The National Register. — London, England, 1819-12-27 00:00:00

DEC. ,:7 n , airy belonging to Suitors iu the Larliequer. The sulr• I w;l+ Of go ce i upnrtalter,awl all poa•ible rtlnrtr 114.1 hero made Iu itioetite the Bill to lie 111441 C a. torrteet a. I Si ; hat hr rhd not wish to iirriis the Bill wltli hate.—Leave given, and 111111 af;erwmd• bouis4:l.l ill. Grad a first time,ei d ordered to be re.id a accord time to.moilmr. Mr. BENNETT gave notice, t h at after the holi.i.iys he slionl , l move for leave to brine in a Bill to invalid( knit. the holders of certain Dineen, e uft•ea from I.oldu•g seats in that loise. lilr.CAl.: RAFT ask oil o 'tether the Noble Cord wood.] produce the Hover •mt answer to the .11,iiiellester letter of Jolt I .. Cc. Lord CA•tTL Lit EA fill replied in the negative, the ?l•oisters hosing lit.i all the letters, &e. on the table which they deemed necessary, and oil h hich they grounded the prmeeedings before Parliament, Mr. CA Mit AFT gave notice, that after the holidays lie should move for the production of sovli ousts err,- (Hear. hear !) • Lord A. HAMILTON ►ose to move for the revival of the Cum•ritlee ••n the Orioch Borghs—a 110,1 to o hash be tintlenwood there would be no objection. ( Hear.) He wild, former enquiries had warranted all that he had niaiuta•ued respecting the si wore and flagitious 'Awes in the Scotch Burgt b, especially the binwritt principle of sellelection. It hod the tendency to iwrpetuair whatever was wrong and corrupt. Ile denied uuw , su he had dime tw fore, that his object was Pal Litinemary Reform j It W4ll to corrert the abuses in the Burgh'. If Befirm resulted from aea rrert in n would prin., ed collate, ly, not eel ly gan d surely he was not it) he deeded improvement, became st II fetcher improvement might he the collateral revolt. Ile rondo led wills that the Royal Burgh Petitions be referred to n Select L'ommisti e. fit►. DUNDAS said, had it not been for the ohservn floes of the Noble Lord, lie should not have 'instilled the Mousse; bust in consequence of former vticcess, the Noble Lord had got quite wanton on the subject. (A laugh.) He must deny flout the enquiries land exactly proved all that the Noble . Lnrd had formerly thought or ushered It was not said tliai Reform might not be accomplished col laterally, if nut ertly ; and dill. the House intend as mach Lord CASTLERF.AGH said, as there was to be an ob jection to the Coi sssss ittee, it was useless to fight a repot not yet mode. After remarks from Mr. J. P. Grant, Mr. Forbes, Sze. the motion was acteed to, slid the Committee appointed. The Newspaper Stamp Duty Hill was re-committed, after remarks from Mr. Primrose, i Ir . R. Martin, dm. and the Report was ordered In he reeek , eol to-mot row. The Libel Rill was afterwards read a second time, and ordered to be ltd to morrow ; alter which the other Orders of the Day being disposed of, the House adjourned. _ _ WEDNESDAY, PEC. Sir 11. PA RNELL gave notice. that after the holiday' he sl Id suhitio a series of resolutions on the subject of the Public Income an Expenditure, similar to those proposed by him la•t Sesaion I and that to-morrow he should move for some returns regiuding the Lapenditure for the Army, 'Navy, Sic. 114,, PHI ILI MOR E moved for leave to bring in a Bill to emend the Act of Geo. I I. called the Marriage Art. MAN( ESTER PROCEEDINGS. Sir It. WILSON presented a petition from an individual, • Domed ('haler, c omp) g that both hi. shoulders were dislocated, foie arm broken, &e. by the violence of Abs. 18, at Manchester. and imploring the House to institute enquity -es to the Authors and executors of such violence.—Rend and ordered to he primed. Similar petiti were presented from different individuals by Lord J. Russel, Mr. P. Moore, Mr. Ricardo, and Mr. Galvin.. Wad, and ordered to he primed.. _ . r. A B ROM HY moved for Accounts of mows beton:jug to the Suitors in the Farb , quer, &e. He coin ',killed I hat Hills of considerable impoi voice were brought in regal-do; the e %chequer. &e. When hr had apprehended, in muumuu witb others, the ineri.aiis co,necied with particular objet is unit, would be brought forward before Christmas. The CH ‘NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER vtid, he had expreailly stated that he should taut press the Bill forward till after thy hollidays.—(Heur !) Account+ ordered. Lord CASTLEREAGH moved, that the Amendrneuts of the Lords on the seditious Nleetiiiics Bill be agreed to.— lalotion carried. and the Ralston hack to the Lords. Lord J. RUASELL milted, whether there was nu ,Y truth in it lobe, that nova-Ned some natives nr Parga, that it o t. the intention of Love, •nt I a Mid them out of the count', under the Alien Act Lord CASTIARLAGH said, he must dechie giving nn s answer as to whist were the intention• of Government. Mr. W. PARN ELL postponed. till Ow tin, holiday, bir muti respectiug the Catholic Clero. Mr. C. GRANT took occasion to oh. 'l've. that the tran quillity which war preserved Ws Ireland read% oahtg to "the re-operative and rbristiso exert' of this poi lion of the clergy. (Hear, hear!) . __ - FINANCE ACCOUNTS. Mr. Id A BERM( moved " for Accounts of the Revenue since January, distinguishing England. Ireland, and the Quarters." "That there he returns .if the produce of • the Pew ditties imposed in InIS, to the 101.4 petiod that the some cout,i tie made stp," and " For further Acenums, wbeetvins. that it now appeared, that 887,0881. had been received to defray the inter , .1 of loan raised in iBIB and I/19, to the ao.ount of near sixty MiIII4IIII. And as to the: Bank advances, he apprehended, that thr Bank was now 4,000,0001. more Beau ever in advance in the Coverts. meat. Terre might he some redsnns for moving for rcentows Of the delis nein of the consultdated fend, and how tlw same were made up." Those and other art...ants were then ordered to be laid -before the House. bird CASTLEREAGH mewed the third reading of the Newspaper stamp Duties Rill . On this insane' an excernively long Antnitt tont piner, which lialtrl till past Iwo o'clock, vibes. StraisArai seer mitered in withdraw, and a dissuou tuuk place, nice speared For the chose . • - . . - 47 Agai llla it v . The ATTOtt NLY Ir.N ERA 1., then mown. (i u elnine by way of rider, " that any thing in the pr wilt Bill should 10 • catend or be conatrucil to rattail to the publication of THE NATIONAL lIMISTLIL - ---- any work in parts or numbers, proviltd that more than two year• had elae.ed bilICI" the o i4itial publlcni ion of the nook, :mil pi ovided aim) I hal Well Mork had 1101 orionully brio pub ished w purl* or numbers." 1 hill CLUMP was t•d Without oppsition. The Bill was then passed. BLAsi IisIOU3 AEI) SLIM lOUs I.IIiLL BILL. 'llr. • S 111 It woo it to ie.lt the Noble Lord (Castle rea,.,h) whether it nas int, oiled that the peoul•y of banish ment, mentioned in the be left to the discretion of the (Mai before w bleb the cative was tried, or %hello r it was -fors vett 3e irs I for acrorilnag to the Bill, as it now 014,1111' 11.111W11111.11l Tight be for Ire. Lord CA • 1 . 1.•••11EAGH replset, that with respect to the illitlislllll4.lll of transpurt.st ion (ill c.i+ea of relit n rim.t banish ment), it was intesi.lerl that it 0 1.1 he o n ly f.m bt'Vell WI that the p• milt) k foe Ilir itecond coin ictioii for a 11. jou, libel) oloultl reisia.ii di, it war. Mr. %V. slllll l ll.—Tlien tiie Noble Lord means to have it uotterwood or boiesliment for life. Lord CA*sTLEltliMill oh.crved (n‘ was under toad in the gallery), that ot wits to be for life. (Ileac, hear. (ruin the oppiiiiit ow.) The Noble Lord then moved the order of the day fur the House result iiig itself into a committee on the Hill. The order of the day haling been read, his Lorslwp moved that the House sltettld then go into the committee. llr Util I A M objected to going ado a cointnitier on les important a measure at that lute hoist iu the inotitin,;, (half past toll.) Lord CAS FLEREAGII observed, that he had conceived it to have been understood that the Bill should go tlittmah the committee to-night, he seiniried tu-urorrow,aud lead a third time sin Friday. A conversation itsm look pince between Lord Castlereagh, Mr. Calcdifi, Mr. Bennet , Mr. Brougham, and Mr. J. P. Grant, the remit of which was, that the Bill was ordered to be committed 011 Thursday with the understanding, that the report should he received on the same day, in order to have it read a third time on E. Way. The remaining orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at three o'clock. THURSDAY. DEC. gent. At two o'clock the Depi.ty Usher of the Black Rod, .Ir. Q 11411111.011 iiiiiii oiled the House to attend in the House of Peers to hear the Royal Assent given by t °omission to certain Bill•—the Seditious Meetings' Prevention, the Cotton Factory Bilk Ake. The SPEAKER did not resume the Cht.ir till haltpast four. CONVEYANCERS. Mr. LYTTLETON ---- rosethntoveio; leave to bring in a Bill to prevent unskilful iieisous from acting as Con veyancers. It was a motion PiMaar to What Ite made last Session; anti the importance of the business of Convey ance transfer" Mien involving much property, the House must he well aware of. Mr. I'. 61tEENFELL observed, that if he perceived this Bill was calculated to increase the influence of At toineys—an influence that was already sufficiently great in the country—he should call the particular attention of the House to the subject. Mr."LYTTLETON ?tidied, that the 'Rill would have no such street; that it was intended to tut the commu nity of the wort part of Attorneys; and that it was cal culated to " purge" the profession, though in a trifling degiee.—Motion agreed to. A I X-LA-C HA PELLE TREATIES. Mr. HUME having staled, that 16., million, of francs 'mere to be paid by vise French Covernstertit to the Allies as remuneration tOr losses, &c. according to the Aix-la. Chapelle Treat y of 1618, wished to know what had be come of the iie-fom th, being upwards of one million stetting, which was to be avai , able for our public service for the current year. Also what had become of 6,700 francs in Rentes, to be paid under the said Treaties. There were various rumours on the subject—he wished to know what had become of the 'Tritest but if an swers would inconve titmice 6overtineent to stale what hail become of certain Ft elicit Securities, he should nut press a ..... lion for Aermints. The CHANCELLOR of the F.NCHEQUER replied, that the French Securities stood in the names of the Com. missions." s, and therefore the Accounts would be useless. As to the laymen's by the French Goveroment, 'trey had been applied to the Fortifications in the - Neiberlands ; and but for such payments we should have lied abous a mil lion to raise to make good whet by Treaty this eouutiy had outlet taken to do. Mr. HUME IJ aht, as the monies had been paid, the House ought to know what had Immune of theih,especially tit the tomtit of the 167 millions of Italica pa)atile to this CUlllitly. LIBEL BILL. Lord CAsTLEREAGH moved, that the Homo. do go into a Cu iiiiii liter ma the Blasphemous Libel Pie vention Bills Mr. 81-.14.N 11. opposed the Kill, It was an obnoxious measure, eiintaiiiing objectionable pros pae suit itirly that iinposing banishment for second (Aimee*. B.tmsbm•vu had been sin►nown to the common law for snore than VOO )eais ; coil it hid only since been reiorted 10 111•1114441 or , very high °Mlle. f. 01111 04 ass ex post fret.. punishment. The 34111 of Elit • had berm alluded to 111 previous debates, The Seth of the King arter rectum sesete outrages, ts mll:fined. bid only for three years dinar -; and be w ished the Mune to remember that fact. lle tearrd tne ministeis a err at out to plunge then, in xreal difficulties. There was a t kid death as w ill as a read death and w lien a mail was banished for life, when he was expatriated, would be cowl thine to owe alle giance ti, the EiiJish ;toyer , ign 7 (Hea►). Ash what would be the fate of welt a MAW* 1 . ;0111/1 . 11 (Hear, hear.) The punishment would he imposed ut the owns, of the Judge, 0110 114 11 44 /0 so seve►e, was there not fear of it resin g a farad letter on the statute I k ; but 1f u n pust•o, did the How , call to mind w isat CI lid eircuonsiniivev *deli( attend the 114111011111 . 111 of a r. Fpertattie 1100/, when the vedittions libel sit to el.' v mi ht nuts be a political squiblo-morrow. H. trusted the Law ()dicers would take ;tea., circa:imam:eta into Collbllierlololl. Mr. I)Liso II A N ehjeeted to the measure being goo* into at all. Tow 'ord. cot)))s were boron'', and mine of .Item had hero ansoetcd; noticed, to far room the owecoott, of tlw ail bring petard, lie thought tarts ins-tamed it contrars Nth iiiii I. The tlibt.reet rnudu.l hi •Lato . °dicers oft mo Lor oregano. eiihi-r to —the froettooto oas. ollettscr the ra. holism law tra, 1114 sltifirh'lli lu 11Uhkh the puhrh-,b, , hob. C.ll.lo.ahls d of. lie hi lietitql It ttii , . itild the sneer and destror 1 to .4 111,111 .' in i 11.1.1 lICCS 111 llttql .1. nt U. h. fie lalewoo:cd that measure 60 &tills MI, ling the lib lilt ot the pteii.; ill a had Ile Noel' told, twee )e.ius that Mu. Lemma I 1 icholt (Slur A ttoisie)-(kurral all Siileritoi- Gracra) •ould Wive been tuude the lotto wheat. •to br rg 421 forward such Bills, he should have felt disposed to insult the in•ii aha ventured to insinusit us much. (Cheers.) ltd ridiculed the idea that the measures were calculated to improve the lows, and deplecattal the Idea of judging awn us likely to commit o 6 ores before the) had written u awe. contended that the Bill, it it pawed, soul .1 be most i..jurio..l iu its trodency ; and what ass to prevent the importation of libels—that would then be easier than In print them. There was now circt6tting for instance, a Noble Lord's (13)run's) Imes , printed by Galignani, iu Paris, st hieb uo primer in this country would print. Mr. 8ad..., Lord B Doing, Mr. J. Smith, nail several other Members followed, after which the quest nu was carded without any division, although the gallery was cleared for such purpose. . _ . . . The House liaviong resolved itself into a Committee on t h e Bill, several verbal 1/1111 . 11d111rInll were made on the mai of the Attortie.-alieral. but all amendment proposed by Sir dames brluirr.h, ill a most eloquent and ar,:umentat ire speeeh was linratired. The Bill with it, amendments, was ordered to be engrossed, and be read a third time au Friday. The House adjourued at half-past g o'clock. FRIDAY, nee. it. The Deputy 1.1.11er of the Black Hod summoned the !louse to attend the House of Peers, to hear the royal given by routuni..ion to the Seditious Alerting** Prevention Bill, and the Lti.b Election Act Anieudiuvut The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, that as he slion,tl not bring forward any motion on the subject of Finswe till after the recess, lie would move that the Co 11111 l litre of Supply of Ways and .Meaus ue postponed till Wednesday, Feb. IG. Motion agreed to. A slew wok was ordered fur Dartmouth. Lord CASTLEREAGH moved the third reading of the Blasphemous Libel Prevention Bill. Sir R. IV ILsON opposed the measure, as calculated to place in the hands of Ministers most d poster. Motion agreed to, Bill read a third lime, and passed. STATE OF TRADE AND COMMERCE. Mr. IRVING, in presenting a Petitiom, observed, that the distresses of trade were guest, and that modifications of the law affecting t,'ade might be resorted to will ad vantage. Some amelioration of the East India trade regulations would be useful, especially after the advan tages enjoyed by the Americans. Ho also thought that modifications of thr -Bank Payments Hill, so far as regard ed payments in bullion, he-considered as called for. But all these circumstances shooed the net essity of smite inquiry being instituted. The inquiry, too, ought to be extend, d to ills. Corn 1.4.3-411 inquiry that would ha calculated to bring the egriesitturist on a par with the ea pltalist. Snell inquiry would also be usefully extended to the Poor Laws. As to the payment of the National Debt, a subject that had been befuse alluded to as practi cable, lie thought, if the Chancellor of the Exclierter's archives were examined, it would be found that not a year had elapsed without some seliemrs en this setkiect having been proposed. He trusted that the Pe Won would receive the attention of Ministers ;osit was from Merchants of London, complaining of the condition of bade and eOlnineite, and praying the. House to institute inquiry into the real causes of the calamities whisks afflicted trade. Mr. RICARDO repressed his approbation of the laws, as they now stood, regarding the Bank. It was said that his views, lunching the power to pay off the Nmiutial Debt, were slot new. He chinned no snch mt rit ; un the contrary, similar views were entertained before lie wag born. 'Dist was notorious. When prices were high in this country, and low in another, capital world naturally go away —it would depart from tie that was as clear as any propesi:iun in Euclid. He bail complained of the Corn Laws, amongst other thingsi he knew such was not a popular opinion; but as an hottest man, feeling it, he expressed it. The National Debt had been most Unwisely contracted; he thought it ovoid be, and would have heen •h better, to pay their expenses as they Weill on. The difficulty was, to relieve themselves of such Linden. H• bought they ought to take all aerUINII of all capital in the country ; end Bien an assessment, to be frequently paid, might be levied fur such purpose. He knew this was gigantic project, butt fie was persuaded it was a practica ble mie. As to the scheme, to nesmue payments in bul lion, he deemed it most adviseablei it would break the fall; anal the adoption of two metals as standards instead of one would only increase their difficulties. He had to add, that lie was so in favour of the Petitiote, that be hoped the desiscil ingnity would be instituted i it might Jar gaud, it cosilddo Hu harm. Mr. filtOU4erHA/11 said, as to the Petition not courieg before, it was because the petitioners lied espeeted that the subject would he taken up by the House. He had been asked whether lie Miould loopobe inquiry ; he thought there might to be investigation; but be had no intention to propose its itisrihrlion, from his failures before on /moi ler subjects, and became iiiquity eonld not be ettective Nilbunt• the co-operation of Goversiment. Resides, pe►. insurbt sittiatiuus could not be accomplished without g strong and efficient (So rernutent, one that would carry their own eltongea and measures into effect ; but whether the ',resent Corvermotfait could be deemed such a one, it was not nee. surly for him to elate now. He was sorry that Mr. Rieattio's I.ColeOle for paying utf the Rational Debt had again been mentioned t but, if it were paritrally practicable, it could only have the effect of throwing all the properly, real and personal, into the hands of ►oltel tors and otliera, for five or tie, or several years• Lord CASTLEREAGH said the Petition merited every re•prct and ;mention. He admitted that fieruinu of c 1111 l meter was desirable, bill the safety of indtrultials' property must also be &Mauled to. If there had been inquiry ursired regarding manufacteres only, it *00.4 unit 114 s e been objected tu ; but he MUNI set Ittlitself 1....5e and undefined isrquiries, as calculated to ptob u ,•e no7l.ing but doubt, alarm, and itnrettautty. If we, r desired Or purposed, lie moiled it would tic of a finite cliArdelrt Isearo—tie, however, http..l nothing world be dune to shake the public uulindrtite rr•uecting /be Mei.lll es adopted by regarding tire eurreas.-y of the e try. ( Hem , .) TIO 1. 46 1 1 d. nu•ltl haul agitated proNotineel 00 that Isßittity. Mr. 11.1.1 LE al.at tone test molly to the et . veetabitity of the p. !limners, and the Weirton Mut was theref or e due to tug Petition. Petit brought np and read. Alt. 't Alit-Ell% baying obtained leave for such pnr. po,e, tpt. tight in 4 Rill to rented' , reliant Inconvenience! in ',war and t7tChl , lllC l‘dielloUtib.—Brad a first trate, and ordered to be read a accorsd lime Felt. 15. Alec 11.. use then atlJoutued W luitabinky next. MP 0 to i ~ , •