The National Register. — London, England, 1823-04-28 00:00:00

Move fur leave to bring io a bill to abolish the punishment of whipping. The Quorum Magistrates' Bill and the occasional Freelto:d. ors' Bill were postponed till Moodily next. Mr. T. WILSON presented a petition from healers in wool. in favour of a measure to repeal the ,tax on foreign wool. — Ordered to be printed. On the motion that the report of the Weights and Measures Bill be presented. Mr. D. GILBERT observed that this bill would introduce no confusion ; it would only restore the proper state of weights and measures. Report presented and read. Bill ordered to be read a third time on Friday. Mr. CALCRA FT presented a report of the Bridpert Harbour Bill.—Agreed to. WAR LHOUSI MO 11111.1..—Mr. BENET (of WHO presented a petition spina, the Warehousio,s boll from woollen manufac turers of Wiltshire.—Read and ordered to be Fiuted. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a similar petition frOill • 'ler manufacturers of Leeds. Lord MILTON trusted that the prayer on this occasion might sot be attended to—but that they should have the right gentleman's support when they applied for the repeal of the tax ou foreign wool, • ammo which sound pulley called for. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a similar'petition from the 'town and neighhourlitrod of Huildersheld.—He was at issue with his noble friend oa the sulbjett of this petition ; he wished that the question should be enquired into as to the foreign cloths. Lord MILTON said, if foreign cloths were required by a foreigner, why should they have to come to this country t He was atruid there was much delusion on this subject.. Of the policy of repealing the foreign wool tax, he wan perfectly persuaded. Mr. S. WORTLEY replied, after which the petition was ordered to he printed. Lord NUGENT gave notice, that on the 2d of May lie should move for leave to bring in a bill to place the Engli.ll Roman Catholics On the same tooting, as near as pcosible, with the Roman Catholics of Ireland. The House would be aware that their case was one of much greater' hardship than those of Ireland ; and lie gave the 'notice, understauding that the Irish Aunt ney-General did not intend to bring lorward any proposition 'on this subject during the present session. The estimates were presented of the expenditure of the Stitisb museum. Mr. GOULBURN gave notice that on the 30th of May, he should bring forward a motion relative to the state of Ireland, and lie should move the renewal of the Insurrection Act. Iln would not anticipate the debate ; but on the day maned he should be prepared lc go into she particulars, when be would state what the Government dc. meal requisite. Returns were afterwards ordered of all persona prosecuted, down to April 19th, under the Insurrectiod Act ; the results of the prosecutions, &c. Mr. WALLACE moved the third reading of the Warehous ing Bill, which was read • third time and !teased. Mr. HUME gave notice of a motion for the 6th of Mac, for 'the sppointment of a committee to enquire into the revenue of "Newfoundland. The other orders were diapered of, and the house thco adjourned. TUESDAY, APr.ll. 22. A person from the Treasury presented various accounts pre viously ordered by the House. Sir H. PARNELL postponed from this day till this driy anitisht his motion respecting steam packets, (minded on the Holyhead Rbad's Committee's fifth report. Mr. DENISON presented!' petition Gorr Fsritharn against the coal duties. Mr. P. 5100 RE brought in a bill to consolidate and amend the laws for adjusting disputes b,J weep masters and their ser ♦su.ts, &c. He observed that the bill was of very great im portance to the mannfactuiing districts ; that it bad coat a good deal of trouble to prepare it ; that it inerite I the particular sttention of members in general, and of the members eonnectcd with manufacturing distriCts in particular ; and that if the bill could be usefully altered or amended, he should be glad to receive the suggestions of hon. members. Rcud a first tinmousd ordered to be read a second time on Monday neat. Mr. Aldermen WOOD presented a petition from Jobs Wil. llamson, of itasingliell.street, complaining of the frequent viola tion of graves, and praying that the House would adopt mss sores to prevent the repetition of such repulsive violation of sanctuaries of the dead.—The petition was then read and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sergeant ONS LOW moved for leave ►o bring in a bill to repeal the laws regarding usury. H t observed that he did not proceed no his own opinion only ; he was strengthened by that of a committee of the House on the subject.—Leave given to bring ins bill. i BELA riD.—Mr. C. GRANT said, that there was an opinion before the public that the right hem president of t:.13 hoard of controul had asserted in that house that all lrisb administrations previi.us to that of Lord ,Wellesley had been partial in the ad ministration of justice ; he wished to know whether the right hon. gent. bad said any thing... the kind. Mr. C. W YNN was glad of the opportunity of stating, that he bail never asserted any thing of the kind ; he bad never felt sach sentioumt to be just. L.ts:cot.si Pcrtriuti.—Mr. PELHAM presented the Lincoln reform petition. Mr. A. SMITH observed that not more than 500 persons were precient ; that it was the result of waggon oratory ; and taut it was not tube considered, in its full .neaning, as the Lin nolo petition. Mr. R. HERON expressed his astonishment at the descrip tion given of the meeting, given by one who was not present at it. Whoever gave the information he knew not—bathe would advise the bon. member nut &gain to treat to such authority.— '1 here were ten times the ntnnber•present that had been present at the condoling and loyalty meetings. And it could not he Galled is radical meeting, for there were not twenty hands held up in favour of the radios' amendment. (A laugh.) Time :ailicals were on that day at Ituatoe—a very radical place; they were there otherwise engaged. Mr. ell APLIN said that there were not 1000 persons pre sent at the meeting. Colonel JOHNSTON had seconded the petition, and be now spoke in support of it. No nun was solicited to attend the meeting, which might account for its not being much 4..rowded. --Read and ordered to be primed. Lord MILTON presented a petition from the county of York, for reform, &c. It had been, lie might say, agreed to unani mously, at a meeting ten times more numerous than the Lincoln meeting. Ahout sixteen years ago there was • strongly cog tested election for Yurkshire, when 23,000 voted, after loavina esusackxil even the lanes and Ober 431 London ;—this petition was ti6ucil by 17,030 fret.buldur►, whose reeidurioes were gives THE NATIONAL REGISTER ' as well as their names. (Hear ) lie believed there were not above 50 signatures to which any legal objection could be made; some trustees, come freeholJera of Hull, anti by two or three of the see who were not yet eritteated i.:th votes. (Ilear, bear.) He need not say he approved of the petition ; but lie wished now to add, that the great change of opinion there bad been worked in his mind on the subject or rtfuriu had beer produced on the conduct of the liouse.—(!leer, bear.)--He felt that the House did not discharge its duty, as be thought it ought to do. towards the people; and lie wits also persuaded Viet the people were the best judges of the honest conduct of (Hear-, bear.) 'flue people wield not be good judges of financial matters, nor of foreien rllslrs ; but of the honest conduct of Parliament, they were judges on which they could rely. They were too much disposed to look on those beneath them as their Inferiors in intiermation ; hat auckconduct was not wise and polities in them. Mr. S. WORTLEY seconded the motion for bringing up the petition. He did not deny that it was signed by a mejerity of the Yorkshire freeholders, and that it nitrate the considera tion of the House I however he must enter his protest tgaisist its prayer. lie believed that the House did diacharge its duty to the people. When the constitution of the House could he so &metaled, as in his opinion to discharge wore completely its duty towards the people, he would consent to change—not ' till then. Lord MILTON then brought up the petition. Its bulk being neatly as much as the noble lord could carry, excited much attention and mertimitit ; and the amusement was not diminished by t e clerks baring to enrol the f:etition to get at the language of it. It was of amazing length, the unfolding of it Laving oecupi.d several minutes of the aetive labours of the clerks. The petition was then read at length. Mr. SYKES spoke in support of the petition. The free holders had beets asked whether they would support an appeal to that House, and more than three fourths of the freeholders had supported that appeal by this petition. To the conduct of the late member fur Liverpool, and who te—r holds a Fionlittent station in bia Majesty's councils (Mr. Cawing), lie believed they were mainly indebted for the auectas of this petition.— (Hrar, bear.)—The question, he thought, had been fully put to the county ; to his 'Mud it had been most couclueively answered. Petition ordered le be printed. Mr.IIOIIROCSE presented a petition from an individual against the Chancellor of the Escheyurea Intermediate Duty on the Beer Bill, Be complained that new premises, &u. would be required according to the bill, that might be remedied. Petition ordered to he printed. FoREIGN NEGOCIATIONS.—Mr. CANNLNC moved an ad dress to his Majesty for additional limpets respecting the Dego cialions about Spain and Portugal. Mr. WARRE wished to know, whether at Verona the five Powers agreed to • treaty, undertaking to assist Prance iu the attack on Spain. Mr. CANNING did not believe that any ssuli instrument was signed at Verona ; he bad never heard of any such undertaking haring been signed. Address agreed to. Lord PALMERSTON presented • petition from the UM : versity of Cambridge, praying the Howse to ado; t measures to prevent the increase of the slave trade, sad to ameliorate the condition of the slaves. Petition ordered to be printed. Mr. CANNING moved that the House, at its rising, do ad • porn to Thursday.—Agreed to. ROMAN. CATHOLICS.—GeneraI ARCIIDALE presented va- lions petitions from Enniskillen against the Catholic Colonel TRENCH bore testimony to o previously alleged fact, that P,iests interfered in elections. They had dome so at the recent Dublin election ; they might not he in the hustings, but they exercised a terrific kinetics elsewhere, even in their places of worship, before the congregations had risen limn their knees. Mr. 1.. WHITE.: said, that the charge was unfounded re specting the interference of priests in Accent elzetions iu Ire. sand. Mr. 11. WHITE also declared that the charges were false and groundless. The priests might have fell an interest in the electian, especially when they we.s. told that one of the candi dates was against them. The lion. member said he bad not ha rangued the people and the priests from the. attars. He had pledged himself to ►upport the Catholic' Claims. The other candidate said he always would oppose them. TNI SIIEIIIII/ of Dlthilt4.—Sir F. BURDETT then • pur suant t 3 his notice, rose to bring forward his motion respecting the recent trials in Ireland, and the conduct of the Sheriff of Dublin, as regarded the summoning the Grand Jury on that cc cesium The hon. baronet entered into a review of all the tran sactions connected with this case, as detailed in the debates of Tuesday last, and urged that, upon the statement of Mr. l'lualet ou that occasion, it was evident that nmtluiry juto the conduct of the Sheriff, with regard 40 summoning the Jury was necessary. Ile therefore conoluded lay moving, that from the statement made by his Majesty's Atturney-Genetal for Ireland, in that Muse, MI a former night, it appeared indispensably ne cessary that itiquiry into the conduct of die Sheriff of as related to the receut legal proceedings iu Ireland, respecting the riots at the Theatre, tau the 14th of Dec. last, should tale place. Mr. PLUNKETT opposed the motion as unnecessary. r. DEN Al AN supported it. Mr. illtOW'N LOW also supported Om motion. The various reports in circulation, min Melly one which stated that the bot tle was thrown at the Lord Lieutenant limo the Pitt, and not the gallery, as stated at the trials, reentered miquiry ne m usury. Mr. GOCLIILIHN slmngly opposed the motion. He could assure his hon. friend 'twee was not the slightest foundation fur the story to which be had alluded, or for many others that were in circulation. He contended, as his right Lon. friend, the Solicitor General, had done before him, that a Court of. Justice and not the House of Commons, was the proper place fur in quiry into this subject. Colonel HARRY would agree in this opinion, if the delin quency of the Sheriff was confined to one single act ; but as there was a series of acts charged, elTeetnal enquiry could only eke pl ace in that House, and for that reason lie should sumort the motion of the lion. baronet. Mr. CANNING gave his decided negative to aloe motion. Ilr. BROUGHAM as strongly argued in its favour. The House then divided, For the motion 219 Agsiust it 163 Majority AGAINST Ministers Si"! The House to go into the s'onimittee on F Way. The oilier Gillet a were disposed of, and the House adjourn ed at half-part tine. TIIIIRADAY, APRIL 24. !nd J. RussEl.'s muuun ou the subject of Reform attracted considerable crowda; and when the gallery was of en.•d at three o'clock, it was filled ill a few remotes, and the imeccbec ifterwaids crowded. 131 . Mr. CANNING appeared at the Bar, and presented from his Majesty, pursuant to an aildrens hf the Room, additional pa pers reit' eting the recut uegociatious regarding France. Spain. and Portegsl. Accounts from the Liverpcel Dock Company, the Southwark Court of Requests, &c. were presented, and ordered to be printed. Sir J. YORKEpreaented a petition from certain Trustees against the Southwark Court of Requests' BM. Ordered to lie ou the tattle. Sir J. GRARAM presented a petition, with similar prayer, from John Prinsep, FR ESCII CA PT uaE. Mr. BROUGHAII wished to milk whether the Adlnirally had received any intelligence of the capture of a Spanish corvette in thin West Indies, five or sit weeks ago, by a French cruiser ? If it were true, the French had been built, of on act of piracy that world warrant Iles Lan s ing of the whole of the clew ; or of the grossest perGdy. as the letter of marque mu.t have been issued by the Freed* Government near three months ago, and at the very moment that the late '14;04.664ms for peace were carrying on. He could nut help adding, that to make this caplare the more palatable to the people of this . uuutry, the vessel was insured iu Lou doe. _ Sir G. CLERK replied that he had no other information ow the subject, other than r. hat was possessed by the iron. and learned gentleman and the pohlie. SUIISOLK PETITION.—Mr. GOOCH, in lb* performance of his duty, presented a petition from susoik, praying for Parli amentary Reform ; at the same time he felt it to bs his duty to state. that he could not support it. prayer, Ordered to lie printed. NukNOLL Purtl tem.—Mr. COKE presented a petition (Cobbett's) from the Circuity of Norfolk, for a Reform, Re duction of the Interest of the Debt, &c. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR said, he Ind been the uniform support er of Reform ; but such a petitiou would make him vote against all Reform. Ile was persuaded that such a farrago of absurdity could only come Clots the thorough etwiniea of Reform. He was persuaded of the necessity of some reform ; and that if it were lint granted, the country would souuer or late: feel the evil cousequenees of neglecting reform. Mr 11. GGRNEY gave sonic account of the proceedings at that meeting—of the appearance of Mr. Cobbett—and of this noises that took place, especially when Mr. Cohltett's Lions were put—ltiere were 5 or 6,000 persons present, and very few of them even beard the resolutions. About 200 ware against them, and $OO for them—hut they held ap their bands by mistake. Though this was not the petition of the county of Norfolk, it merited attention, as it came from one of the acute* and ablest writers of the present day, who however was acres. hinted to mingle exaggerated truths with much falsehood.—. Petition ordered to be printed, Mr. COKE presented petitions from Handreds of Qrstenthoev &c. complaining of distress, but disavowing the Norfollepeti: Lion. _ _ Mr. COKE spoke of the general correctness of Mr. Carney% representation of the Norwich meeting. Ile stood within tWO of Mr. Cohbett, and he paid all possible attertio• ; but there was suck a noise that he could only now sod thee beat a word Gum Mr. C. Petition ordered to be ismist4. Mr. WODEHOUSE presented a petition from Itembieyud, disavowing the Noriolk A number of petitious were presented spinet time Coat dutie-. _ _ Sir F , BURDEFT postponed for • week. the Contetittee of Inyuiry reepertin4 the recent Irish Triels. PAULI AM ENT ARY Lord J. RUSSELL lironlit forward bis motion, detailing the defects of the present state of the representation. It was particularly proved by the votes, sometimes rather favourable to Ministers, then againd them. Ilia plan of Reform was si milor to that detailed last year ; to ad.: one intidred inembtre to the couloies, iJO Irons the Boroughs, &o. Be con eluded with enuring, that the state of the Representation re quired the most serious oousidi ration of Parliament. Lord NORMANDY seconded the motion. Mr. RICARDO thought that if elected by the people, the same gentlemen who now conatituted it would be area acting very d.fferently to what they do now ; be would, however., . . sur , . . . . ippon no scheme of reform wbitilr had out election by ballot; nits baling. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE was now consinced Reform was be come necessary. He wished to have the Boroughs done away, and snore members given to counties. This change was required by the change of,coreninstances, the spreading of intelligence and wealth. He was convin, eel also that the landed interest was not riled' represented, or agricultural distress w o uld never have arrived at the huioit it had done. Sir F: BLAKE *us in Issuer of the motion. Sir R. Wal pole said, " Every mom has his price ;" and the late Speaker " Tke sal , : of seats in the House was as plain as the sun at noon day." Freedom of dee • wax the biithiiitht of Englishmen, and he hoped the House would this night, by their vote, rester,: it to them. The House then died, d : Fur the Motion 100— Against it 280—Majority Kitimat the Motion 111. The other orders were disposed of, end the house adjourned. FRIDAY, APRIL Lord CRANBOURNi brought is a bill to legalise the sale of gaitie.—Read a first time. Sir J. SHELLY gave notice, that on the seoond reading be should take the sense of the House un the bill- It au NORM tNIbY observed. that understand ing some observations which had fallen from trim on the sun jeet of reforni,as alTectity, in particular the instance of the wiener fur Edinburgh. (Mr. W. Doutlaa,) were liable to misconstrue lion, he bad no hesitation in saying that in the remarks he nitwit nothing personal he only !leant to stale that where so few persons in an enlightened a city as Edinburgh returned a mem ber, that instance was the beat illustration that he euuld give of the present system of en preseulaboii. Mr. W. DUNDAS expressed himself satisfied with this e plots ion. The second reading of the Great Sessions in Wales Bill was postponed sill Tuesday. The Weights and Measures' Bill was read a third lime, after some remarks from Mr. Hume, Sir G. Clark, &c. and passed. Lord ALTHORP presented a petition from the city of Westminster, signed by about 30 persons, preying for Nee establishment of a Court fur the speedy recovery of iltivOs under 161. Mr. 110BHOUSE said, he was instructed to support this prayer adds petition. i'mition ordered to he printed. Int LANO.—Sir PARNELL presented • peutrut from Drogheda, against tic Union Duities Bill. 111 r. HUTCHINSON said, that the great ohj;ct cf Ire and was tdvouploy the p ride of Ireland; sod any waseass that ( For contistuatiust ;,:er page 1.41) .~K