The National Register. — London, England, 1823-03-10 00:00:00

~• , Mein% Wed vim to elt th e =day of certhiltet his lathity is thorn die, • . ligtr an ced lope t)* •• fibbsoOrs by tilliZZ Nil Aden% he nem dthileat his 4k:sty for hie mot gimenta HU I.IUI teiiiYm that the Hotwe wenhitiolearni M *dm, 6. mask his Majesty to befforedispolo off papa, ragised his Aecessioo to Crows. . • . Lots KLUltNBololl,bourielthetthet as the Adlrees was • Matte off ffeenlPbe riq Wad th. e on the subject. He war not . friendly to ,}li of a Bill which would enable his Ma i peety to divot" . which came to his possession "MP 00 10 9 108 'ram In common cam. where lies Met of an were paid, the person paying such idis•inti* Nat at` the prepay of the, debtor. Tbe Public Ir . ' l6 *lf . 411.6. Q. 111114011309 r io gliesti r amd T w he hen nab tlt • hi s Mist the Andrei* came but Parliament, his *WM the be riteitedhed. Addlieittleas4carried cors.s...Adjeaused to Monday. • • MOUSE OP COMMONS. ' . • MOAIDAT, MARCH 1. Sir O. HOWL presented • refilloll &we the u Prisms Olive," now. neillesed is the rules of the. Ring's Beach , Prison, praying the illibeßnbooi aid. retreats of that House. sa Her Royal Highwitio , atepresented the pertalior headships of bar ease ; of the Ailarea that bad attended her winos application for justice ; of her to get die attentiou plod to bee *lairs sod '• Royal &Kb ; 'and of the general calamity that bad thereliee personal, Jima/pea to her.—Read sod ordered to be printed. Sir T. LLI'HBRIDGE portpored tram Wednesday to Fri. dav his motioa respecting tht state of agriculture. evatlis presented • .petition from some place in Sesser, arise% die Hop Tax. Mr. Aldermas WOOD said be thought the Chancellor of the Ezoleequer would ad be induced to 'attend to this petition.— By some of the papers be bad been erroneously made to say, that be wished the malt duty to be taken on; and the beer duty continued ; the cooing was the fact—he wished the beer tax to be repealed. That world really milord relief to the 'agricul turists, as well as to the poorer classes. It was the 39,. beer duly that he desired to be repealed It bad been rumoured that the Chaos:tailor of the Eteholoer contemplated the prove • 'Mimi of • bs. or intermediate duty; it would do any tbiag bat aford Mier to the barley grower. r Mr. urrualuai said, that such intermediate duty amid be asefel. as would be the adoption of • portion of the Ml' for throwing open the trade. Mr? G. BENNET said, that it would be much better to re• move the beer duty altogether, end to impose any duty thee might be deemed rupiahs on the malt. Why should the poor. , who bought their beer ready brewed, be exposed to charges from which the riots, and those who brewed for themselves, were exempted . There was at present an inequality of tax aline, pressing heavily on the poor, which ought to be re. nosed. Mr. LITTLETON remarked, that the duty produced about 3,000,0001. 7 -I'etitition ordered to be printed. The Scotch Creditors' Bill went through a committee.—Ra. l , port to-morrow. The Lords' Marriage Act Ameadmeat Bill was read a se. cloud time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The 29,000,0001. Exchequer Bills Bill, the Transfer of Aide Bill, ate. were nee a third time and parsed. The committees of supply of ways and means were post poned till Wednesday. Mr. G. BENNET brought forward this subject, as • natter merely to aford him the opportunity of instituting some in quiry • he wished to irate something respecting the reseal state o f l the Peniteodary, Milbank. Thera was • great desks( sickneas in it ; nut of 800 prisoners there were 129 on the sick list ; end there had been some coroner's inquests, and the see • dicta were of a remarkable mature. He should like to bare a *nominee es the. subject, to ascertain what success bad at tended this Parliamentary priren, and to leant what wield-be • sunicient dietary. He mocluded with moving for • copy of the coroner's isquest on Adams, &e. Mr. PEEL was glad that the subject was brought forward. Ile was ansioas that there there should be the fullest inquiry. The average Dumber of sick were 40 out of 800 ; now there were about 130, and the cause war what was generally termed sea anarvy." Inquiry was already instituted by Drs. Latham and Roget. Their report shook be laid before the House. The dietary was altered in July last, bat the sickness did sot appear till January. Mr. G. BENNET was satisfied with the et pa that had been adopted, bat he should not be wholly satisfactory with. the opinion, of any two physic:bias, and accustomed to attend pri sons. Mr. HOLFORD was glad that inquiry was to be instituted. Motion withdrawn for the present. GRANGE Seater' t...—Mr. PLUNKETT referred to a na tion which stood for tomorrow, regarding secret societies in Ireland, it would be prejudicial to bring it foswarti now.. As to the coastitelional or legal Ammeter of those societies, his *phials were well known ; indeed he believed there was very little digereece of opinion on any side of the House. He be ''bad 3mptrtat earitanttnt. . HOUSE OF LORDS. istisuatr. MARCH 3. Mr. Tankins. from the Treasury, delivered papers slating to the Exchequer of Inlaid. The Earl of COVENTRY (led to his scat by the Earl of Uhefteehtir7). presented a petition from the merchants, bankers. traders. and others of the berottgli of Tewkesbury. against the Insolvent Debtots Act. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a similar petition Corn the bankers. merchants. and trades of Leicester. The sane noble earl also presented a petition from the mu. ters, brothers. and sisters of the Royal Hospital of St. Catherine, Tower, praying fur a repeal of the Marriage Act. The irve pentium were read. and laid on the table. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved that the Ilth. 11th. and 12th Reports of the Commissioners appointed to make inquiry)frato the emoluments of clerks and ot h ers in the Courts a Justice; Seethed. be printed.-. Ordered. Srottonenv litsLum.—The Earl of DARNLEY rose to mention the charge relating to the supply t• f stationery la Leland. which the nob!e earl, named the 0 Irish job." Three years since the subject fell into his hands, and the melt proved that inquiry had not been taken up in vain. It appeared by the documents en the table, that the Irish Government had been defrauded of a large sum, and the object of the noble earl was to ascertain the comet of fraud. as well as retribution. The letter written by Mr. Goulbtain, soda the date of the 11th of May, stated, that unless the individual complied With the terms of a letter, bearing slate the loth of April. masques would ha taken to enforce compliance. Lad Darnley had understood born the noble WI (Liverpool). since lie came into the house, that the terms had been acquiesced in. He wished to know what these terms were. and the amount of loss accruing to the public. He ahouW therefore move there be laid before the house copies of the agreement entered into between the Irish Government and Sir A. B. King, foe • supply of stationery up to July, left; also for an account of the quantity of scant awry flenithad to the Irish Government for die last ten years, diatingukiakag theamount its e :eh year. The noble earl then adverted to kis visit t 0 1;e41111. what it A. B. King had shallows of Steens eon farad as him.- Having bees tbss bussurei by Us is the spirit et gem end cossilisfait. it was most r=e that be &odd be food sedge La a potty which had lately sented issien inetesellisl6l6. The so seal est u = shot the npros d u * state of loshod would kle loin berZ t o the asitit of dist Mum It his istodois, whoa the peeper d was oss wane, to water more at hugs on the suloost of the pony sa which be alluded. Themodat was put ad agreed to. Aditionted, TUESDAY. Massa 6. Mr. Brogdcn, and other Members from the Commons, brought up the Excoequee Bills' Bill, the Irish Chancellor of the Itx • chequer Bill, the Annual Duties. and Transfer in Aids Bill, which were read the first time. The Earl of ROSEBERRY presented a petition from Louth, against the Insolvent Debtors' Act.—Laid on the table. On the motion of the Marl of Siiieusunrav, the house ad' journal. WEDNESDAY. MARCH S. Banos REXLEY (late Mr. Vansittart) was introduced, and took his sent in the house with the usual form. His cupponers were Lords Colchester and Maryborotagh. Lord KENYON presented a petition from the arthdiroottry of Leicester against that clause us the Marriage Act which re lates to licensee—Reed, and laid on the table. The Bill for building a bridge ova the Severn, at the Haw Passage. was read die second time. The Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer Appointment bill, the Transfer in Aids Bill, the Exchequer Bills' Bill. the Annual Duties' Bill, sod the Lanarkshire' Roads' Bill, were read the would dine. and committed for to-morrow. Several witnesses were sworn at the bar.'and the Impossos motion of the Earl of Shaftesbury. adjourned. TBURIVAY. MARCH 5 . Lord G. Somerset, and other Members from the Cannons, brought up the Marriage Validity Bill. Agreed to—Alas the bunch Creditors Bill. shah was read the first time. MEASURES RP:LATINO TO IRELAND.-...Earl DARNLEY said, he did not know whether it was strictly regular to allude to nes °they house of parliament. but as information boa been fur nishal the members. he wished to ask the noble earl whether it was his intention to lay on the table those donunents received from the Irish Government relating to melee/min contemplation with regard to Ireland. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, certainly there could be no o",jection to withhold the information communicated wont house for the other house. Mitssoes warm sus Morcott ...The Earl of LIVER POOL presented a Message from his Mojesti. The Message was accordingly handed to the Lord Chancellor, who read it to the house. It was in substance as follows 1— "G. R.—His Majesty being informed of doubts having arisen as to the right of the Crown to dispose of copyhold and leasehold ptope v. which his Alajacy was entitled to before his accession to the Crowu, his Majesty recommends the house to take the sulkiest iota consideration, and to make such provision as may servo meet. R." On the motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL. the message was ordered to be taken into considaation to-moerow. Adjourned. FRIDAY. Nowa 7. The Royal Assent wain given by Commission to the West India Bill. • Validity Bill, the Annual Duties . . Colonies , the Manage , _ ieved and Exchequer Rills Sill. The Coinmissioaers were. the Lord he Men cefecesee to some devolopensent of die Chancellor, the F.arl of Shaftesbuty. and Lord Colchester. societie s principles in recent affairs, in dressing the statute, The La narkshire Roads Bill, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the outrage at the theatre • and as there was • motion din for Irchand's Bill, and the Transfer in Aids Sill , were teed the needy attacking his recent co ' Sdnet, respecting which be was third time, and passed. . to defend himself so a future day—was it fair to involve him The Marquis of LANSDOWN presented & Pbtition from in a discussion which would occasion as investigation of his Croinanie, praying for relief under Agricultural Distress. , conduct before lie was put on his trial ? The same Wale marquis also presented slit Petitions from our- Mr. ABERCZOMBY was surprised at the m in which tain classes of Protestant Dissenters, praying the House to take b . e vim . w astor .. d . to postpone hia ... motioe.. H. had so . dispositi . o n . imo consideralmo the religious scruples entertained by the yeti , smog mat was mum towlines tee right son. gentle isomers on the peesent forum of mimeo. The noble marquis '' a° observed, that it was the subject of complaint that Jews sod man; he had as desire to involve the aoesideration of recent Workers were relieved from these restrictions in the marriage events ibe only wished to trace the origin of Omit Lodges. ceremony to which Dissenters were obliged to conform. The end to show that those lodges formed a part of the system of Portions were referred to the Committee appointed to consider the Goverment in Irclaod. He thoodssired to gais the (Ti the expediency of consolidating the laws of marriage. niers of the Mouse espmmiee of snob feet. It was quite du- HOP DUTlES—Marquees CAMDEN presented several Pe- final from the right bon. gentleman's case. As sonny persons titions from Hop Planters in Sussex. praying to be relieved from bad remained in England no account of his nintion—(bear !) the duties on hopa—The Petitions were read and laid oa the he could not postpone it, except on some solid grounds.— table. (Hear, hear.) Lord CALIMORPE, presented a Petition frotnSomersetshisea A pet i t i m wu presented arid read he a l Wert India osier. praying for a iTIOLIAIre le &CILIUM: Um recovery of Small Debts.— ants t.,.. I on the.table. ch, &c. praying that the extension of the West India re strictions might be followed by an eq,ualization of East and THZ Klan's PROPEILTT.—The Message from his Majesty. presented yesterday by the Earl of Liverpool , was read, fort eh West India Sugar Duties.—Ordered to be printed. purpose of being taken into counderatios parmaint to the Order Mr. M. WHITMORE Mee gave notice, that on Wednesday, of the House. the 19th, hi should noire for a committee to investigate the The LORD CHANCELLOR said, in the absence of a noble whole of this question. earl who gave notice to move this day an Address to his Majesty. SINKING Puttli.—The Hosea having gone into a Committee in answer to his most gracious Message. he should call upon .... on the National Debt Reduction Act, to the r Lordships cono'ler the subject. The object Of Th e CHANCELWR of the EXCHEQUER rose to bring Kmia,ge was to consider the propriety of enabling his M ajesty tea esty forward a smite of Resolatisee, esplaamory of the future views to di pose of certain Freehold, Copyhold. and Leasehold !Pro of the Government, re the spectiug the Sinking Funds, &a. He per j. It would be in the recollection of the Home. that hp the 39th saidshth of the late King, a power was given to his Mama, did . not antici ate . p that y would be Obj t o dispose of all Lamb.. Freehold, Copyhoid , and Leasehold.ected to, bet never theless it was his duty to go into some explanations. 'llie plan w hich had come to him, not being domains of the Crown• On for employing the surplus of the revenge towards the payment h : s MAjesty's amitirion to the Coen, turn property became Jos of the tsbt, had seperienced the highest praise, sod it was • hs.. , . sonmendable, ulthugh it 'sight have ospeeed intanuptiee, or ountereolieo. Secant the Meeker any object might not be accomplishable, was that any meaeon for sot at tempting to achieve any patios of it ? He wu persuaded that the people wore prepared to make sacrifices, if the reeeinable seas of them were shown, to resist unjust aggressions abroad„ or to sapped the national booour.—(Hear, bear.)--Sucli events. u had takes place within the last $0 years were Dot likely is recur. They balled the calcolatioos of the wheat, and con founded the precautions of the prudent. The prineipte of the Sinking Fond wu good. Since 1817 there had bees an *clod 4 rotinctioo of debt. That could not have been accomplished without appropriating surplus revenue. There was • diminu tion of the funded debt of 19 millions and upwards ; of the *deeded debt four millions and upwards; ahugether eperards of S 4 millions, being an ge reduction of 14 millions • year. His plea was to appropriate the surplus of . 6,000,0001. exelasively to the purposes of the Sinking Feed. United of permitting payments to be made tbereout for objeets other than these of the redemption of particles of the debt ; and to permit the interet to remain and accumulate at compound interest. Wises such interest bad accumulated so es to meet one per emits of the interest of the debt, then it wu to he applied so ss to enable the further redaction of taxes to a corresponding amount.—lie concluded with moving the preliminary reso intim Mr. auME decidedly opposed the plan ; be considered that the plan to be adopted would be to reduce taxation. • Me. HARING and Mr. THOMAS WILSON supported the systesmof a Siokieg Fund, an v i deantageoss to the country. The WILD MAYOII hop* pie House would pause before they unwonted to overture a system which had been solemnly adopted and repeatedly recognised by some of the greatest ates ea hods sides the House ',lsiah this envoy ever produced. After a few words from Mr. RICARDO, the resolution was agreed to. On the resolution respecting annuities of half-psy, Mr. HUME said he wield take the sense of the committee, and after some conversation, the committee divided : For the resolution 110—Against it s9—Majority for mi. sisters 71. The several other resolutions were after some conversation agreed to. The House resumed, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. The other orders were disposed of. NA the Houee adjourned at Eleven o'clock. TUESDAY. MARCH 4. Poise Lams.—Mr. NOLAN °bloused leave to bring in a bill for the aineralment of the Poor Laws. It was in principle and its main parlicalara similar to the bill introduced last session and the reasons which then iodated him to bring it forward. and which he formerly expressed, sow operated on him to propose this meassre. Ha should postpone the seeend reading till after the recess. Cal. WOOD said. he had a series of readatiosieliereafter to submit to the Hoe* *spoilt' the law of soldemect. The bill weal to place the lower orders ender per** coereioo, to induce them not to apply for parochial relief--• proceeding that be could sot support. He thought that robe Hoare ought not to be passing Acts to limit the adraotages of the people, without making any aoneessioo. He viewed that class of the people as high spirited, mad not *easily to be driven, because. perhaps, they were the highest spirited people in the world.— Leave give, to introduce the bill. CIVIL LIST.—AMBASSADORS.—Mr.LEONARD asked, whe ther there was to be say rednetiosi of the Civil List Expen diture, particularly in that poetise of it that regarded the al. lowaaces to amebae/odors? Mr. CANNING war not swage of any inteatioo to make soolireduotioali; he should be better drepared to give aaanavier oathe subject is the coarse of the seams. Mr. LEONARD added. that if DO such redbetions wers made, be should deem it his ditty to gall the attention of the House to the subject. On the presentation of the Report respecting the Irish Assessed Taxes, Mr. CURWEN said, he shield move,. that it be as isatree. lion to the committee to remove all the Assessed Tases on cottages.—Report agreed to. SCOTCH DIATILLERIES.—Sir R. FERGUSON asked when the proposed alteratioaa the duties was likely to take place/ it was of iamb importance to the distiller. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, certainly not before October. ASSESSED TA/ES PETITION.—Mr. HORHOUSE presented a petitioe from many most respectable householders in St. Ann's, Westminster, preying for the repeal of the whole of the Assessed Tax*, and *gannet the proposed appropriation of the !Eakin And. The petitioeers state, that it was a breach of faith with the public debtor to require hiM to pay for more than the correct expenditure and the interest of the debt.. OHear.)—The new Slaking Fend Scheme was as much • de lusioo as the plans that bad preceded it. He should hereafter move the redactios of the whale of the Holum sad Windrow Tax.—(Hear. hear.) Mr. MAXWELL exp d the hope that the Cottage Tax might be reduced • it was an odimis and unpopular as. Mr. HOBHO I IIBE asked whether the Sinking Fend Bill was to be pressed forward now f If time were given, thero would be petitions against it. If it paned, bow could the House propose the farther ,eduction of taxer ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not ace any lowa foss delaying such bill. It weld go to a cienniitace. and then alterations might be proposed; if 5,000,0001. were deemed too much, 5,000,0001, might be limed , the resolution could be postponed till Thursday.—Petition ordered to be printed. Teener.—lsitsma--Mr. HUME brought forward his pro mised motioa. If tholdinisters bad been desirous to brag forward any plan, they bad bai ample opportunity. There was nub error es to what was meant by the church. The; beard such about °bomb and slate. Some considered the clergymea to eosst►tete the (horde. hut St. Paul deemed the con s regatioe, those who were a•aemblcd together. and elm were of the same opioios, to be the church. That construc tion he deemed to be correct; but its meaning war mach per verted. The church, is fact, was the creation of the law. The church property, at least threerfourtbs of it, were given for the purpose of tharity ; and if the laws could not deal with 1 i meh, how came it 'hal the Protestants now enjoyed what the Catholics had possessed 1 And if such property were like pri vate property. held in perpetuity, how was it th►t the Bishop of Clngher bad been deprived of his statists and emoluments ? If the bishops and clergy did cot perform the ditties assigned to them, they might be deprived of their emoluments, for such things had been. They bad what was called the " care of souls ;" but how could they take care of the souls of their locks, when they were absent at I.latb, Cheltenham, Rove. red all parts of the world ? and were the linear to safer such abuses? Ile saw nothing in the case which ought to prevent the House from meddling with it. The property bad been eel •put to =Motels lbe established religion, and it was tbe del/ 47.1. -11.11141WILV:"W".**V . 41 THE 'NATIONAL REGIST' ,NrssosimisiAt ... ,N