The National Register. — London, England, 1819-06-21 00:00:00

JUNE cil . Mr.Wys if said, that though he did not entertain slightest ilonibt on the question himself. he could not have any objection to withdraw his coni?laint that night, if he were allowed to bring it forward to-morrow night. Mr. BROGDEN gave notice, that he would move that the WANG on its rising tomorrow, adjourn till Friday. The other orders of the day wear disposed of, a d the House adjourned at half past two o'clock. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16. ADJOURNMENT.—The CHAVCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, that the /louse at its rising should adjourn to Friday next.—Agreed to. LOAN lIILI..—On the third reading of the Loan Bill, Mr. P. GRENer:t.r. rose to propose an omission of the clause regarding the profit of the Bank on the boat, of ig,•si imoo/. which wis at the rate of nuut. per million, amounting to obotd. One tenth of that expence would be amply sufficient to remunerate the trouble of the Bank ; and he therefore thought, in times like the present, that every po,ible saving ought to be effected. lie moved the omission of the clause. The CIIANCELLOII of the ExCltelll'Ett Said, that such allowances had been made from time immemorial ; and that as it had so long prevailed, and as he trusted there would not be any other loan for many years, he thought it would not be advisesble to press the saving now. The Bank deserved something for tr.) ible, and he saw no reason for departure fr9m the previously arranged amount. The motion for the omission of the clause was then negatived without a division.—The Dill was then read a third time and passed. BREACH or PRITILEGE.--Mr. W. SHITII presented a Petition from the Tins. Reporter, praying to be discharged out of custody, on paying of his fees. Sir F. Minima - a . again protested against the power assumed by the House in this and in other instances, under the name in what he denied to be privilego, to try persons in the way of which this Petitioner had been tried and punished. Besides it seemed that the words reported, and %opposed not to have been uttered, now turned out to have been partly uttered.—( Sonar cries t )—He understood some lion. Members to have ex ptmial that they remembered the cheers, the smile. &c.—(lfear, Hear.) lle protested against the power which had been exer cised, and thought the Petitioner ought to be discharged without paying of his foes. The lion. Baronet expressed his amnish mama that the debates were reported with so much accuracy and ability. Lord CASTLEREAGH could not see what object the Hon. Baronet promised to himself. As an Advocate, he was a most injudiztious one; as a . Counsel he was a most suspicious one, th e lion. Bart. having tried the question of privilege in various ways, slid failed; and as a friend in this instance he was not likely to etfect much good. The offence which had been co 1111 l detect was of a calumnious nature; and it was no excuse to say that it had not been intentionally committed. It might have been productive of most fatal extremities ; sod therefore it could not pass unnoticed by the House. Mr. W. COURTENAT was sorry for the course which had been pursued by the Hon. Member. Mr. II riusisso is said the misrepresentation was most gross; had it been otherwise, it could not have passed unnoticed by the Hight Hon. Gentleman.-- ( ;es if 0, dc r). Mr. Hustle said, had the lion. Baronet been in the House when an explanation was made on a former night. lie (Sir P. B.) would not have insinuated that the report was an fact correct. Lord BINNING also declared that nothing had been said to warrant the insinuation that the report was substantially correct; and lamented that the lion. Baronet should have lent himself to countenance any such feeling. The report was most false, foul, and scandalous. Mr. LITTLETON said, from what he recollected of the epecch, the report was inLyrrect. Mr. C. HUTCHINSON thought the Noble Lord ( Binning) was nut warranted hi using the language w Bich he hsil adopted ; he wan neither warranted in saying tbat the report was wilfully false. nor in charging the Bum Baronet in un animity lending himself ts countenance error. As to their privileges he would not be deterred by either of the Noble Lords, isir by an lion. Member, from expressing his ;mini's, respi cling any individual art. or any question of privilege; and as to the exertion of their priv.leaes this Sessiou, he thought they had been enforced most severely.—( Hear.) Lord DINING explained, and said he had nut intended to Ilse any onparbanrtvttary language. Petition brought up 11141 read. Mr W. SMITH HMI moved, that the Reporter he placed at the Bar fur the 'impose of being discharged.—Agreed to. The Reporter having been placed at the B ir , The SPEAKER amid, that i , comic-wiener of the Repot , ire having confessed himself the author of the paragraph, afterwards voter' to be a scamd dons misrepreaeutatioti lit the debates, a coltemoious libel on one of its Members, and an aggravated breach of its privileges, he had been CUM- Mil led to the custody of the Sejeant at Arms. Hit Peti tion had been received, and that, as well as the nionniir of the Petitioner and his ea plantations, had been fully consi dered. The sorrow and regret which he had now ex pressed, coupled with his conduct yesterday, the Reuse had bees, induced to extend mercy to the Petitions r. A reprimand had been directed, and then the discharge of the Petitioner ; but the Speaker was desirous that this le nity 'tumid not be mismidei stood. The Reports resulted. from the indulgence of the Rowe, and an abuse of that indulgence constituted an aggravated ottence ; and it was desired that this should he deemed a piddle wai iiing that any tutu re offence of a similar character, let it be commit. ted by whom it might, would be visited a lilt the utmost rigoor.—{Cheers.) The Petitioner w as discharged on payment of his fees ; and the reprimand was coileted to be emceed on the Jour nals on thr motion of Lord Castlereagh. Petitions sgalnst the Foreign Enlistment Bill were pre. sensed limn Liverpool and Mallow. MAII RIAGE AcT. — Mr. W. SMITH observed, that in bring ing forward this motion, he found himself tiirtified by the contents of several petitions which had been presented on the subject. The prayer of those petitions was air some alteration in the marriage service, as it respected a particular class of innvi. duals. The grievance complained of was described in as brief terms as possible in the petitions theinite.ves, which stated thut the marriage service, as proscribed by law, was, in some of its parts, inconsistent with the p r in c ipl es o f th e i r re li g i ous b e li e f. Prior to the act of the gfali Geo. 11. marriage was considered in this country merely as a civil contract. To the ceremonial ap pointed by that act the dissenters generally entertained sonic objection; but what was ernsiplained of by his clients on this occasion was, the various expo:talons relative to the doctrine of the Trinity which occurred in it. By a recent statute they had been relieved from the penalties and disabilities imposed by laws which had become almost obsolete, but it was siill unpleasant to their consciences that this doctrine should be introduced in a manner that implied a recognition of it on their part. As this inv.duction of it was pertectly undess, the petitioners hoped boat the liheraiity of the house, that in their cave it might be dispensed with. Before the act of George IL, montage was lid Ito be essentially a civil impact. l'or this proposition he had the authority of Mr. Justice Blackstone. It was not then re . ittii-ite to it, validity, that it should be connected with a reit gio ..s cereirainy. From the operation of that act, however, Jews THE NATIONAL REGISTER. and liriakere were exempted ; and he believed that the petitions which they addressed at the time of its passing, had l e d t o their exemption, although he was aware it might be said that they were a more defined body than the class whom he now repre sented. That the old law of the country had always contemp lated marriage as a civil contract, seemed evident from the pre amble and provisions of the 12th Charles 11. c. 35 ' respecting marriages solemnized before justices of the peace during the commonwealth. In that act it was nut treated as at all necessa rily connected with any relii,tious ceremony. 'file 2Cith of Geo. 11. hail appointed a certain service ; but it was not necessary that the whole should be gone through' in order to render tile act binding. It was usual to omit several parts which were not con. ionant to the delicacies and decorum of the present day. The petitioners did not complain of the general tenour of the mar. riage-service, but of a distinct part of it, the omission of which, in certain cases, was the object of the measure it was his intention to propose 'This measure would leave every other class of indi viduals precisely in their present situation, as it was only at the request of parties disapproving of that part of it that the officiat ing minister would be authorized to make the oinission. No additional duty would be imposed upon the minister, but, tin the contrary, lie would he exempted from the painful necessity of doing what was disagreeable to others. lie proposed no alters • tion Of reduction of Ices, nor did lie conceive that any descrip tion of property could be affected by the measure. If it were important that the marriage -contract should he saiictiontal by a religious ceremony, it ought to be congenial to the religious principles conscientiously entertained by the 'strum. Ile knew that many persons regarded marriage as the must solemn engage ment which could be contracted, and that it was high!) , advan tageous that it should be clinked with the sanctions of religion. In taking oaths, the religious creed of the 'arson sworn was always made the test and security of his evidence: the Jew was sworn upon the Old Testament, and the 31aliumetan upon the Koran. 'I lie analogy appeared to him to be extremely strong. He feared, hos ever, that the association of ii religious ceremony with the marriage contract had not always the good effect that was ascribed to it. If they looked to those countries where marrita,re was a sacrament, it would appear that its vows were much more frequently broken than in the northern part of this kingdom, where no religious ceremony was essentia l to its validity. Under all these consitletations, he should now move for leave to Ming in a bill to alter and amend the marriage act, so far as relates to the ceremony in die case of Protestant dissen• tees from the church of England. Lord CASTLE ft EAG tt ltd not rise to object to the introduction of the bill, but as he was not aware of the provisions it might contain, he niust reserve his opinion till the measure should be immediately before the honey. Air. WILBERFORCE observed, that he had only heard a part of his lion. friend's observations, but he perfectly acquiesced in the propriety of allowing the Bill to be brought in. Ile could not help feeling; some apprehension lest the general terms in which his hon. friend had spoken of marriage as a civil contract might bc mieundentood. There could be no doubt that, so far as evidence was concerned, it might be so denominated, but the institution was itself of divine ordinance. To this institution much of the superiority of Europe over Asti and other portions of the earth, especially in social and domestic life, might be sari butes!. Ile certainly approved of the general object of the bill. and its particular pros ions would be the subji et of future Leave was then given to bring in the bill. The losulvent Debtors' Bill we. committed, when there arose considerable discussion. 4. clause to escheile the application of Clout) Debtors, eksept where they lied the approbation of the Crown, was *peed to, atter opposition (rout Lord Althorp, Al r. riv t , &e. Iteport un Feeley. The other orders cl die day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at half past twelve o'clock till Friday. FRIDAY, JUNE IS. NEW MALT Tax...-Mr. COKE (of Norfolk) held in his hand a Petition against the New Malt Duty. Ile was aware that he could not present such Petition—he only desired to read it. as it was couched in manly language. He could not hut give credit to the Chancellor of the Each...tater for the manner in which he had brought forward the new 'faxes; he took care that the people of England should nut have the opportunity of com- Plaining of them, otherwise the table would have been l a d en w ith etitions froli every class of the suffering people of England. Might he he allowed to read the l'etition ? The Cit NCELI.OK of the EICFIEiAIIER rose, and moved dud the House, at its rising, do adjourn to Monday. Ordered. 3lr. COKE again rose, for the purpose of reading the Pcidion, but the Speaker said the Hon. Member must be aware that it would be out of order to read the Petition. NEw LiceNcEs.—On the motion that the House resolve itself into a Committee on the Excise I .icenccs, The Marquis of TAVINTOLK expressed his disapprobation of the new taxes. The Ministers were supoorted by overwhel. ming majorities; but how were they obtained, by the Hummel influence, by the House being elected for seven years. and by the people really having so little to do with many of the returns. Ile would resist all additional taxation, till he saw that House so constituted, and so acting, as proved that they sympathised with the people. The CUANCELLOR of the ExcliEtto CR defended the nixes, the new duties would not advance the prices of the articles, cer tainly not the price of beer.—( Soule lauelater.) Mr. CALVERT said, he never heard such extraordinary a.s;er dons in the House of Commons; slid the very reverse or' what had been stated was the truth. %Ir. Cogs: reminded the House how extensive were the dis tresses of toe country. He would nut agree to impose any new taxes till expenditure was reduced to its lowest possible state._ !le agreed with a Noble Marquis (Tavistock) as to the necessity of rehmn; it was a corrupt House. and what good could be expected from them. (Cries of Ord, r.) He trusted that triennial Parliaments were not very tar distant; septennial Parliaments were most injurious; till they had such Parliaments there would be no security for the people. This was proved by their conduct when they were about to meet their constituents; then they knew how to behave themselves. Last Session they would not have ventured to propose these new taxes. Lord J. flutist:Lt. had nut much confidence in the Ministers as so the expenditure of the public revenue 4 but that was not the question which was now under consideration. The fresh supplies now proposed were of nowt injurious tendency. They tell on the poor almost exclusively and certainly most severe .. ; teal as they even attacked beer and tea s he did not see what was to be left to them but bread and water. The House divided on the MarquisofTavistncli's amendment, that the Committee be postponed till the. day „ix months. Thy numbers were. for the amendment, , in—against it Via— Afitjo.ny Oa. The House then went into a Committee on the Rill. The proposition to lay the duty on the stock in hand twa..ioned a ilivimon: for it 175 7 against it b7—Alisjority 104. 'flue clause to raise the duty 1s 'td. per bushel, was also divided upon—Ayes 171—Noes 82 —Majonty /i 9. The claiim imposing an itddi tonal duty toi Ilritish spit Ito win agreed to is knout a divimin. Oil the I I ins,• imposing an 0000 escix duty of four per cent. on trill being read, several Vole agasust it Mr. T. NV it.som proposed. its ail amendment to the cleave • • •• that MI per cent. be paid on all tray sold at the ...de, at ter under Va. per lb.; and lOU per cent. on all bald for more than Vs. per lb." The CIi•NCLLLOR of the ExcueghEß expressed his wil- I OS linple,,t to adopt Ito. pn portion. ne It,Alit Mos. Gem. stated, in 11118% to. to a question put by a ioesslter, that a peat deal of tea was sold at the India kluuse nut u.ily uuder Ys but under Is. 641. The clause ns amended writs then unanimously agreed to. The Hoax. resamed, stud the teirsrt was uideeed to be re ceived 011 M ( 114 NCKLI.OR of the I: XCII Cf4t' F.R moved the order of the day foi toe Hou►e re►olving !awl's Imo a Constitutive 011 the Cu•tomy Duties Rill. On the elaube being put, whit li prorated n diet y Mad. per 111. on sttero's wool Milli 1.411111, wind, imported front any poi t or Etn ope on and after the 51 It of Ortabei, I`l 19, and f:nnt an% other part of the world nii and after the 511 t ufJanunt). din, Lord Mturnor said, he In.ld in his hand at thlt moment 2.) Petition., and his Ilion. Friend had more, which, though be could mot lay them on the take consistently with the forma lities of the House, he thought it lots duty to mention, ur order to show the feeling which prevailed on the subject.- 01 all the new ditties which hid been imposed, there was none so impolitic, none so injurious (Cl the nonnufactures of the country, us the new tag upon wool, the staple of England. Mr. 'l' WI isn't (London) assured the House, that when he informed them that he intended only to say A few words, he intended to adnere mum strictly to Isis promise The winds he had to utter wine his own downright nbluoireuee of the Is% now proposed. . TI quebtion tiviiig again liid'y called to - , the house di vided— For the tax, 104 I Again 4 it, fit j Nlajoiity for it 4t The Cit 11101 t 41 then repotted pro„rr:•, and reque►ted leave to ►it The other order., of the 'hi, wow thoposed or, and the house udjourtod At it ritutrter post hi ee o'clock. FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITFIIAI leNE U. Ilia Royal niglinais the Prince Regent has been pleased. in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United KtilgdOtaa of Great Britain and Iselancl, for constituting and appointing George harry Earl of Stamford and IVarrington to be his Ma jesty's Lieutenant in the county of Chester, in the room of the Earl of Stamford and Warringuin deceased. His Royal Ilighnt,rthe Prince Resent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Ntaje-ty, to appoint William Marquis of Lothian to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal (lithe Aire of ;dm Lothian, in the room of the Duke of Buzcleuch deceased. His Royal Highness has also been pleased, in the r.arne and en the behalf of his Majesty, to appoint Phalle; Atarqui. of Queensberry to be Lieutenant and Sheriff' Principal for the Airs of Dumfries, in the room of the fluke of Buccieuch dtcuased. WAR OFFICE, JUNE IS. 17th Regiment or Kan.—Lieut. G en. J. hampagne, from the 41,t Foot, to be Colonel, vice Gen. G. Garth deem-ed. 4I atD itto—Major (.en. the Hon. Sir R.:• opford, K from the Royal African Corps, to be Colonel. vice Lieut. Gen. Charu pagne, appointed to the tornmetal of the 17th Foot. GAR so :4 11.—Lient. Cul. G.. 1. Reeve'. on the half pay of the 27th Foot, to he Lieutenant Governor of Placentia, vice Gen. G. Garth deceased. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. G. Brook, Lockwood, Yorkshire, woollen manufacturer, from June 15 to July 3. R. Ridley, IL,sing Lane, carpenter, front June 12 to July BA NKIICI"Iti. R. Garnett, Nantwieli. Cheshire. shoemaker. 1 : Goode, Iliackicy. lecestershire, hosier. M. W. Sankey, C;iierlittry, hrewei. S. Sewell, Alder-I.:Ate Street. 'dumber. W. Parker, W.st l'eignmouth, Devon, grocer. I'. Leigh. Wheelock, Cheshire, grocer. W. 11. Baldwin, Liverpool, merchant. J. D. Duty, Paternoster How. Christchurch. oiltnan. 11. H. I•'anshawe. Addle Street, trimming Maker. B. Martin, Middlesex Street, Whitachapel. victualler. H. atml .1. IL Towdend, Mitre It., Fenclitirch St., merchants. Daugain. Church Street. Soho, silretamitk and jeweller. J. C. White, Mitre Court, Fencluirch Street, merchant. J. Matthews, Penn, Stmicrsel. sho•nhaker. DIVIDENDS. dilly 5, S. Jone , „ St. Paul's l'hurchyaril, bilk and ril.bon ma nufacturer-li, F. Lear. Strand, brush .1. Curtis and 11. I'. Giirlin, I.titLate Ilia. (MI and roiaar inercitantb-6, J. Dover. Burnham. Bucks, butcher-13, B. Iloome, Great Carter Lane. llortairs'Coniniont, coariminker—Yu, .1. Brown. junior. Rodbornugh, Glocestelbhire, chithier-31, W. Crow ther, Banner Street, St. Luke's, watch tnanunicturer. W.►TERLOO TROPHIEs.—A few days since a nu merous and most flishionable party attended at Bill. lock's Museum, Piccadilly, to witness the sale of the carriage and other things which belonged to Napo leon Bonaparte, and were captured at Waterloo. The articles were all eagerly bought up, and some of them at most extravagant prices.—The following statement of the pi ices given for some of the things will serve to skew in what cstimation these rebut are held : 'rkeCorr,sge Small Oio•ou (dart Tool la lirn.lr Solid' II is Ol6 19 ti M Mock, or Collor 11141140 pp. rs Hilda* I'tt•re of !yaw Shit. inA finish :shirt '2 5 0 4ortl) 511:4%411.4 11. . of 014 (doors . 1 0 0 1114 Pocket Haowlkerrhirf ..... I 1 I 6 Many other articles were sold for prices equally high. A private letter, received on Monday by a respect. able Ipu.e in the city, states, that un intended in. s urn et ion of the Georgia Degrees had been dist:over ea and frustrated. The following is an extract : Atierste MAv b. " A plot of insurrection of the blacks of ibis Mere and /lain 00000 ding country, as well digested peiliaps 411 that of St. Darnell°, and which was to have been executed to Saturday last, but fur providential interference, was yes. teiday fortunately discovered, and many Grille ringleaders are now committed for trial. and will probably SOGS weft like ailed seotcucc which awaits :law."