent au given by Commission tO serail pabta sad Frivate Bills—Adjourned. - 4 HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDA , MAY 245. ThP rn , /her coosioictotivo of 1,. Report of the Settlemen cr do 1 our itlik 1111.111 , 11 vi I. S. Bout nt (14) gist so °ppm 11ts.11) of tut tht tog.u.it flog the bobjet:), posliroot till I. I. ...am,. .1 ~ , r k.c1111.111111, , GO the C..tiety Tiade HAI, a elause was p VI; () , V.i Ns • A 441141414 W sod. Luhviag rat its object to THE NATIONAL REGISTER p, even' p ,r•nauuithe ..nnury fromnttixal_theword '•l d.)11" 0 I earli.ry Walt ni.ide out of i've nietropoliv. It %yak ad.!, di() the Rill M. WEBBER moved to P7CtPO(I the MAI rifter A t relative to the couti.lets under at !,etirs ut ay.ze to Itel.ind.—Leave wee given. The Bill iv..s then brought in, and read a first time. Mr. BROUGHAM moved for an sceoant of all monks, re craved by the Crown under the will of S. 'Nowlin'. He moved fur this, because he anderstood %bat this awn: load be. 120,0061. to elm i'gbie NAPA; but ny error in thaw ing oil the will, it camp nuttier the Morton& Art, acid emi.e. qiienth fell into the hands of the Crown. Hy toonght this money might I , e med.• available towards drfiaying the MK prnswis of the Commis/4cm appointed to engstre into the state of the eh:11'1601 till tptsglootit the kingdom. The Motion ass agreed to.—Adjourued. Tuesone. DISSOLUTION OP PARLIAMENT. Mr. B a Vosiisatawit:llelio k;ow if;;Mrtht Rightilisnourable Gentleman (Mr. Vansittert), whether certain orders, tivru to persons connected with the redemption of the Laud Tits —which evidently related to the present period, whew a dis solution of Parliament was about to take place, and which had appeared in the public paper‘ —were sanctioned by his Majesty . 11 &overtimes% ? He conceded this transaction was seriousty etnitiected with the privileges of Parliament, stud he limited that he world receive an evi4dicit answer.—[No ail- SM9r being return" Mr Brougham alter a short 'tense, run wooed ealifll on the Right Houguratili Gentleman to state what authority had been etvea fur the letter witch hail been written by the surveyor to the assessor of the Land 'Tax, mod witch tied keen mdasrriously cis• enleted to sonic parts of the kingdom? fast letter, which lie had seen published 10 tne newspapers, and which tie believed to be authentic, -contained a direction to the assessor nut to proceed with the landmis assessments, till further orders. If such a trick as this were to tor permitted. a most undue in, doence would' be exerted at the general election. The Hill for ref/Mating the registry of die land tan haviut been thrown out, ruanyabustes -might lee effected ender the law its it now stood—and it appeared that some andtviduala actually had, contrary to the privileges of that House, Taken measures that would operate to -distranclrise certain voters. If the bushiest were not satisfactorily istpiained, he would rail the otsr•ers who had tutu acted beluic the House. The letter in guess lion was circulated through the county of Westmorland. 'The CHANCELLOR ul ilk.. EXCHEQUER was notawareofany orders of the uatore alluded tii having Orel. given. Mr. BROVOHAN waned spiet.ficalty to know, whether any orders fru it heal vat tees, had been 41,1'a to officer.? lie pot the question iredirect terms --because, it lie moved for A copy of the letter, siefore a could.ot received the di,se t o. lion would pi °imply wive Iwo ,Aare, as I Site opt %slum of the measure to disfranclitse a uu Ober of votiris would on ef fected. The CHANCELLOR of tile EXCHEQUER agtto stite.l, that he cotli not call to mind tile dianeialll4llo.l of any melt o thrs. Mr. BROUGHAM said. it was not satisfactory to him to aro the Clilucruor of the Exchequer ~tend up to itts pi4ce. end expire., A (1011 bi As to sorb o.dett. ha.lri Dtru g i. ca . .1 1 44 did Lie 11411 dru. feet torod , il h thq• rbitleady orbt to em, uoil iyegi Ii•IttNIIKIf4I of the Land fax to return *bat pe I AMP ibry pir•f.e4 . . The CHnifiahhon of the E.Cllllel/lIR said, the Instruc tions aivi a t., I, i• allotrii)l/14 Hilotiaa . 14.1/ stele folgla•dAly Ibitt of Ike L ids ul Ibr l re4Nl•l y, and, Sit Afelirseth try could not yell, etleci vet' (et um *s lauts erif* tottlietih. H.. Bito;GHAkt ocg3e.‘ ed. t...at it the ittler the aorl of 'hire of tne Lords of tut. Tir,.sury, tr. y, of course. must ue draft N.tu, Anil nut the otteeis runittetad with the Laud . laa. Me. I.I.4IIINSToti did not coercive that the letter would bear oat the inutroretatiou of the Lratnud Oriktirinkft. Ni t% W. W owls-said, that iu a ease so ut arty corm' (tied limb the privilege' Ut P.lll I lament. the .toper course 04:weeding was to 010 se lui the. dochnlent mina Motel!" Mr. BROUGH Aea obit' veil, that in ••uustgnroce of what had flues) flora Learned Frieud, whose attention to the peibi leeec ut Pa: uantent was so highly honourable to him, be phosild immediately move— •' Tuat there be laid before the House an account of any orders which have tire's issued by the Lords CollllollSlolletd ut the Treasury, retatie to the assessment of the Land Tait, within thr hot three muotlrs." Mr. P. Mum seconded the Motioo, *bleb be conceived to be absolutely necessary. At the p t period, wbeo a disoolotion ut Parliament was expected, every information relative to soy atteuipt to influence the right of voters, oagbt to lie laid Intone the Horse. Mr. W. Wits also concurred is the propriety of calling fur the doconieut to which his Learned Friend bad tolled their ittentivo. —The Simms was themagreed to. LOT MMES. !The Cuaticat.s.on of the &mailman then moved for the third redoing of the Lotter t Rill. Mr. LVT/LICTON regretted that his fretiveat attempt to impress upou the House and the Right Huu. (lentleinan, the iniquity and impolicy of the Lottery system, had hitherto Leto utterly yam, although i: was at/wit:sus the system struck at the fouudatious of morality and religion; in a political point of vier:, imposiog a tax on the credulity cta few dopes which ought us fairness to ee derived from g I sources of taxation, was discreditable to 16e character of a statesman. Instead of having recourse to such marawatarl shabby &fleas - tap!, over those who either could not calculate, or who d.ii not choose to tie couvioced of the madness el Oat kr expecte tious, the Right Hon. Cretins-IMM Filisithl have been the brat man, itattuumg from the religious principles be was known to profess, to couvrrt these Urlu,lyd petraOlka trans h etr pei!.. verses'. as of spirit, and point out to them the Miriam they out lit to avoid, or lialiet punishments propoi termed to Me ernmunlity of the parties implieating themselves in trausse titut v 4 ibis :Mime, allure Whit ever too he wratcheituess, want, and not untrequently iu acts et ites e riatiod-tAttri ail ntittluk that the rsiii mid, at compared will' previous Uwe, y Bills, some less otijectio. ate features, he moved that tin his. he read a third bust this day three mounts. Mr. PArthRIL vOtil'eased isotlaisig had given him greater ft girt ilUiing (hi Shutt time ce bail sat is that Howe, than Bit equei,l instances to a hitch I). ivetple. tit I cigiou sad lawn y writ aat•ti3rett to r%prilitcc). lis lies isistiksitt (lay weir Si:Will Its • ism C WOO* tit deli* mg hunt furor, %KW. lUtisrlir. hr rot.tittel tit (ituisel..slls lit 11. wu rmstaster, %tat 'Ake the rassissilltslktist ul a imuswiaii, wio tuts. Unveil a 1411 , e mite Su lice sut.Kiot a Militi;lls wk. ' 11! etit CI ill der tsue was tu sittlirk the tits vs ts.c t...5,t0.5.t iIIV VI site tit this un await Sat 11.14:1 , ea Cvs 1. ',owe ~r tl,e e„,- 1414 stauucbsupporless of Atirutitat.attuu. frithitt Geptientan had isoLited an ICe haranrams of _winch Ins ear wag pin•rei.tiLlr , hy isitrothirina once mil'. the 1)4'1.'1 . 611 acme of 1,0,:•.fv. 4t th, inninrol he Nrs futioJtog 41 ntini4,er or new clorehe.. Mr. I.OCIIIAPT rotild not see with nnh.it inatiee we could proceed to inlet on Benders heavy and o►ten e.ipital offence., which this speries of gaming not outra n led then. to coninsit. M.. Md. I ni,in Wooto earre.sed his fell mini/gins, that if t s r gi e bt lion. Oen(lt man opposite flit, ChAneirnor of the R‘el.egottr ) was 4Witi r Ut the evils %bleb liinLottery systria eneecdri rut, be would never think of a measure of this kind. He would not say that itlepal in-seances were rimed. nanee4 by the regular lie. lined offices ; bet it wan etri.iinly carried on by others. Indeed, there were open offices for at ►n Co- • vent Garden and N• wratn-street; one of thrui, hr was .be property of an officer in the customs. Mr. Lerri.ETon was not aware that his Hon. Friend who spoke last, meant to make aoy pointed rener venni) in favour of regnlarly licensed others—if stets were his intention, he (Mr. 1..) mast entirely differ freer hire; for, seat to the eon.- relor of the Haelirgiter, he brlieved thrill to be the greatest artitieers of fraud in the w►dle system. Isdeed they eound only rank neat to the worst characters. He had taken the p.tin to strike an ge of the chances is this plan of cheating, and be foiled that they were four and a ball to oat tbg.tioCt getting a •itinall prise, and about limb) to one against soy peri.nn getting a Lugs one. The whole system was ea. prehnonible. Mr. Alderman Wool) tip:allied. that be did not defend the reeetirly liernsed °Seen, fur he knew nothing shunt them— tie did happen to know of the illegal insinanees. • The House then divided, when the no:Minis were—For the Ilt:otion.49.—Against it, 14.—Majority in favour of 11,36..--- Ihr Bill was t►en read the third tine and passed.—Ad join-nod. •WIDNBtDAY. FINANCE. Mr. Ma Haut&i seeing the Chancellor of the Exchequer io tfu :dace, *auk' with to put a gut-alba to Wm, on the subject of Finance. Mr. Maheily said, that the an:unut of Exche quer Bills at Vic end •f the year, would be 44 &tuitions, and it was understood that the Chancellor tif the Eat - be/pier had aNserted, that there would he no funding nest year. • The CHANCELLOft of tilt EXCltiVitalt said, it ass true that there would be the amount oldie Exchequer Bills in circa/a• tinn which the Hon. Geotleinan had stated (including Us three millions lying In the Bank) or eselu-ive of that sum, fluty one minions. which, as the House well &turn, was aw amount very inuels less than the sem now in ciicelatiou, which to above fifty million'. That he had certaiuly said, that hair ing•funde d so tersely this year, be saw no wouahility of briar otitiged to Laud or to raise money by a loan next year, and be drew this e 0134111111011 from the great and increasing improve. .1 of the Revenue, which intpravemeot was going on at the tate of 100000. per meek, and from the plentifulness of the money market, and the genera) prosperity ut the trade and agr.culture of the country. It would tic improper in his saitatiuu for min In give a pletCte ; hut he might say, that he saw 110 prop4.loiiity of tiring obliged to resort to fonUitag Ite man Seat year. BANKRUPT LAWS. Mr. J. Sarni rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to al . er and emend the Bankrupt Lows. lie mated that tb• House could not but see the itupot taure of seittmeling to the lie would premise by reminciiug the House 4 .,t' nllll46'los of sonic Irartico aid expe!irocc.l men, Alt Basil blosstagu, , Mr. Cork, and Mr. Cull , n, wltt.tr information ua the subject could not be doubted, and stint all were of opt. . slim, ;hat aincntime. Lts and alterations vette requisite. la the seuttments of these welt informed men, hr would add that of the pleseitt Loris Chancellor, who, abut tly atter his ap poititment to that dignified office in ipl4,basing ocra•lou to rt mark un a ease which was bronehe before him, declared, that unless the Lour( would bold a /along liana over the Bask' rnpt Law, at adminiT•lesed in this couutry, it would in some measure attiord:outitebance to one of the greatest nuisaucoo existing amid the code 01 . law.. TheCcronowe, was of aih atom, that the Bankrupt Laws should ue extended to ad per• -suns engaged in trade, whose Joanna require that credit shout .1 be obtained, sad that it should ur per naitted 14i trailer,. believing themselves insolvent, to lodge wide the heel eta!, of Bankrupts a statement of their luso!. rue) ; for at was tai dent that soother mode should lie ailupted ditto mit trout, the present, by which a roan who was enufined for a t:rlit might procure bail for the amount, and after his filmdom:di might pay whatever creditor be chose. Another gr,evance was the want of care to secure the bankrupt's ttleeta. 11. kr messen ger was chosen by the solicitor of the bankrupt, usually from among the meanest of the community, and being generally fed with the servants of' the bankrupt, was not subject to the strictest regulations. He was by no means destruun of iia pntiug any blame. to the Commissioners, for he was surprised that antics! the different evils which (reel 'a helloed them they could proceed. What greater scene of confusion could be imagined than the plate where they were obliged to attend? 'lv obviate 'this grievance, the Committee thought an at raugement in Gaildliati necessary, or rather that a new build rag should he erected for the purpose of abut - cling a proper place for the Lull investigation lit these matte rs. Another great evil w as the want of power in the Lotuulissioinds to an nul illegal dents; Tot ifa debt was übce establish. doitilium,,h the illegal proofs weir clearly disclosed within five minute, atter, it was out of their power to prevent the payment of it. In comparison with the system of Shia eUVISIty, tilt state of :•coilsed, in relation to be• sequessratiou of the edicts of an insolvent debtor, might be said to be absolute pertee lion.— tespectable /timbers bt• the house had laboured mat 11 to effect so happy a change. Tim Cutuniittee had agreed that to all cases, except in farms of small &teepee , apa °et' sitmal rpitritee should be upt.isiuted, so bject howess r to the approbation of the Ctowrial.siOnrlS, %rut 10 take Into their custody an the paper, books, and securities beloivog to lire ba..krupt 'winch tuessute eutsid cot tail oh ben t ; p. (Albeit% 0 of very beneficial trends. Ahothea (Kum of kittl.urtance was the 11.1101,r1 of gusts lug cs I Cillir4trs, anti the gm eat Hobs rsuiu .. nun which was necessary. din Ise bturi.l nut Er, , 1 ,41.• too long un the ittrittion 01 llie House, by drtail.lig at slit I, ,rrir,lll •Il the eviis ansiug from die psi-seta system. :Ilse Col JJJJJJ are we, rul opllllva , that of a period uI 'naive nimithe a cent dealt. *lll uld b, granted to is bankrupt also 11.0 cnorlucted himself well. lb, law as it at 'design aloud, %Men indicted bee who 14.1.1 Urrli guilty at 0 tiautitilt lit cum Almelo. of 160. prepral!, was • peat grltsiTure. Uputi that phiut the lusi.smitte wile trieatig of upltituo, that a shointi he lake a. liar pit stns in% am r To banal opts ua• u 11.11) 11411urqs:•lr, and the sofa 11111II.V Kel s• bl I pl•. 1011, 11141 A iiiht Cal ainulhdlit r Iv isiltWorOt Nori‘l 001 ji4.l Ile 10441,601 %Ovid Ur good o u,tr), as It %Until utiurr illl ..0 of the bankrupt. lbc Curatort.i.t ti-at • RI