The National Register. — London, England, 1808-04-11 00:00:00

0 'ffilitoo." 9 l•lw6.oll o THE•NATIONAL REGISTER. such practices in future, as a Resolution of the House impeding a Committee upon an Election Question, from coming to a fail decision. He condoled by moving for the production of the Minutes of Evidence. _ . . . Pitnc:nr4r. was not aware of any motion of the kind being to be made. Such a practice as had. been condemned by bis Hon. Friend, wh9 had just spoken, was a practice cus tomary and frequent. Sin A. Ptouurr denied that such resolutions were either fre quent or lawful, as in the first place they had never been heard of before ; and secondly, they were in direct breach of the Grenville Act. MR. Tinicvtr supported the arguments of Sir. A. Piggott, ftnd said, the Commission bad no right to act upon a resolution of the House, but ought to proceed entirely oo the enactments of the Grenville law. The House divided, Ayes 39, Noes SC. Majority again4t the Motion 17. . _ _ MR. BUDDULPIT said, he conceived that a Member of the Committee of Finance was incapable, from the duties imposed on him, of accepting any place of honour or profit under the influence of either the Minister or the Crow n ; and, as an independent Member of Parliament, thought it his bounden duty to move, that as " ft. Wharton. Esq. had accepted of the Situation of Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, as a place of profit, he could no longer be a Member of the Committee of Finance ; and that the Hon. Mr. Ward be nomi nated in his room in the said Committee." Ma I'I:Neil:l , AL did nit think Mr. ‘Vharton disqualified from holding both situation:, as the House had not heard anti thing to his prejudice. There could lie no doubt but he woull discharge both duties with equal honour. The House divided, Ayes 21, Noes 70 ; Majority against the Notion 49. The house then resolved itself into a Committee to hear further evidence against the Orders in Council, when Messrs. .1. and W. Ball and It. Taylor, ship-owners, and Mr. Bairn bridge, an American merchant, of Bread-street, were examined as to the effect of the Berlin llccree.—Adjourned. APRIL 11. Mr. C..Wynne.obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better Care and Maintenance of Criminal and . Pauper Lunatics. On the motion of Mr. Perceval the Order for hearing further evidence to-morrow in support of the Orders in Council, was discharged, and fixed for Atonday, when the Gentlemen already Jrdered to attend were again ordered for that day, with the ad lition of J. Inglis, Esq.—Adjourned. TUESDAY, APRII.S. A ballot stood for this day for a Committee to try the merits of a Petition, complaining of an undue Election and Return for Newry, in Ireland. The Grenville Act requires that 49 Mem berkshould be clonsen by ballot in the House, to be afterwards reduce" f, - / the Counsel and Agents for the parties to 13, and two Nominees. The Douse, on the present occasion, could ouly get 46, of course an Adjournment took place. WrDNESDAY, APRIL 6. Sir J. Nugent, Chairman of the Dungarvon Election Com- Mittee, reported that the Committee had declared the lion. Walpole duly elected, and the Petition against his returu to have been frivolous and vexatious. Sir F. Burdett presented a Petition from the united Parishes of St. Margaret and St..lohn, Westminster, in support of the Vauxhall Bridge Bill. Laid on the table. Ou the motion of Mr. R. 'Mormon the Vauxhall Bridge Bill oas ordered to be read a second time on Monda% . _ _ A new Writ was ord: red for the Election of a Commissione to serve for the Lturg;lis of Kirkwall, in room of Ilrig.-Gen. . Mackenzie, who had accepted the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. Huskisson moved for nn Account of the Surplus of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain, for the year ending the bth of April,. IsoB. lie observed that the House would hear ith satisfaction that the Surplus amounted to nearly four millions and a half, and that it exceeded the corresponding quarter of the last year by 1300,8001. The Account was or dared. Mr. Bankes moved the resumption of the Oriler that dropped yesterday, for toe House to resolve into a Committee on the Reversion Bill. Mr. Tierney suggested to his lion. Friend the propriety of delayi) bir ~•t; • Wit, -row, as no inconvenience could -- delaying bis motion till.to morrow, as no inconvenience could vault from so short a delay. rlistighteniter ; that an order that had dropped from one ut in motion on the next. .". sued between Mr. Calcraft, Mr. Per- r. Whitbread, in which Mr. W. mittee to-morrow he should move -111 . pg which the Act was meant to en- . ed for Thursday. , THURSDAY, APRIL 7. A Message from the Lords, stated their Lordships acquiescence in the East India Trade (Irish) Bill, and the Irish ‘1 archon!, in Goods Bill. Mr. Lushingtnn gave notice, that on Monday next he should move for the production of additional Pavers respecting the Gtettsco, and that on Monday, the 9th of nay, he should bring forward a motion on the whole of that subject. ASSESSED TAXES. MR. fitnnrt.rtt objected to any farther progress being made in the Bill, as it went to increase these duties in the sum of 100,000'. w ithout any ground fur such increase having been stated the Finance Minister. Ma. tirshassoN said, that his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Per eeval ) had sufficiently explained the subject in the Committee of WaNs and Nleans; and the Bill by no means imposed any ad sitional charge on the Public, as it only took the surplus of the Assessed Taxes up to the sth instant, in order to defray the in terest of four millions of Exchequer Bills, outstanding, which had been funned. J 1 le. PERCEFAL maintained, that the Bill was a Bill of Sup ply ; and therefore it was necessary it should not be impeded. After a short conversation between Dr. Lawrence and Mr. lto , e, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. • DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY. Loran C.INTLERE.4OII gave notice, that it was his intention, m Tuesday next, to oller to the noose a :.roposition relative to tie Internal Defence of the Country. Ilk object was to have it submitted to the ernsideration of the liou,e upon that rlav, without then meaning to enter further into it, but to have it printed and circulated for consideration, and then calling their attention to it at a reasonable period after the Easter recess. REVF.RSION BILL. Mr. Baekes moved the Order of the Day for the House re solving itself into a Committee. The question was put, and Mr. Speaker left the Chair, Mr. Thornton tilling that of the Committee. MR. BANKES said, that on the occasion of the last Bill hay ing been rejected in another House, he formed the resolution of trying another, which might promise more success. With that view he formed the Bill then before the Committee. If he could not procureas much as the country required, at least he hoped to gain some practical good : this he was certain that the measure oefore the House would accomplish. Ile found it in vain to extend the period longer than one year, and till after the next .sessions of Parliament. Had it bees of longer duralion, he Is its very apprehensive that it would meet with such resistance cl-r -witere as to overthrow it altogether. He had removed from this Bill all that might seem objectionable to those Noble Personnes who opposed the last, and he was therefore of opinion that this would succeed ; and he earnestly advised the House to agrse with hint therein. When times and circumstances change, it may he deemed wise io make it permanent ; and if he atch icved no other object, this at least must be ceded to him, that by its obtaining existence on the Statute Book, it would gain recog nition. He then moved, that the first blank.in the Bill be filled up with these word.—'• for one year, and from thence till SIX weeks after the next Sessions of Parliament." TUE CH 4NCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQrER rejoiced that the Hon. Gentleman had adopted the arrangement which he had pointed out to him. In any other shape be feared that it would still retain the principal objections which proved fatal to the former measure. It should not bear resemblance to the last, nn account of the rules of Parliament, and it should not contain within its clauses any thing that could make it obnoxious to those who should have the ultimate decision upon it. Finding that the objectionable clauses were rejected, and the Bill h a d now assumed that shape which a Noble,Relatioo of his own, in another place, suggested, he dbould now give it his support. When the lion. Gentleman gave notice of his intention of bring ing in the Bill, be then intimated to him his then intention Of suggesting some amendments, one of which was, to prevent all grants of this description being concealed, to have had them vublicky announced in the Gazette, that it nsigbtbe Ascertaincti l' - :40.4,71# *Air VA. •.s , 14 :1;111.1.1 , h~' !} ~ Is