The National Register. — London, England, 1822-02-24 00:00:00

Imperial Parliantrht continued iron rage 59. The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER replied, that as to the it esti n lax, the noble Conn had stated 4 all the remission of cites at present contemplated. The 4 redact' of the malt duty was to be extended to Ireland. The House then went into the committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the ' continuation of the tobacco drty.—Agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the continuation of the 4s. duty on pensions, &c. be continued. Mr. HUME moved, as an amendment, that the soon of " test" shillings be substituted fm four" shillings, on all pensions and allowances ahoveto9l.—(llear i , hear.) Mr. TIERNEY hoped the nalendasent would but be pressed, as it was taking the House by surprise. (qr. HUME said, he had never desired to take the House by surprise, nor did lie wish to urge what would not bear the strictest examination; but lie required that the original motion should be postponed, and that the Chaocellor should give them full accounts of the Pensions, those which were exempted from duties, &e. As to the chat ge of surprise, when he heal d the noble lord's plan of relief, and nothing abont Pensions, he said he ebould, as Carly as possible, call the attention of the House to tee subject. (Hear, hear, hi ar.)—He then adverted to the ease of Edward Finch Hatton, who received 1,4921., who now hold offices and pensions, after having obtained al lowances twice as " unfit for service."--(Cheers.)—This was the way in which their money and accounts were ma naged ; and yet persons got up and flatly contradicted the olicial rein; it.--e • Cheets.)—Under these citcumstauces he claimed the rroteetion of the House. Mr. CIZOIi ER said, Finch Hatton never bad belonged to the Adutitally. Mr. lit ME icniarked, that it was in the Admiralty re- t tin. Mr. BROUGHAM conk not but remark how signally Ake iistance adduced by the member for Aberdeen had been I tDecd, te.do idistanding the idiot to to skew the cott •ttnt y. It was now said Mr. Hutton did not belong *o the Admitaltr; out °tie of his allow vices was as Paymaster 01 l't•esions to the widows of naval officers. (Hear.) Mr. ELLICE said, the whole question of Estimates of Pen , ions ought to be inquired into. Mr. EUME said, another reason for inquiry was, that llatton's allowance us Paymaster had been increased out 1.001. to 6031. Mr. G. BENNETT said, under these circumstances he sitoold move as an amendment, that the Chairman report progiess, and ask leas eto sit again. (Cheers.) Strangers withdrew amidst an immense deal of noise in the holy of the House. The hers were—For the amendment, GO— Against it, 133 —Majoi The m iginal motion was then agueed ;as were some other tesolutions for continuing ditties of Sugar, Report on (timidity. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave no tice, that on Monday he should call the attention of the House to the Acts 'voiding the Navy Five per Cents., on which occasion he should go into some details of his plans. SUPPLY. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, that the House do go into a Committee of Supply. Mr. HUME opposed the motion. The hon. member entered at considerable length into a ieview of the ac counts HOW beli.re the HOllt , C, eunclud. dbt dechrikg lie would divide on the question fur the cadet' of the day being read. Alter a conversation of some length the House , divided —For the order 4 , 1 the day being 'cad, I—For the amendment, 54—Majority, tn. On the question thr the spraker leaving the chair, Mt. opposed it, mid proposed, as an amend nit ut, that a I elates of the prices at which provisions were 1 , 4 s iti•lstil t‘s the navy in 1c43, 1 17, and lash, and also the amount of one day's rations should be kid before the House. 'Ulm House also divided—For the amendment, 51 — Against it, l3—Majority, 101. The House then went into a Commi.tee, and Sit J. OSBORNE prove , ed a vote of 21,100 seamen, including 10,000 marines, for the present year. Mr. HUME pi oposed, as an amendment, to reduce the number to 17,0a0. Ile did lint deshe to t e;leee the sea men, but he would take theta loin the mat itn•A, Sir O. COCKBURN sut.portid the original proposition, and contended, that I ,0:to was necessary for the service. Mr. HUME contended, that three were but I9,1:00 tutu in 1817, and surely that number would be tutheimit He contended, that instead of diminishing in the anem..t of our estimates, there was an increase. 'lke gallery was cleared for a division—Far the origin, 1 mot lan, 157—For the amendment, 53 —M aim ity, 104. - On our re-admission we found Mr. Home ou his legit, objecting to the vote for what was termed the coast blockade. He complained that the house was quite in dal kness upou the subject, and objected to the system altogether. 'She CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQXER noticed the re-transference of 80,0001. from the customs to the naval department, which apparently swelled the item. Mr. HORHOUSE saw very clearly that ministers In tended to refuse every kind of information, every thing that could enable the house to investigate the subject.— • The enema and taunts of the other side he considered altogether unbecoming, whether lie took into view the siitiatimr. of those front whom thy rause, or the distil essea of the country. All pi opos,tants for Inquiry were met only by a insect negative, slipperiest by the ordinary mi -I,lsterial majority; and .s liliA emirs.: had been pursued gnae long t notigh for one night, he moved that the chair matt t. 1 urt p , ogress, and iisk lease to sit Lord ALTHORP put a epiestion terartling the &dreamt , charge per man (A. victuals at pi twat, mid in 1817. Si G. COCKBURN said, that the charge for victual , per man was now I I. I Os. per month. Mr. BROUGHANI obsesvell, that there had been a very considerable tall in the wive of pins l s i mi s, and i t , wished distinctly to know .that ditletence that fall had made in the i,entltly charge far victuals per mom The expense now, It appeased, was 11. 10a.; what war It in 11317 Sir G. COCKBURN answered, that the charge for the years 1819 and Isxil had been 21. ls. per MAU. It ought to be recollected, however, that sunset:: le. it IA acneei,c miry to buy provitialis abroad at a sate, and in llte East Indies this year there would be all additiiniiil navel force. Mr. W. SMITH said a fair words requiring further in. t.arnation on the subject of the proposed resolution. M. wished to know how it would Interfere . - THE NATIONAL REGISTER with the high destinies of England to give information on the high prices of beef and pork for the current year. He objected to the 80,00 A. given to the coast blockade with out further information. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended the measure of transfeirin4 from the customs to the navy the expenees of the coast bleckade. Mr. LOCKHART entered into a good deal of discussion on the existing distress, and the means of relieving it. The distress was admitted to be great, yet there was no pro portional reduction of the public burdens. There should, therefore, be no vote on the prese nt subject till the exa ruination proposed by his hon. friend, the member fur Aberdeen, was gout into. Mr. BROUGHAM declared, that, in his opinion, suffi cient information was not laid before the committee for this vote, nor did he see why ministers should resist the production of more particular estimates. At any rate, he could see no objections for refusing to give information of how the last year's sum fur the same object was disposed of. He could conceive a French or Spanish Lord of the Admiralty looking with some interested view to an account of the estimates of the present year, and therefore minis ters might refuse very minute information, but there was not the sane reason for denying information on the items of last year, and therefore no such ground for the reluc tance of ministers : lie was therefore surprised to hear that this information was to be denied. By furnishing it more particular estimate, the comitiy would be able to decide whether 11. I¶ s. was too intieh or too little. Mr. CROKER said, that before the report was brought up, if the vote was allowed to pass, the requisite illa tion might be laid before the house. Mr. HUME objected to a vote without more particular information. In ISI7 the suns was '2l. Is. fur each man. No information was given why the present differed. The 'Al:aquas of LONDONDERRY did not see bow the particular items of the estimate could now be made out. After some further conversation between Mr. Home, Mr. Brougham, and Mr. Croker, Mr. 11. SUMNER proceeded to address the Committee, for the purpose, as it appeared, of showing that the obser vi:tions which had been made b y the gentlemen on the oppreition side of the house were formed on false &au ; but the cries of " Nu, no," which followed each of the bun. member's statements, and the general impatience manifsated by the house, induced him, after a few mi nutes, to sit down. The house than divided, when there appeared—Fur re porting progress, and to take time to consider the vote for victuals, 47—Against it, 141 —Majority, 10 I. On out re•ndm , sruu to the gallery, we foond Sir K. W I LSON on his legs. lie expressed his intention, as we understood, of again dividing tot committee, for the purpiwe of del.; to this vote. The Marquis of LON DON DERRY expressed his readi ness, if the vote were now sidkred to pass, to give every He ft:b.-all yes iil minion un future fits. Mr. BROUGHAM willinhly acceded to this proposition. If the vote wile taken merely as a vote of credit, to be mi nutely utcounted fur oil rummer day, lie would ai.ree to it, but certaiuly not else. resolution was then agreed took Chairman reported pro re-s, and asked leave to sit tignai on Monday. Mu. tiOULBUttS brought in R bill fur staid:ding the importation of tire-firms lulu Inland and idso a bill for iiideinnit nig those persons who had ieiz.ol arms in Ireland, for the preservation of public peace, since toe Ist November last; which were severally read a first time, and ordertd to be rend a second time on Tuesday nest. Adjourned ut bail-past 12 till Nlonday. FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. CROWN OFF ICE, FEL 19. MEMBERS returned to serve in this present I'AItI,I A M ENT. Borough of St. Mauves.—J. Minimum, Esq. of Whitehall, in the county of Middlesex, LL.D., Regius Professor of Civil Law in the University of Oxford. Borough of Droitwich —J. H. 11. Fole y , of Prestwood House, in the county of Statford, Esq. in the room of T. Foley, Lsq. deceu , sl. Borough of Camarvon.—The Hon. Sir C. Paget, Knight. Borough of West Looe.—The Right lion. H. Gottllium. University of Dublin.—Th e Right lion. W. C. Plunkett. BA F. W. Collins, Dorset Place, Clapham Road, corn merchant. Solicitor. Mr. Rem*, I:urnival's Inn. G. WiLon. Bett Street, Ratcliffe Highway, brewer. Sol. Mr. Cranch, Union Court, Broad Street. 1 J. Rigliton, Chapel ea le Frith, Derbyshire, dealer. Sol. Mr. Rack, Temple. T. Manning. Foulshann, Norfolk, grocer. Sols. Messrs. Longdill and Co. Gray's Inn Squa:e. .1. Gilbert and H. Taylor, Bristol, commisdon merchants. Sol. Mr. Evans, Hatton Gordan. 11.1.ilwail, Pembroke, multster. Solo. Messrs. Bell and Co. Bow Churchyard. G. Maansclieg, Strand, furrier. Sob. Mesas. Pearce and Co. SwithM's Lane. DIVIDF.NDr. March 15, J. Birch, jun. Manchester, cotton spinner-16. J. Avery, Barnstaple, shopkeeper-12,1. Leech and J. Hinchcliffe, Causton Street, wholesale hosiers-13, G. —1 England. Exeter butcher-12. G. Mider, Watling Street, carpet agent 2. A. Mowbray and J. NI/et:wren. Durham, hankers-12, W. Gorst, S. Cooke, W., J. F., and W. Harrison, Tower Street, merchants —l2, W. Evershed. Tooley Street. pastrycook-25, It. Wall, St. Thomas the Apostle, Devonshire, innkeeper-14. J. Holmes, Newcastle upon 1 yne, linen draper-6, W. R. 'Aloft, Brighton. wine inn ant-14, .1. Terris, Upholland. Lancashire, tanner -15, J. Rawlins. V,' hireharen, grocer—l 6, M. and J. M.Donnell and J. Bushell, Broad Street, merchants- -lh, T. Chillingworth. nedditrh, Worcestershire, needle inaker--18, E. Morris, Red• ditch, Vi'orce.stershire, carpentet-12, J. Williams, BiLhopsgate Street Within, linen draper-12, N. Josling, Bexley Heath, Kent, innkeeper—t 2, C. C. Sumner. Hillingdon, Middlesex, plate glass manufacturer-1 6 , .1. Cloutman, Curtain hoed, Shorts.itteli. carpenter- 12 , IL Langton!' and W. Win Word, lhacklersbury, niereirants. CERTIVICATES to be granted March 12 J. Hooper, Too Cy Street, Southwark, chyinist—.l. Moore, g o werby, Yurkshile. woollen cloth numuf.uxurer—R. Newell, II ereford, tailor—. l . G. Fiegehen, jun. Wood Street. Cocapside, glass dealer—J. Lavender, Leominster, inewer—F. English, draper—T. Abbey, Pocklintton. Yorkshire, iron. monge r —W. Hailstone. Mildenhall, Suffolk, grocer—T. Wood house, Nottingham. lace manufacturer—A. Barratt, Newport Pelmet], .Backs, fanner--C. G. Ketwood, John Street 14 est, Etlgovare Road, printer. The Hon. Captain Roos is appointed to command the Hind sloop of war at Portsmouth, in the room of Sir Charles Ilutranl, promot , ..d to the rank of Post Captain. r---` _ --*~*~- LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. stox»st, Feu. IS. MAJOR CARTWRIGHT e. WRIGHT. Mr. Hull opened the declination in this ease. It was an action for a libel, published by the defendant, of and concerning the plaintiff, and the vantages were laid at 0111: thousand pounds. Ihe defendant had pleaded the gene ral issue. Mr. Denman addressed the Jury on the present occa sion. He said lie had the honour of being the advocate of one of the most respectable men in his Majesty's domi nions, who felt it his duty to lay before a Jury of the country his jest complaint against the defendant, fur having in the most hum ions manner brought him to the notice of the public. In order to understand the nature of the libel, it was proper to state that the present defend ant allocated to have been engaged in a quarrel with a person who spa s poen) , well known—lie meant Mr. Won. Cobbett; and with a view to conduct the controversy with as tondo personality as possible, he had thought pro per to publish a work, entitled," The Book of Wonders.. This Moak contained a great variety of extracts and passages, highly reflecting upon the character of Mr. Colthe 0, and which nu re alleged to have been drawn from the productions of his fruitful pen. lit course of this book Mr. Cobbett was stated to have described " 7tl:ijor Cartwright's eldest as the criterion of excellence." It would seem that Mu. Cobbett had had a strong desire to he introduced to the Pao lir meat of England, autl with that view had proposed that 5,0001. should he raised, by stabsci p: inns oft ou-pence each, among the artizaus of his country. On another occasion lie pi oposed that 'ir F. Burdett, m limit lie had pi eviously vilified, should advance the !min iu pit stion to ' elicit:lse a seat for him in what, in o intim old part of the work, lie was represented to have called * a lien Of col ;lien ion:"Ille note in which the libel against the was contained was placed after the following extract, stated to be taken from Cobbett's Register, of December, Ibl 9 :--" Dee. 4, 11+19. I am ready to tender my hand to Sir F. Burdett, and to it oder my whole I eat( and mind to be exerted, in co-operation with Inui, for the purpose of cndeavouriug to rescue our country from the fangs of its oppressors. I ant ready to bury all private conaideratioas iu obits ion. I have seen, all through the comitiy, proofs of a most indent desire that an Intik/11611011111 take place; stud I ant resolved that no pirate feelings of mine sit ill obatriwt ' that union.— told the gentleman that I would have nothing in the shape of cu-opeiatiou with the Baronet, except as one of a public meeting, perhaps, unless Ito will:la, out of his own pm at'. fill hish the means of facili tating the entrance of Mr. Ilona and ni)sell' into the House of Commons! On the 9th, I received the following note from tha gentleman Front a conversation I have just had with Sir F. Burdett, I am persuaded the inclosed cannot be rendered available. This causes me regret, but I have thought it best to return it to you, with nay assur ance that it has not been used or seen.' This was the whole that took place." *—Vol. 35, pagel96,(Dec. l st 9.) " Many well-intentioned persons have expressed their surprise that the Enlightener' should have been wallet; to accept of a scat in Corruption's den, purchased with the bank notes of it man whose • incapacity and base ness' he had 60 1100trfally exposed. To convince such persons that this line of conduct was strictly patriotic, we have only to assure them, that iii so doing, he was walking in the footsteps of that • Venerable Veteran, whose creed is the criterion of exeelietice, (see No. 19:.), and, who, in an article of that creed, has laid it down as a 'naval'', taut ' we 'mist, in tightin. , the enemy, not reject the use of the Innis of even deepisalle and detestable men.' —Cobbett, v. p. 52.1 Mr. I)entnan, iu coutiottation, proceeded to state that his client had never laid down such doctrine, anti put it to the Jury to say, whether they could do otherwise than feel that they had every reason to cosuplam of being thus held 1111 to the abhorrence of all mankind. His object, on the present occasion, was not vindictive damages, butt lie thought he had a I iglit to ulitnin such a verdict against Mi. Wright as would trod to prevent the recurrence of similar unfounded awl gross attacks in future. Cwt. Robert Williamson was then called, and proved his having waited on Mr. Wiight, and that gentleman having acknowledged himself to be the sole author of "The Book of "%Venders." The libel was then put in, and with it the passage in which, it was referred to.'—'These were both read. Mr. Scarlet( then submitted, that he hail a tight to hate the whole of the passages preceding the libel also read. The Chief Justice agreed t o th is suggeation, an d several extrams were Bit ti read (lOW art at Bele headed " it.S F. Mullett," in which the opiaious of M r. Cobbett, repct ing that How Baronet, given at different pe:ioils were set forth; the favourable opinions being placed wider the title of " and those of a contrary Ilaln re tinder the title of " cold." 'These opinions, it is hardly neeessai y to observe. were as opposite as light from dm ktiess. The Chief Jllstley 110 W 60ggestell his wish that there should be an accommodal tun between the patties. Mr. Scarlett said that alter what kad passed, awl Mr. Wright having distinctly sew ti Major Cartwrig ds ht that the libel imputed to hint were the precise wor of Mi. CAbett, he could not consent. Mr. Searlett then aildreased the Jury for the defend ant, in an itigeniima speech, mid submitted 'hat Major Cartwright had 4:Wisely misconceived the object of Mr. SATUItIIAY, TEL Pi. This WAII an action for words of slander, hooting in the plaintiff that: he Was a common swindler, mid that he was a common brothel keeper. The words were laid in differetn ways iu several CiOllllS of the declaration. -- One set of counts alleged the words to hate be anodicn used in the presence of Geoe,ie Con and others; set, to have been used in ilte presence of 163 AC Bird and o hers. 'llse parties resided in th e nei g hbourhood of Mile mai road, end the words proved were used at different times and in a itiblic house called the Black Buy, in that %icily. —There were none o f the words alleged in the dee a i ration as having been tiled in the pres ence of Cott Wright ha this publication, which Was to ;Cll': . un the character of the Itlajor, hut, the opinions of r. . at different periods of his life, to skew bow little Viainiiint could be placed on his consistelicy, his honour, or 1 1, ratify. The learned Counsel was then proceeding tn, t floc o oar contend iotienitad, wie that the w ords set out iu the d eclaration were ILO Tile Chief Justice, 011 reference to the 11.eelaritl limed that Llll.li9llLl,tl/C M asada of the libel wet: set M . -- • ' .~-~.> - .: ~, Age' 62