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

178 . . . . as their mtempt who unsuccessful. Mr. Pitt also, introduced the Haab Restriction, but his Majesty's hlinisters having kept the bubble entire as long as they could or thirst, have now at once deserted " the tight path" us Sir R. Peel c !Us it. and tasty:mini?, t very opinion they had before told, boidty gone over to the senti:nents of Opposition, pronounced their grand culogium on the memory of Mr. Hoy. ner, and agreeJ to let it burst at once. We have thus gone through the whole series of the leading events connected. with our subject, and challenge the ingenuity of the l'itt Clubs to controvert the plain statement we have made, and to find out for themselves any arrangement by which the) can justify their claims to assemble ender such a name, a n 4 yet maintain the tenets so boldly and miserably tuaintained amongst them. NOEL' ICII - 7171:E AN!) CIF - E OFFICES. PRESENIATION OF A PIECE OF PLATE TO N R. .11.oste- MAN PAVIE,ON Th;s ceremony too'. place on Wcrlnesiay, the 27th setnno, at the Norio k Hertel, lit Norwich. Mr. Alder iii Li iwkes presided at a dinner upon the occrsinn, and when the D ine, &c. &c. had been given, the Ch.iirinan rose, and in a short spiscch prevented to Mr. Aldvrinaii Pitteson ornamented II h his own mils and those of ilie N•4wich Union Fire and Life Assurance Society, null the following tics rildinn:— _ _ rrovnted the :midi day of May, 1819, by several Gentlemen, in embers of the Norwich Citioo Societies for Fire and Life In surance, to Julia Fri (Mayor of Norwich A.D. 1788. M.P. for Ntinehead 18t3 to i 80G, and M.P. for Nor wich IRO& to iBn7, and Itto7 to 18120 as a gratefal acknow ledgment of the urbanity, liminess, and impartiality evinced by him on Josue recent occasions, upon which he stood forward as the advocate of these valusble institutions, and took a lead ing put in nisiatskiing the errroctmss of the princ4.le upon which they are foundod ; defending those concerned in the ad ministration of their affairs against unju,t aspetsinns, and re- Ftoring the reputstion of the Societies to that rank in the esti li.ati,Jll and conadence of the public which they so ju.tly de eaVe. _ _ . .►tier the health of the wor.hy Alderman had been erank with three times three, he rose and made Inv ac i.nowledgments in a long speech, for a lull report of xv:iich we have not tom ; but for the gratification of to:st of our readers who may have Lilt Policies in the ()dice, we beg to inform them that Mr. Alderman Pierson took upoi4 himself to assert that the Life De partment was entirely soltrul, an assurance which we reconl with the greatest pleasure, because if they can rely upon this independent, unbiassed avaertion, we are Con- It will allay an excessive degree of alarm which has been felt by a large portion of the Life lomat rs in that Institution since the last report was made by the " London Committee" appointed by the Director! themselves. The et ening was occupi • I with complimentary speeches from A. to B. and IS. to C. •frotti which, we donbt not, peat pleasure was derived by the parties con cerned; and pet haps, a twice perfect exhibition of a gel stitific game at battle-door and shuttle-cock was never witnessed. We 111.1 y 114 , W be allowed to examine 11110 tie propriety of the inscription tot this " Contilestick," which, by the bye, might acquire an tddition.l value m the preset,' possessor, if, like its ancient prototype, it hail the power of adding to she riches of its owner. Bit to the inscription—we do. oat object to the recording the dillemit civic and podia torittary honours, which have been so pompons:) , displayed; and we doubt not their chronological con- SeettleSS, at probably the worthy Alderman assisted the Committee to prevent error: it is the latter part we object to, {treatise it tells a falsehood by impli cation," defending those concerned ito the administration of their affairs against unkst aspersions." IVitat ! wat Thomas Bignold, senior, then unjualy aspersed? if so, in the name of justice let the gentlemen who have sub a.:rilied for the " Wonderful Candlestick" come forward to re-instate him in the sitootion froiu which he has I• , .en (we think most justly) iLsmissed. We heard Mr. l'ateson, at the meeting at the London Tavern, declare that " his instructions were written down," and if the LorecrOrs were his employers, he " became indeed the servant of defect :" it is not for us to trace or point out the orisons that prompted the worthy Alderman to per mit the 1 )itectors to make him their cat's-paw, (though, " we could ad if we would," for, wq believe, those rea sln3 are well known to its), but we never will knowingly allow an asserted, nor etell an implied untruth to psis Uncontradialeil. Ilefure we close our account of the achievements of this memorable day, we must observe upon the speech of Mr. Samuel Bigninid, who, upon " the Secretaries" being drank, in returning thanks obliged the company by his view of the increasing prosperity of the Institu tion. "By that craft," as the priests of D-mia of Ephe sus exclaimed, "he has his wealth." Mr. Bignold's triumphant exhibition of a fact to disprove Pie allegation that the Fire Society was retrograding, deserves especial notice. He affrnued that the receipts of Fre Premiums. during the last quarter had exceeded that of the cones ponding quarter in the last year by upwards of 1,000/. This is his lact—bat it is a fact so completely at variance with another within our own knowledge, viz. that in carious directions the oldest and most respectable mem bers are quitting the Norwich Union, and seeking pro. tection in other Offices, that we must he excused if we are sceptical on this head. Of course, Ale. Bignold did wit avail himself of the collection °farmers being greater during the last waiter than on the currespondiq, quarter la't year; that would M. a subterfuge unworthy of the name of Bignohi The real truth it is, however, in Mr. Bwirdit's power to skew, by quoting the return. of duty paid to the Stamp Office for the two quarters in toes tiou, and this he will, UP ttUlthl, Bice wit h out hesitation.. 'rITE NATIONAL REGISTER. sMzperial Parliament• HOUSE OF COMMONS. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 2. mr. G. Lap, brought in the 1341 . to fuei!itate Proceedings against ate Warden of the Fleet dating Vacation. Bead a &et tone, and ordered to be read a second tune. . . ita 4; S raw': m r -11.1 r. BEN KETT moved that the bloom =solve-itself into a Committee oo the Bill to amend the laws regarding the Sy.tem of Licensing Victuallers. Ile said he had many alteration. to make, and nti.ny clauses to omit. In the Committee he Mouhl move the rulleirdirrentri and alter;Ltiocs pro fin ma ; 10t1 for the purpme of their being properly comidered, - he should afterwards 'time that the Bill bere-cononitted. . . . Mr. etiolate enquired whether it was the lion. Member's in tention to eaten] the provisions of this Bill to Ireland ? Ile held in his hand a represcnuition of a number of persons residing in that part of the kiir;doin who wishod the principle of the Bill to ha extended to Irciand, with soma modifications. It' the lion. Member h.ul no such intention, he should take the opportunity of proposing its extension. Mr. BENNETT had no intention of proposing the suggested extension, though he wished that it should be proposed ; lie did not intend to propose such altoration, because he wai nut sittfi eiently acquainted with that pert of the country to attend satis factorily to the requisite machinery of the Hill. The House then went into a Committee on the Bill. Several Atziendusoits were handed iu by Mr. Bennett, which however were not read. _ _ The Report was t:ien brought up, and ordered to be re•commit ted on Wedneiduy neitt.—Tate Bul was ordered to be printed. NAvY ESTIMATES.—The Huu.,e resolcial Mich' into a Coin• mince of Supply, in wnich Sir G. V tiitEYlliin moved, that there be granted 2,482,0131, to defray the oriiin.try eipenees of the Navy. Sir I. W. RIDLEY moved asen ainentlinent that the grant lie reduced to 2,Y83,01.3/. . . . . . Lord Co:uproar wits against the Amendment. as it rased a mere party question. and wes only calculated to embarrass toe Government ; at the same time he thought, after the rising tithe House, that Ministers wirtld mrke every possible effort to pro. mote rcteerreinnent.—(A laugh.) Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. The Committee then divided on the aineadni:mt. The numbers were—Ayes 97 —Masi Wt. The majority against the amendment was 67. Sir G. Wannest:its next moved, that there be granted t,6st,fstat. for ships, tear and wear, &c. Mr. Hume proposed that there should be deducted from this G 3,0001. tbr works tri Bermuda, &c. as the Estiinates had not yet been produced. A Ni.iv LOAN.—The.CHANcELLoR of the EXCILF.QUER, in the same Conunittee, moved, that there be granted 15,9i.:(40J0L to pay off certain Exchequer Bills. Mr. GMENFELL would content himself with adverting to discussions which had talan place in former years when loan; were about to be contracted for, he having urged the necessity on those occasions of appropriating the current produce of the Sinking Fund to the purchase of part cf the Loans. He had prmsed such course repeatedly, particularly when that enormous loan of 56,000.(x)0/. in 1815 was about to be raised ; but he had failed in improssing the Chancellor of the Exchequer with the conviction of the propriety of the course he had suggested, and had now only the consolation of reflecting that, hoed he been listened .o. there would have been a saving to the Country . of 6.000.0001. ! (Hear.) As they were now on the eve of raising another loan, said to be to the amount of thirty ntiElons—(llear, bear!) it might not be without advantage to have said thus much On the mode of raising loans. Ile, however, had heard strange rumours is the ('icy—bar be would not believe them ; they were calur.aaies on the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It was said that the Hight Honourable Gentleman had enoimuni cateil his intentions regarding the loan to a few ir.dividaals, thus ' acting most partially, most improperly, most unwarrantably ; till he hunt the rumour confirmed, he would believe it to be nothing but a calumny.—(Hear! hear!) The CHANCELLOR of the ExcuEgvEß denied having made any partial communicatioas ; lie hail imly consulted those whom he had been accustomed to consult, touching finance matters. 1 Mr. itICAUTIO said, the usual course of proceeding in be speakin.l a Loan, was to mention the intentMn to all those in the habit of bidding for Loans, by which means there was no undue advantage given to particular individuals. He, too, had heard extraorthnary statements made in the City, and they were marked with an much precision, that it was impossible to believ(. that there had not been some communication made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.—(llear, hear.)—lle could assure the House, however, that no communication had been made to him ; what he knew, and what he had alluded to, was only what was in the mouth of every one in the City. . . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER immediately rose amidst criew of hear !—the cotiummications he had made. it'com munitudions they could be called, were in the nature of enquiries He had asked whether it wculd be better to mike the Loan 'o great as to corer what was wanted to supply the probable wants of the next as well as the present year; or whether it would be more adviseablc, as far as expense was concerned, to r.e . i.tire a Loan to eater only what was wanted for immediate sees He had also asked whether it would be an adviseable coarse to appropriate the produce of the Sinking Fund E,r the year to the purchase of any part of the Loan.—(Hear, bear!) Mr. GaeseELl, said, he now believed, and he stated thus mei with considerable regret, all that he had before deemed mere calumnies. (Hear, hear!)—The Chancellor of the Exche quer, in what he had said and in what he toed not said, continued the rumours, and proved hint to have made partial communica tions. As to consultations on Finance matters, were Loan Con tractors the persons hest qualified or! disposed to advise the Chancellor as he ought to be advised ? (Cheering). The Resolution was ultimately agreed to. Report to-morrow. FINANCES OF THE rOUNTRY.—The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that befurc the conclusion of the ar rangements he had it in contemplation to make. ;lc wished to bring on in the House a more extended discostdon regarding the Finances of tLe country, than could be conveniently clone when the Budget was introduced ; in order to raise such a discussion, it was his intention to propose that the first report of the Com mittee on income and expenditure (Oa we understood), containing the general views of that body upon the subject, be referred to a Committee of the whole HOUR ; be would move that the House should to-morrow resolve itself into the said Committee, and he would then offer certain resolutions, the further consideration of which it might be fit to adjourn until Monday. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GRENFELL asked whether the discussion on Monday would include the Budget for the year ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered in the ;in- w Mr. TIERNEY Pail a few words respecting making the Income and expenditure of the country meet. but the object of hi; re mark, and the reply of the Clwncellor of tL•e Exchequer. could not be collected. ASS Le , S LIJ TA KESI. —The CHANCELLOR of theractteQUEß gave notice, that Re would more to-morrow that the House re solve itself into a Committee on the Assessed Taxes Acts. with view to consider t:.e propriety of their consolidaion.—(ilea, hear.) TV NE 6. %Ad 1%11 ternli asked Wby oartgo returns of British Offtrers use serrirs: of foreign states 10 t beets 144 1121100 the table. n Lord CA•LLIVAGII replied , tat be had inspected such re. turns *clay or two ago, and did out know why they hod not be,:u prevnted. • . • I ssoLV EN T I/EDT 0 es' BI L.—l ord Ar.l iioan moved the saeondretistiag of gm &awls 1:121 Debtor's Bill. %Ir. WAlTtinwt4 said he would state abuetly some of the facts which had appeared in evidence betine the Columittee. IVithin the bat lour years persons had been ciseharged under the Instil vent Debtor's Act, the aggregate amount of whose debts was up wares of 4:10,000,000. f'he Bight Honorable the Giancelloi of the Exchequer had expressed his asumishinent, that the trading classN could have sustained and borne up under losses to that. anemia. lint many of them had not been able to bear up against but hail sunk under than. The amount of dividends upon thi s xio,tioo,uoo of debt was btu A:60,e00. There was another class of Insolvents who had come to arrangements with their cres ditors, and the amount of their debts, independently of the runner class, was 3,000,0001. The commisaioner had, indeed, contended, that the act had this advantage over the Bankrupt laws, that it maul° the property acquired subsequently by the in. solvent, liable for his debts, and this had been called the polar star of the act. Ile would; however, venture to state, that a cre ditor might as well attempt to reach the polar kta, us avail him. Self of such an advantage under the previsions of this act. The salary of the Commissioner, who eat only 74 days ill the year, was 2,1 04 XI and mtlits he added fees which hail never been ceived by Mr. Sergeant Palmer, his predecessor. Those fe.s were established soon after the appointment of the present Com missioner, and the amount of what he had his received. for tin:years Isl 7 and IslB, time oldy period tor which any aceouat had been delivered, was upwards of 1100. Tne chief clerk, who had a salary of cell, had receired more than ltetel. and the re ceiver ut the caw t, his own am, more than 10001. The whole of the money co leered by the latter was t5a191. 2s. 451., Noon which he enjoyed a per ventage, having at the same time a ba lance in his hands 015,7331. Uie intereat on which he also received. The result of all the accounts was to show, that the fees and ba• lances in hand, were equal to the whole sum paid into the re ceiver. It was a cruel thing that tees should be extorted from disterssed persons going out into the world, after hating sur rendered their aIL Toe unfortunate debtor was often compelled. to surrender his lust shilling. Having stated thus much, he should only add, that if these things were not duct,, they mutt bring him into disrepate with the Ituase ; and it they were facts they must convince the House and the public that a system of op pression add exaction had been preying on the industry of the country. Ile aip.essi with the principle of this measure. and hoped that such a Bill would be pnaluced as would give sari fac• thin to the debtor and security to the creditor. Mr-loft S3IITII supported the Bill. He believed that if the present measure were carried into eSect, it would be ptoductive of tate greatest benefit. After a few observations from Lord Althorp, the Bill was text a second time, and committed prop, Ina. Time House having vsuined, the report was received, and or deal to be taken into further consideration on Tuesday Bill ordered to be printed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at one o'cla:k. TEIVRSDAY, .tvmr S. SPANISH PATRIOSIL-Nir. DENK(SON presented a Petition frOin Nlerchams, Ship-owners. &c. of B:rrhoodsq and !Other hithe, against the Foreign Enlistment naL Read. and ordered to lie or the table. Mr. T. Wasorr presented a Petition from Machants, &c. of the Port of London, also against the Foreign Enlistment Ilia.— (Much cheering,.)—The Petitioners thought that the real ob. jtClB of the Government would be best promoted, if the Members of the Govenmient were sincere, by a rrpeal of the laws at pre. sent in force; and tile Hon. Member observed, that such pro ceedings as hat been proposed were most impolitic, as the Patriots of South America looked upon England with the most. friendly disposition. As a mommt when Petitions were being presented from most of tile mat:of/cm:Mg districts, complaining of the distres,es of trade, it was bad policy to pursue measures that might shut against Us ' o extensive a market as South Arne— rim. (Hear.) Petition read, and ordered to lie on the table. Petitions were also presented from Merchants and others of Newcastle upon Tyne. Poplar, &c. against the Foreign Enlist ment Bill, as cakuutted to be mast inmiious to our coininerce. Petitions read, aril ordered to be printed. MARRIAGE ACT.—Mr. %V. S3llll presented Petitions from. Dissenters, chief,/ of one class (Unitarians), complaining of the present Marriv4 Act. They prayed to be circumstanced as were the Jews mai Quakers. concerning the civil and religious ceremony ; or as they were before the passing of the last Marriage Act. The I',titions were from Tenterden, Kent, Gloucester, the Associauons in Parliament Court, Norwich, &c —Read and ordered to lie on the table. A similar Petition was presented from the Unitarian Christians of Liverpool, very numerously signed.—Also ono from Newport, Isle of Wight; one flan a congregation in Exeter, Ae.—Severally ordered to be printed. 71JOURNI4ENT OF SHE iiOUSE.—The CHANCELLOR of the kXCIIEQUER moved, that the House on its ruing do adjourn to Monday next.—Agreed o. . FINANCE Itt.ath.triorts.Z-01 the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. the Hoax sent, into a coninnttee on the Public Income and Expenditure, and the report tithe Finance committee was referred to it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then role to submit to the Committee the financial recolutions of which he had given notice la,t night:— . . •• since the termination of the war in IRIS, the property tax in Great Britain, and other taxes in Great Britain and Ireland, which yielded a revenue of upwaids of t a,000,000i. pt r annum, have expired, or been repealed or reduced. . . - " That by an act pawed in tine st;th Geo. 111. c 9R, the reve nues of Great Britain and Ireland wore consolidated from the Sal ofJanuary, 1611. . . " That in the year preceding the said consolidation, the net separate income of Ireland was 4.361.533/. and the charge of the debt of Ireland was 6.446,835/.. which exceeded the ,:hole net revenue by the sum of 10in3.47/1., exclusive of the civil ii t and other permanent char ea of Ireland, and of the proportion of the supplies to be defrayed by that part of the United Kingdom. "'1 nat no provision has been made by Parliament to supp:y this deficiency. That the supplies to be voted by Parliament for the service of the United Kingdom for the year ending April 3, Itt2o, may be estimated at eo,ooo t oouL _ . That the existing revenue at !likable to these services cannot be estimated at more than '7,0n0,000/. leaving the sum of uorhooot, to be raided by loan, or other extraordinary resources. That the sinking fund annually applicable to the national debt, may be estimated at 15,000,m/01. exceeding the above turn ueccieary to be raised for the service of the year by 2,000,004 only. That to provide for the exigences of the public service, to make such progressive reduction of the national debt as may adequately support writhe credit, and to aliiird to the country a prospext of future relic( hoa a part of its present burdens, it is II