The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-06-29 00:00:00

THE STAT Wi‘issat.=as IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. • -......... ROURE OF LORDS, Jolts 27. The Royal Assent an. given, by CesomissiOn, to the Loan ARIL the Cuavention Rill, th e Irish Master of the Rolls Bill. Or Irish Popolation Hill. Ake blab blade-Wine Bill, the Irish *irks Bill, the Irish Distillery Bill, the Irish Pap e r-Han g i ng NM. the 'risk Glass Duty Bill and several private Rills. Mr. Deems was heard on behalf of the Earl and Countess of Attu. In the Irish Appeal of Phayre and Perce. The jallereas )r as reversed. Mr. Stern and others brought from the Commons several rmite an public Bills. among which were the Chelsea Out eiontoers Bill, the fhelven and Gre e n w ich P ens i ons Bill, t h e O A Ilpirk lotercootrse Bill, the Half-pay Regulation Bill, the Foreign (Hikers Allowunce Bill, and the Lead Ore Bill, which Were severally read a first time. - • . DUKE OF CUIIIRERLAND. The Order of the Day for taking into consideration the Prince Regent's Illewatte respecting the Marriage of the Duke of Cumberland, having been read, The Earl of LIVER POOL said, that in proposing an Ad. 'deem In mime* to the Message, he should only think it ones eery to state the mature of the provision which was intended to be made. It was an addition of 6001/1. a year to the Duke's 'income. with • princely to the same amount to the Duchess, if she survived his Royal Highness. He concluded by proposing . sto Address, to thank the Prince Regent for his C011111111111CA• lien and expressing their readiness to concur in any measures hlb might he memory fur the support of the dignity of the al Family. • ' Address was agreed to. VOTE OF CREDIT. • The Order of the Day, for the consideration of the Messike from the Prince Rege n t, re s pecti ng a V o te of Credit, having been. read, The FAT' of LIVERPOOL said, that it was the known pratttee of Parliament at •the close of every Session, in addition to the sums which were voted to meet specific purposes, to vote * certain sum to meet ezigeocies which in their niters could not he fore arm,. It was not his "intention to make any remarks en the present situation of affairs; but he hoped it was evident to their Lordships, that it was necessary to put in the povier of the Crown the means of push ing with vigour .the present contest, and following *p our former exertions, an as to obtain a just and honourable pelook.--Ellear, heaell—The sum it was 'tended to propose was six millions. The Noble Xarl then moved an Address, expressing the willing less et the /loose to concur in a measure for the ic oomplialment of the object swcilled in the Message. '• Loth GRENVILLE observed, that after what 10 bad said on a former occasion, it was onneceplary far hiss to my that be gave bia most cordial support to the motion, being convinced that the circumstances .alf the present situation of the country did laved 41Iasly require* vigorous support from Parliament, to amble the Government tr its the contest, HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Howse having attended in he Posse of Lentil* 4 SPEAKER stated, 01 the Royal Assess t had iseett ;tarts Com Mission to certain public Hills, for whit-h see our relied of the Lords. • The Kilussuitsbans Ifospital Bill, Me the irfah Spirit Inter course Bill, and the Army Half-pay Bill Mete read u third time and passed. . The Army Prise 818, the Irish Militia Pay fnd clothing Bill, and the Irish Grand Canal Bill, were read a second flow; and ordered to be cusissiitted tu-suorroW, eig were Lord Wel lington's Estate Bill, the Open Boats Licence kiell,and the Con so idated Fund BBL Mr. P. MOORE brought In a Bill to regssiate the practice of Apothecaries in England and Wales.— R end a first, and ordered to be read a second time to usormw. The Order for the second rendink of the Ifackaeir toads Re gnlation Bill was postpisard until tii•morinis. The Irish Illicit Distillation Bill Was comathted.—Report to morrow The Irish Post-016re A.lnwanee Bill, the Irish Male Ser vants Duty Bill, and the Dublin Cu-tom House Lands Llsll, were reported.—To be read a third lime to-snorrow. fhe Report of the Holyhead Road Bill was further consider ed and agreed to. The Report of the Committee upon the Coal and Colm Act was agreed to, and leave was given to bring a Bill accord ingly. •L. • I~ T . , . _ .o prosesuk — I Mattison bad been rewarded for his invention, for ' 3°'°°°l' a-year. -se confessed that when he consi. -ear in sects - a grant as - was now proposed: I. ,wisieh bed bete to auspiciously commenced, till the wit . ! dered the number of claims which existed upon the impossible even to go into what was celled fishier'. he had beeo granted 1001. which , in his opinion object for which it was begun should be attained.—liberality and bounty of this country, when he re- able society without hearing the same feellog of did.. sufficient. As to the motion , the fact was , %list He should not have thought it necessary to make anymembered how much misery had been created by the respect expressed. This, therefore, 'Wes etre Of It* whether it were agreed to or n ut was not matrial to ' further observations on the present occasion, and he the saving of life or property from shipwreck, be.: late glorious victory, and which the benevolence of fruits of the new era. He was quite sort 'the King had thought to bare abstained from any further at. cause if the invention of Mr. Willson, as it was Parliament might help to alleviate, he should feel would never have coosented to sue* sewiettriaspi; tendance in Parliament during the remainder of the i called, were really useful it would reward Itself , for more pleasure in voting four times the proposed sum neither the Noble Lord, nor his Right lion. Col. Session; but having observed the notice of the pre- fur any of those purposes, than in e venting the pre. league would dare. fro say that he would bate-con. I it would be generally purchased ; but it was no Proof sent motion, he had attended to do that, the oppor- of the accuracy of the Hon. Baronet's information sent one to the Doke of Cumberland. He felt every seated. [Hear!] He would ask tee, whether the tunity of doing which, when properly before their I that those cork jackets were not found to be much respect for the branches of the Royal Family, and Queen had not declared - that it wee unfitting end im. Lordships, he deeply regretted having lost. Nothing lin demand among mercantile officers or seamen , wished to we their dignity properly supported, but proper for the Duke of Cumberland to marry that would have induced him to have been absent on the who would of course buy th em , l assuredo f be teeny could not concur in this votefor the reasons person with whom a marriage had been broken off em, s occasion, when he might have expressed his delight. be bad stated. The Hon. Member then adverted to by the Duke of Cambridge ? For himself he had no utilit at an event at which every Englishman must have gi g J. YORKE ridiculed the idea of those j a ck e t . ' the superior merits of the Duke of Wellington, as hesitation in saying, thst the onion was alt improper felt exultstibit elkiloy, and to have folly Concurred - affording any security for seamen belonging tot mepared. with_ thnee.of tile Duke of Cumberland, be suited ti' 'in the acknowledgment of the House to the signal man of war. For unless every seaman were dressed a nd conten d ed that if the itiatitry fiaditlefffidney to ornerit of our great Chieftain, except a mistake as to spare, it should rather be given to augment hie in a cork jacket hew was one to he dung to Jack the day ellen the subject was brought before their if he fell overboard from a ship sailin g at five or six towline., and to relieve the sufferers of Lordships. It might be unnecessary to dwell on the army and their relations. knots an hour. late autk:esses, for every one who had the heart of an Mr. WHITBREAD could not help observing, Sir M. W. RIDLEY said he would Englishman, would feel it beat high at the present that 1001. was quite insufficient to reward Mr. Mal. the Noble Lord, or to a ny man in the colt neement ; every man, whatever his opinion was as to esteem and respect which he bore for every lison, and something that more should be done for the justice of the war before its commencement, felt, that Gentleman. As to Captain Manby's invetrtion, of the Royal Family, nor was any one when it was once coffunenced,joy at theme [ter in which he was sorry to understand that the proper officers than himself "' tithe from them whatever the glory of the native had been sustained; and they were very slow to carry it into the general esee u . eery for the due maintenance of their sleets& could not fear to affirm that the charater of the coon. Lion it merited, although Captain Maltby himself dewy* comforts ; but in speaking hi try was now placed oa an elevation which it had was indefatigable in his endeavours to extend its in that House without reserve, he apprehl never before attained, and that even the achievements utilit proved himself as great a friend to mom . of our ancestors and their great Captains were not Mr y . ROSE stated, that the Secretary for the Home should by giving a tacit vote upon the surpassed by the valour and discipline of our troops, Departnient and the Admiralty vied with each other rear, hear !)—He believed there wet and the skill and energy of their Commander. Th e eat for the present proceeding but the in promoting the use of Capt. Manby's invention late great achievement bad this glorious feature: if : an d t ; in consequence no less than 140 stations were al.' his Royal Highness the Duke of York ; they asked the Genteel to whom the fortune of the ; ready fited upon where materials were to be placed, analogy existed between the two cases, day was due—be answered, le the unionquerable in readiness for the execution of this meritorious plan' hardly state wherein they differed. The valour a the British troops: if they asked the sot- i, the Doke of York was bailed by that lie for saving the lives of seamen. diery—they answered unanimonsty, to the utilised. 1 Mr. BATiIuRST bore testimony to the statement country at an auspicious event, under er ' of the last speaker. laded etertions and unequalled skill of their General , view ; at that time none of the Royal [hear. bear !] :if they asked the country, the coup- , Mr. C. W. WYNNE thought that some provision marred, and the alliance was looked m try with one voice would answer—the day was in be ' should be made for the families of such men as might nectod with the best hopes and expectati attributer! to the valour and merit of both, to a Com- suffer through their exertions to save the lives of country. It was impossible to regard t mender worthy to command such a soldiery, to sol- shipwrecked seamen, as such provision must serve to marriage in that point of view, he meal dims worthy to be led to victory by such a Con'- tional one. The consent of the Crown encourage such exertion. mender.—Uleer !)—The effect of that great vi. tory ! Mr. NILBERFORCE spoke in favour of this b e en o bt a i n ed ; b ut th at consent did not must be the attainment of that legitimate object of suggestion . ; eessary that Parliament should adept t, victory—the object for which only war could be ;4 F. justified, and for which alone it was undertaken, ihe lasting peace and tranquillity of Europe. This was he last effort of a long series of exertions, which in mount and in the duration of the danger, had never n equalled; and we might now look, not for per., \ 7 ual pears, but for an exemption from perpetual I ar, and calamities in peace worse than war, which d arisen out of the events of the last t wenty-ive BURDETT in reply, observed that the ' --lie ,was Wormed, most economic way of providing for the safety of men I employed for the purpose just alluded to, would be the due distribution of Mr. Mallison's jackets which would thus serve materially to aid the plan of , Capt . Manby. After a few words from Mr. House divided,— et►r.s - - besides, that the Duchess of Cumberland were to live " country ; and if so, that was an addit, with him for not agreeing to the motion , the House. It would be a question until : a different consideration, if the grant was W. mill ; th e to maintain an establishment in this count 27 every one must wish to see all the brat Royal Family supported with proper ears. The country with confidence looked up to lams . -9/ not only from motives of respect to them le Ministers who had the conduct of affairs. That matertiv agein-t the motion - —65 but from a due regard to the interests of enfidenee, be hoped, would not be misplaced: the THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND. city itself. Holsters, he trusted, would look to the stake at Lord CASTLEREAGH having moved that the The CHANCELLOR of the F,XI . lee—to the duty they had to discharge, and the' House should resolve itself iii a Committee to con- I contended, that it was the custom of ?Mewls* of affairs which England and Europa ex. cider the Prince Regent's Message respecting the upon the marriage of any branch of de meted at thr it (rands. The sacrifice of blood which marria g e o f th e D u ke of Cumberland, he said, that 1 mily, to provide the means of supporting sad been made was immense; but even in the sedate. its submitting t o th e Committee the Motion which I blishment incident to such a condition, - lion of threes who felt most nearly that loss, that he should have the honour of proposing, he should ' dignity and splendour; and indeed the I flood would not be too dearly abed if it parches/A not feel it necessary to trouble the House with many not hut be aware, that the snpport of tht. the real peace and trangoinity e( Europe, N. vain observations ; for he could not conceive, under all ; itself was Intimately connected with enai patience of the burthens under which the country the circumstances of the case, any grounds upon ; R o yal Family to maintain that kind of ared—ne ill-judged desire to pursue beyand its which it was likely ro be opposed. He was aware' which was naturally expected from it, a, lust bounds the virtue of magnanimity and liberality indeed, that in the present state of the country, a n y ' w o u ld b e an unwise economy on the pa , o goatees [ heer, hear, from Ike Ministerial side qf proposition f bo for throwing an additional burden upon House to limit. The question, theref ilst House!), would, he trusted, prevent us from it, mi k tst be received with extreme jealousy and re- , w h a t s um w o uld be necessary, on the pi obtaining that object for which we bad fought and lurtarice; yet, consistently with the principle upon Won, to enable his Royal Highness t: tot which we had conquered. If such a course was which Parliament had acted in similar cases, he, Cumberland to support that requisite reued, the best blood of the country would have could ens imagine any e k e grime d o f oppoeition. `sad he thought his Noble Friend had fixed hem shed In vain. Such, he was confident, would When any bratich of the Royal Family married with I smell a scale as was poseble. The H. an: be the wasa r . l aCh was not the wish o f the cow l • the full consent of the Crowit, which, in this case, 1 who spoke last had laid great stress upon try—such could net be the intention of his Majesty's had been obtained, he apprehended it had always i gence he had received, that their Royal Government, and in that confidence only could he been she emirs, pursued by Parliament to make an I intended to reside abroad, bet was it for give his cordial support Wire InOtion. [tha t , bear !] adequate provision for such branch, so as to enable to say that they shook], from necessity, The Address wes agreed to. it to support the entente incident to that situation, of this country, to compel, by its pal The Marquis of LANSDOWNE &aid, that on and to secure a reasonable provision for the Princess branch of the Royal Family so near in Friday he should bring forward the consideration of who might happen to be tee consort, in the event of sion to the Crown, Clough he hoped the Foreign Stave Trade Bill. surviving her husband. The principle on which that likely to fill it, to banish himself, es it The Earl. of WESTMORLAND, we understood, bed always been done, was one so simple al ' ob. foreign kli tom. Another supposition sold, be should divide the !loess on that measure. , Adjotrowd. Ind rives, that it no prejudice prevailed, it world na turally suggest itself; for the noun ass swa n that .ip Y. _J`ci ~~~ .5u _.►s~~•_ _otgdc , odvoited to In awl wane of the tiehate. reseireut vosinliliOre with the oda: r `// 'f` ~~ 1 : YlveAY.fi~ea~'i7~~YlC - - .. Mrirrovillinn granted to the yo un g er b ranc hes o f the for . the puldte r inrvice, * or atria of beceMing liberality' s ,Royal gamily, W as ca l cu l ate d w i th a mew to their and Certaittly If he thought (hit were likely to bap. h sting merely to support an ei — tablishment ai Ulmer- pen he streak] be induced to ir - eigh with the most rigid individual . ~ a., With respect to the amount of scrupulous licenracy Which of the ysrious eases provision already made by Parliament for those ids mott Urgent and itecessitik ; bUt fteiliig, as he younger branches, the liouse'koew that it amounted did, thai that House Would nut stint - kny inalich of oil to 18,0001. a year, &abject t o d e d uc ti o n s for this Pubirc Serirce; ord. withhold nny het:66l;os libe the Income Tex. It was evident, however, that if Miff; be could Ira but cOliSider gibe piiisiiiit among' than' with was thought to be a liberal alloWarice for those claim's that otight to be soptilied. thqse illustrinui individuals in their unmarried slate - Mr. W. !CEPA E eipluined. r it would not be coosidered as a n a d equa te on e for Mr. BENNET said, that neither the Noble Lord maintaining with due Splendour and dignity their alai the Right. Hon. Gentleman had favoured the rank and character shed married. 'What he intended CoMmittee With one lord as to the Causes which to propose, therefore, was, that the sum of 66001: had 'Produced the delly in making the Present Cons- Pet annum should be granted to their Royal thigh. " 61E814i:stint' to the Il.tuse respecting the marr iage of moles (he Duke and Duchess of Cumberland fits; ;the Dike of Cdinberlitid. Ii had long been known . .. their joint lives, and in the event of the Duchess of iltrotightiiit the country thitt oh event of this kind Cumberland surviving her hasband, that she shoilfd i flea In agitation, and it was cu rre ntly mi ',it'd that evdny the 60001. as a d owry d ur i ng th e term of her ; the First Lord of the Treasury was sidierto t}4 tatty natural .life. lie t ru st e d t h e quest i on wa s on e ie 'mit or the kind now proposed, yet; nit intiatition simple in itself th a t i t did not require the support 'off e had been given tb that House upon the . snljert. ,Ile MR. ISALLISON'S INVENTION. argument, because it rested upon a recognised print: Certain!) regikted that ii had i.o:, been brotraht for ., .. . , ~ Sir FRANCIS BURDETT rose, pursuant to ciple that the grant was necessary fiom . the situation Warn et so late i period of the Session, when they its which that illustrious Dike was !diced. if some were Within' 9 fortnight of being prorogued ; but notice, to move for the appointment of a Committee arrangement of that kind Was nut made, , hiS income that . was not his only subject of regret, . nor the only to consider the propriety of carrying this Invention would not be adequate to his condition as a Son of ground tooth *Melt he should otij ct. to the Motien, into general esecution. The utility of the invention could not, he thought, be disputed, after the Report the King of Gre a t B r it a i n , and whose children —At i Mot . reiiiit like the Present; lie thought that if c; of a Committee of that House in its favou r , and after might one day inhe r it th e C rown o f England : 1!e onl y a sinile Shilling could h .pared,y fire country, the several testimonies from naval o ffi ce r s as to its , trusted the )louse would feel that th e grant which it s'toeld be glass to chi famil i es of those who. had efficacy in saving seamen, some of which testimonies I , be had proposed was t a k en upon as Moderate a Scale so gallantly (At ins the late glorifius, conflict. There the Hon. Baronet read ti the House, especially a let- ' as possible, and he hoped it wou ld h e rec iiiid in was another cntisidelatlOn at 0 1 of , littich ha 'tonight ter from Captain Harris, stating a case i n which a I that spirit of attachm en t t o th e re i gn i ng f am il y,o Melt the Committee should not late sight,;he Meant oho boat's crew, employed to assist a t r a n sp or t which Parliament had always ma n if es t e d upon s i m il ar oc. very considerable sum whichthe Rityot Flintily of had got on the breakers, in the port of St. A u d en ., ' cations. The Noble Lord then m o ved the IteSolu: this country already possessed. 'the ti - 4;14 fi ITigleit derived the utmost advantage, from the use of Mr. 1 : 11°I a reitnue fur its own purposes of tinenilltiois stet. Mallison's seaman's friend, while another boat's Mr. W. KEENE said that no man Was more at. ling Or annum. All those ctroomstanee% 4. . 4 1 4 4 ucli crew, which attempted to follow the f o rme r , . was ! tartlet; to a limited monarchy thi n. hi mse lf ; or mo re as oug h t t o m ike t h e llodre pause before it screed to ;sensible of all the advantages enjoyed by thoSe who' the propositton then before it ; but indep. intently of entirely lost. After observing that large rewards ,lived under one; and in consequence of that attach- 1 all those he felt additional motives for voting Gotta and liberal patronage were granted to Capt. Maltby 1 ment, he was always ready to contribute whatever It. He was Mare that it welt a questiOn of treat and Lieut. Bell, for inventions meant to save ship was really necessary for supporting the dignity of all delicacy, but no feelings of delicacy, in his opiniOni, wrecked seamen, the lion. Baronet expressed his astonishment that the valuable invention of Mr. Mal. I the branches of that family by which limited MO- bright to interpose between the eiemition of a pjtbllt Mon had been so unaccountably overlooked, a n d narchy in this counts) , was upheld. Ile must say, duty. 'the Duke of Cumberland, of all the branches' . concluded with submitting his motion. however, that this did not appear to hin t an applic a - of the Royal Family; was the only one who could Mr. 'Wit: said, that the plan of Mr. Mallison tion to which Parliament ought to accede. The , come to that House and.make an application far • had been tried in his presence, as a Member et . the i Duke of Cumberland already possessed 18,0001. a- money, which he should -fest•ivimself compelled to Committee to enquire into the merits of the inset'. ! year, and that income, addedto some peculiar pri- . oppose. lie appealed ..to every person in the Corn lion, cud his cook jackets did certainly serve to keep i titt l es which he enjoyed, afforded him more means :OW, whether they did not hear, out of that men afloat who were incapable of swimming. But !of liberal expenditure than 22 or 23,0001. asyear : House, every individual in the country !Oren On, the cork jackets of Mr. Mallison proved to be really I **aid to any other; and especially if the Royal uniform feeling with respect to that perannage—m. little more than the ordinary cork Jackets. Yet Mr. I _ _ . Doke should, reside abroad, it would _be equal „to feeling decidedly 'averse from any disposition tts ems 11, Isi. hut • ^ • :1 • ! 0 Cumberland, one, however , nvech the parties might be suited to r lifSdney to - eactrether frees-their habits and morals.. Swill were glint his al. his opinions upon the subject, and being such, he felt of his brave it his duty to avow them.— [hear!] • i Sir C. BURRELL said, he hoptth the Noble Lord I not yield to ' would esplaiti when the marriage took place. With untry, in the respect to the allowance of 18,0001. a year, which every branch was granted to the younger branches of the Royal. ) less' nclined Family, the Noble Lord had forgotten to stet, that e was neces• that income was liable to no tea but the Property pletsdour and Tax, and besides that allowanee, the Duke of Cam- ii. sentiments berland bad a holm in the Palace, which paid uo preliended he tax at all. He had also a regiment of wonky ; and terchy, as he if the whole were added together, rerkonitse the 'subject.-- house al 10001. a year, and which. by-tlie.tese was as no prece- furnished at the public espeece when the Allied a marriage of Sovereigns were in this country, it would •usoent to but so little about 21,0001. per annum. He considered that sit that he need an ample provision fur the illustrious Dike, mitt ie marriage of many Gentlemen lived upon half that sum with mote louse and the hospitality and splendour than had ever been seen its very point of . the illustrious Duke. He thought also that - the Family were : Noble Lord ought to have stated what was the for tune upon es con. , brought to- the Duke of Cumberland by the person ations of the', whom he had married, as it formed a material point i the present , for the consideration of the House. Upon the 1 leant as a na- i whole, however much he might wish to support the n had indeed , character and honour of the Royal Family, he did render it ne- not conceive] it necessary, on the present occasion, td the marriage.' burden the country with the proposetfgrant. he Duke and , Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that as he had in a foreign been so pointedly alluded to by the Honourable ltional reason Gentleman who spoke last, he hoped the Committee ii then before would allow hint to make a few observations, with. itled to quite out being precluded from afterwards rising to reply was intended' to any arguments Which might ba brought forward,— intry, where I He could not botdeeply deplore the turn which the inches of the , debate had taken, nor could he conceive any thing ✓ splendour,' mere painful and injurious to the dignity•of the individually, Crown and the hist interests orthe country, than i• f the Monet- that every question of provision fur any branch of i the Royal Family should be discussed with those per. :CHEQUER sonal feelings anti illusions. With respect to the late • l Parliament, t period of the Session at which this measure was . se Royal Fa. brought forward,- he could assure the Honourable ing the esta. Gentleman that it was not a matter of divide, non with proper I indeed, when he looked round upon the Hooey, did House could he think there was any reason to regret the want of to Monarchy a full attendance, many questions of deep import. enabling the once to the country being often disposed of in the of splendour presence of much fewer Members. No undue de. • , arid which it lay had been suffered to take place with a view to part of that select the termination of the Session for brioglog tke .• I retort, was, matter under the consideration of Parliernent, for it present twee- was riot possible, in fact, to bring it forward earlier. the Duke of as the marriage of the Duke of Cumberland had ii . , splendour ? only vet) recently taken place . —Vritett, when, o .• p ed it opon a. from severctl Members.) —He - had no tre.itetlon ha ' 1 ' lon. Baronet ,aying. that it had been solemnised within the last in the intern. three weeks or a mnoth, and the Duke of Cumber. i t . it ilighoresses land had not boson many days in this country be. t ✓ that House fors the Measly woo brought cl.rwit to the House...us y, reside out It never had been the cu,tom, and he hoped le sarsimony, a never would, to submit such a que.lion to Pais n the soccer. 11/mem before the marriage was solemnised, keys I he was not (Onkel reasons of delicacy and propriety.—• . . it were, to a Ile hoped he had setisfactorilyezpialaed to the Corn. 4, an had been ' mittee that there .as on desire on the part of Mi. i t h a t the pre. Mitten, no ticersee- ate eft Ike cant. that npplin toi 7 nicattoth itt . m wit to hod ha hft os. • se . ~., L. k Jiihidia . diatitustilLiga. ' it: f I• 1. RI 111 J I 1 I