The National Register. — London, England, 1819-03-28 00:00:00

Dmptrial 13adiaincnt. DOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY. MA11011.42. A. number of Petitions were presented against the rcncwal of *to Insolvent I)ebtor's Act. . _ _ Sere-al were al.° presenusl against the equalisation of the f.httien on ('t.4l, RnnAN CAT ItOLIC PFTlTtous.—T:‘e Marquis of nobs. !RIME: rose to resent a Petition from the Protestant Freemen. Freeholders. and other Inhabitants of the Pity of d r:mttttnt to resolutions at a meetim; held on Monday. Feb. 11, Inc Lord Mmor in the Chair. The Petition carted upon the limit. of Lords to admit the Roman Catholic claims. After a f:W 9bbervation: from the Earl of DARNLEY. in sup port of the Itonian Catholic china, the Petitions were ordered to lie on the Wile. The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the Order of the Day for the third r^ading of the Aliens and Denizens Bill. Lon! H ()ELAND oonsidered all the atom( nts against this Bill eiti7austed, and intimated that he should content humid( with v•iting ogninbt ir. On qn--con being put for the third reading the House prepare.( to divide, and stranter. were ordered to retire. 'liac was lisvr,wcr no eivis on. and the Bill was read a third time. on the table acre forwarded, and the Ilou.e ad— journed. TUESDAY, MARC!' 23. The !loyal Assent was declared by Commission to the Aliens' az,,l Denizens' Bill, the Mutiny Rill. the Extents in Aid Bill. and the Steam Packets Bid. The Commissioners were the Earl or Liverpool. Viscount Melville, and Lord Redesdale. Mr. Brottden, from the House or Commons. leought up he ar Es . adis!:ment Bid!. the Exchequer Bills Bill for tat% t . •l hi na.tl.: Aisdit;on hill. the Consolidated Fund Bill, a a Bill, the Netherlands Slave Trade Conver.• Windsor Evablisliment Bill. on the motion of the Earl of Liverpool, was real the tirt time. ordered to be minted, and ret.:l a s2cond time on Friday. second roaring of the Poor Laws Amendment Bill wu pds.ponetl, on the motion of the Earl of itweberry. till to-mor rotr.—Adjownetl. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 24. GNAT/THAD prebental a Petition from the Jury Court of :Ilfotd, p aying for Revision in the Criminal Code. Poott I.Aw Amr.i:DMLNT Howie went into a Committee on the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill, when the Earl of CAnNARVON ropolrd an amendment to the ,stand clause respectimt &diet Vestrieq, which was agreed to. he liiii then pas.:ed Cirongli the'Connuhree with -one amends mmt. w!.ic*. was amend to be taken into further consideration w.marrow.—Adjou.ned. FRIDAY..MAnCIi_e6. STATE OF THE ROYAL SAVT.—EarI DAINLET TOW to 41 the attention of t •e Noble Louis on the opposite side of the }louse, tea subject which. i• his lodgment, was of the hii.hest import,mee to the public. Inasmuch es he had heard of no in. tended opposition to a Motion he should make for the production of RI, e. It was not his desire to trespass long upon the indul gene. of lb: Dou.:e. The subject to which he nave tell was the rola State of the Navy. It would be generally adjoined, that the country could not be too well preps-ed to meet danger, even is tun: of profound peace, and it would follow that tne Naval Ittablisilment should be as complete as presible With regard Lithe Army, the *totemic:eel exertions of an illustrious person, OiliSted by a Noble and ialLnt Duke, had placed the coun ry in a situation which enabled the public to look to a state of perfect safety. The military past of tt:e Naval &Tide° had bees pm. pp rly attended to, but he could not say so much for the principal branch of the Naval service. Ile was ready to admit the Noble Lord at the heal of the Admiralty had done much to promote the Navy, and that he had reduced the number of ships in com mission to the lowest standard ; but Lord Darnley expressed doubt whether the present state of the Naval Establishment was what nought to be. In his view of the subject we had too few phis of the line, and not cnougb of men employed in ships now i. commission. The guard ships in parrieular had not a sulliei.on usher of hands. In order to procure information upon the sub .; so, the Noble Earl moved. there be laid bdore the House a list ix all ships and yards in commission, specifying the number of hands employed in each ; secondly, for a return of die number of ships building and it:pain:4: in the King's Yants, specifying their tonnage, &c. The motion for papers was put and c^•ried. . _ _ WINDSOR PATABLISIIMENT hti.s..—Ttie Earl of LIVER. 1.(101, rose to propose tlie second residing of the Windsor Estab• is I..nent hill. _ _ Earl GREY dill not rise to oppose the principle of the Bill, en t! e contrary, as it went to a reduction of public expence he gave it nis entire approbation ; but, at the same time, it was the duty s o the I louse to take care the King's situation should not be made a pretence tie ininecesaray expenee. He had long thought the ea pence oldie Windsor Latablis'inane had exceeded what it ought to have been. The generol principle of the Bill, on that ground, 'amid have his acquiescence ; but he was disputed to ask w'ny reduction was nut made at an earlier period ; he tejoiced that it LAI been matte at last. Whatever objection he might have would be properly reserred fur another stage of the Bill ; and he should nut hare said one Word on this occasion had not the Noble Lail adverted to tire grant of lthoirol. to the Duke of York No oat dcserved more of the country than that illustrious person, taut he was not a man to be deterred fwom his duty by any con vderation. He oppozied that grant as totally unnecessary. The ethiy itopersial on his 'loyal Iliglinesi did not involve any addi tional expense, and coming to Parliament for I o,otxd fur extra expenses, was coming on false pretences. Ile denial that the pant to the Queru was proper, and consequently it was impro ei,v in the present case. It was an insult to tic people to ask it. The Earl of HAIIIOWHY said, whether or not the grant of .1000. to tire Duke of York was an insult to the people, would babes: considered at the proper stage of the bill; he was not taierefore thairotia of entering into debate on this occasion, but a L!r ret ect to the principle of the bill. vthieli appeared to be ad mitted, he could nut sue how tile proposed allowance for the pro areti•in of out rvered aut,ost Sovereign could he reducz.d. The Earl of C tare it. s; said ire wished to ale the Noble Earl (Liverpool) a 'lselin the giant of 10,tsoul. to the gaeen wet> to pawl arldition..l cape:mica ? Tire Fart rye I.lvmpoot, mil, It was granted, not to her Ma as Pasta P., India, but roads to enable her to area extra • intienees. Eart GREY, in expl•notiow, bbeerved, that he had never hea—,l in thrit ilotose a o loyalty vo annere•nry as that nook lay the Noble End op t n.ite. The Nohle rippexised to eon • eider Lint ll.ord Grey) ss a person who was desinitbi of reducing the dignity of the Monarcii. whose inektriz...itry :•itnation every man must deeply deplore. On that emitnay, he expressly stared. tot every provision ought to be amide to support the tl:gnity of Lite Sovere....r.. At the some dine be was not ashamed to my, that, with all the rerret tne vireo o of tit. Soren:go hispirod, it wen ineundmit en Parlianiset, in the present mot, of the inntary, eo orev,:at noncom :try expenee. Tits of kR,Ir Ev sail, a mots unfounded attach au hi. 24ablc kusd, he az:vu tic:6ll. ~r I .~ Tin NATIONAL REGISTER, The Lord CHANCELLOR. who this day resumed ha func tions, as speaker, then put the question for the second reading of the Bill, which eas read a second time, and committed for Mon dity.—Adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, MARCH 4 2 . WARTA COMPANIFi.-Mr. M. A. TAYLOR granted the Report of the Contmitte.l nn the proposed Mary-le-bone Water Company, in the event o f the existing Companies not supplying Water at reasonable rates. lie observed, that he could not un dortake to bring in a Bill on the sdbiect. its it world be deemed ...p,i,xlk," adding, that but for the interference of the Flous2 and tiic Government, lie should have been fixed with the expen e..,s and fees of tile Paving Act, amounting to 40001. lie should nut, however, shrtnk falai bringing lot ward a Bill, if be were requested by all the parishes. Petition referred to a Committee. A new Writ wifs ordered for Boroughbridge, in the room of Marmaduke Lawson, Esti., who, since his election. lees accepted the Stewardship of the Chiltern I I und reds. ( Macli kuoghter.) Mr. LANIUTON presented a Poition, signed by all the most respectable Booksellers of London and IVestminster, praying the repeal of the Copyright Act. Amongst other losses, Mews. Longman and Co. had sufkred to the amount of l,Shol. in four years ; Messrs. Nlttrray and Co. 1,;:hol.; and were they to pub lish divers expensive works, their losses would be much gwater. They prayed for relief from such an injurious state of the law. Bead, and ord - Ted to lie on the table. Mr. WY NI) I t,ii• t N.—Sir R. WI r.som moved, as the printed evidence was only just ready the delivery. that the fur• t: er conselerwtion of the business be fixed for Monday next.— Ort:ered. Mr. A. Wright, before moving the 2d reading of the Peoryn Election Bill, observed, that in his opinion, after the evidence ad &wed, the House was bound to do something to vindicate its own honour; and he therefore moved that the Attorney General be instructed to prosecute Henry Swain, Esq. for Bribery. Agreed to. Tue Royal Windsor Establishment Bill was read a third time and passed without a division, the House being very thin, parti cularly the Opsoidtion Benches. In a Connuittee of supply several Grants were moved; aniongit the rest Co,OOOI. towards completing the Penitentiary (500,0001. it being stated), having been already granted and expended on the building. Mr. Alderman WOoD complained of the expence and system, obs:rving, that it would not be expected there should be, for instance, a steam engine to grind corn, in an establishment where labour for the prisoners was so much wanted_ (Hear.) Grant agreed to, as was one fur 21,0001. for Ow expenses of the Establishment for a year. The third reading of the Trial by Battle Bill was opposed by Sir it. Wilson, who did not di , approve of its principle. The House divided—Fur the third reading 64, against it 1,:; namely, Alderman Wood, and Sir F. Burdett. Teller. Sir B. Wilson. The remaining Orders being disposed of, the House adjourned. TUESDAY, MARCH 23. EXCHEQUER BALANCEs.—Mr. NIABERLEY gave notice, that on this day se'nnight he should ihove for the Cot respondence between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Bank relative to Exchequer Balances. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a Petition from Minufac turers in London, for an equalization of the duty on Coals; and another front Alantoacturers, numetously signed, for the repeal of Coal Duties altogether. Mr. BROCGIIAIt presented a Petition from two persons (Wil liam- and Blake) in New South Wiles, complaining of the con duct of Governor Alacquarrie. He had satisfied himself, on enquiry, that the Petitioners were not likely wilfully to mislead the House; at the sane time, lie felt that the complaint origi nated more in the faults of the s; stem than in the errors of the man. Amongst other things the Governor had raised 2-4.0001. annually, and without authority from the Crown ; indeed he questioned a holier the Crown could give such a power, except in the instance of a conquered country. This sum was raised by various duties; amongst other,, los. per gallon on turn imported. In imposing the duties, the Governor, however, grants exemp tions to his establishment and connection,. There were also turnpike duties, together with similar exemptions. The Peti tioner Blake next specifically complained of the Governor issuing an order to the common hangman to whip Blake, a free settler, and three others. Blake received twenty-five lashes. The of ferrm was not critninal-.-it was a trespass; they had merely walked over a place which the Governor had chosen to tail in. Tite - ie was MU Wad, 110 exthnia,,tion of witnesses; the onler proceeded front the Governor's mere will alone. The other Petitioner, Williams, had been a Government Printer at the ('ape of Good Hope; but lie desired to go to New South Wales, having the promise of a grant of land from Lord Bathurst. He was employed at New souls Wales by George II owe, the Government Printer, but the Governor ordered Wil liams to be discharged, on the ground of having signed a Petition to the House of Commons, which was •' scandalous, rebellious, and libellous." The Governor said there should be no '• incen diaries" in die Colony. Now lie submitted the necessity of bending their attentions to the Government of New South Wales, fur mute than one half of its population consisted of free set tlers. The crisis had arrived, when pursuing a wrong course night be irretrievably fatal. It was the misfortune of the Peti throe's that Macquarrie continued Governor, and hie conduct in puhishing the Petitioners for exercising the right of Petition, was unjustifiable, and, till now, unpreeedenul. Except they p...tinuned, they had no remedy ; for actions would not now lie, as Governor Macquarrie continual is his place.—Petitions read, and ordered to be printed. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR prestoted the Report of the Committee on the Mwry.le-bone Water Works Petitions; and leave was of terwanls given to bring in b Bill to enable the Vestry of Mary k-bone Parish to contract with any Company to supply that Parish with Water. _ iCIIVARD presented the Report date Committee ap pointed to try Cue merits 9f tl.e tiedun Election Petition, which confirmed the rearms of the sitting Members. and decl ared the Petition again 4 them not to be frivolous cor vexatious. Petitions fruai Norwiell and Northampton were presented against the Insolvent Debtors' Act. "Similar Petitions were preamtAl from Gateshead. Kirby Ste phen, Westmorland, Ste.—lltterreil to the COIIIMitte.!. LoynOX CLtlll3Y.—Sir J. GRAU.V4 moved ft‘r leave to bring in a Bill to amend an Act of the present reign rtspecting ccrtrir•. incumbents of the City of London. Mr. DENT deemed this motion of an unprecedented character; if any course were pursued, ougitt not the Petitions to be recoil' mined ? The SPEAKER, ttatcd, that the notion could not be slid to be Rrecedente& for in rut ho tkas not swore of any bianilar Ca3C aring before occurred. -- Mr. Alderman WuOU declared, that them was not the !rag. evilence adduced in support of any dome hating ever existedt As no the melancholy state of the Clergy. the incumbent of All hat non-rusideut St. Peter's, Cornhill,W2/. non readopt: serernl other. luakshoeilar sum', and were non-resi dents azd Cacy perforzed e duties by Ce.r4c=, mcciviaz MARCH CR. or An/. a.year. Most of those Clergy had also livings el sew h ere _ at Tottenham, Newington, Shrewsbury, Bc. lle trusted that the House would not encourage this attenirt to impose additional duties on the citizt na. Mr.Aldrrman WAVIIHMAN said, if the motion had taken an improper turn, it was owing to the manner in which the motion had Leen introduced by the lion. Baronet. With. regard to t)' Minister of St. Andrew's, he had only just got the living from the Parithioners, and now he turned round uion his benetactors, and pr,ved list they might be additionally taxed. 'file Nltnister of St. Peter's, Coenhill, after warmly , soliciting him and others for votes, so good a thing was the living then deemed, had sinc e hudthe conscience to take another good living. The applicatio n resulted from a combination of 33 Individuals ; there were, how. eve:, 13 individuals who were too honest to sign any such scanda lous petition. ()lurid cimg , lug nail rrie. e j . ""lion.) He should never unnecessarily tAittutle on the house, but, having no private feelings to gratify, as one of the Representatives of the Metropolis, he trusted he should always have firmness enough to stand up tor the Rights of those whom lie represented. (I/cur! Mr. PLUNKETT thought the way to preserve the ordc s would be, to send bark the Petition to a Committee; for edit:- wise the order requiring a Committee to say whether the idlegs• tions of the Petition were correct. After observations from Mr. C. Wynn and Mr. Brand, the motion was agreed to without ally division, though strangers were ordered to withdraw. MALT DUTY.—Mr. G. Lamb asked whether it was the in • tension of Government to impose any additional duty on Malt ? The CHANCELLOR OF THE h.:RCM:QUER replied, that he had no intention to impose any additional duty on any ankle t hi s s a , s i on ; and he added, as we understood him, that he would not, however, pledge himself not to bring forward any measures of regulation. The Game Laws' Bill was committed pro firma, Mr. BRAND stating, that he should move its recommitment after Easter. The Bill could in the mean time be circulated through a Cum mittee. Report further consideration April 30.—Adjourned. THURSDAY. MARCH 25. Sir J. GRAH%M brOlight up the Bill to make better rra vision for the City of London Clergy. Heart a first time. The Bid for the better Paving and Lighting of Long lane, Bermondsey, was read a 3d time and passed. POOR L•ws.—Mr. S. BOURNE moved fur leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Poor Leas as far as repaid the rights of settlement. In the early provisions regarding Close right., it was found there wets great restraints upon tile free circulation of labour ; and to remedy such evil, the granting of Certificates, &c. was adopted. This also was found to be most inconvenient. lie proposed t 9 make the right of settlement rest Oil residence alone; this at eastern:tent would have the effect of fixing indi•bilials in the parishes where they hail lung dwelt and woiLeit. As to the period 11:1111r41, three yea's, it hail et ceived the ar probationaf'Dr. Burn, Mr. Whitbread, &c. (Hear, hear ) lie couclatled with mi.uslog tutu' If &VC to bring in a Bill to amend the law regal ding of the right. of settlement. Mr. A. WRIGHT busted that the lion. :‘l , iver would al low this Bill to pass very deliberately through all its stages. The proposed improsements world increase litigation and vexations, would impose great hardships on particular places, amid would into fere with the existing arrangements of society. Mr. eurtwita approved the proposed period of settle. Men*, deeming it just that suck residence ought to gi.e rignt to relief. Air. WESTERN approved the Bill. Atter other Members, leave was gives to brinz ha the Bill. Mr. S. 001;kliG next obtained leave to brine in a pill (after some mum ks from N. Calvert, &c.) to prevent the misapplication of the Poor's Rates. Air. i COURTENAV afterwaids obtained leave to brut', in Iwo Bills:—liist, for the further encnieragetnent and pro tection of Friendly Societies ; secondly, 1 . 111 the establish meat Of Pdroellial Benefit Societies. 1)r. PHILLINWHE postpunc.i has motion regarding the gradual tepr,il of the Sall Duties till April Adj.ituard. FAIDAT, MARCH 26. NEW SOUTH WALES.—M. BENNETT stated, that it wns unnecessary for him to bring forward his Motion, to refer the state of New South Wales to the Jail Committee, as, he was happy to communicate. the Committee had determined to take that subject Into their immediate consideration.—Partial ciream stances had prevented them from proceeding with the enquiry cc day—on Monday it sould be begun. BaFACH OP PitLVILEcE.—Lord ALTHORP complained of a breach of privilege in the arrest of Wm. Stynton, a private in the Guards, he having been arrested by a Ser.leant Mille in the lobby of the House, after having anended the Worcester Election Committee, pursuant to the orders of the house. The Commit tee took no notice of this arrest (it being fer absence from parade) a, it was thought, when the cause of the absence came to be is certained, that nothing more would be done ; but since then the man had been subjected to trial by Court Martial. (Hear, hear, hear.) What was the sentence he knew not, but of all breaches of priiil ge, one committed by the military sae the naeht dan gerous. he lion. 11. TOWNSEND said, the man behaved very ill, having run away after being taken into clissody. I.onl Ain NOR r only comph.ined of the breach of privilege. Mr. 'I lerney observed, that whet'ser the man was punished or j sentenced, or not, wat iio question ; the fact of an arrest iii the , lobby, while obeying the milers of the House, was beyond doubts Su JA.IIII.S NIACIN TOSII asserted, that a mote serious breach of 1 rivil,ge than the one just detailed to them could not be com mitted, espixially as it originated with a military officer. If, dd. ring the mule of a late examination, a party had been commit ted to the custody of the Sergeant at Arms, tor using threatening language to a wit ne,s who had taxa examined at the bar of that heuse—a pJniihnient which he, for one, did not think dispropor tionate to the offence wlti.h had rendered it neevaary ; surely tht y ought to exercise eqitui sever ity tawilids a military man who had been guilty of. so gros, and violent an outro:-Te as that urea which they were then debating. Wear.) He ',ad never before limn! such unsatisfactory and xtrianilthery arz timent. as those widen tile Judge Advocate laid just a: varized ; bad ie.d-1 ueti with surprise not umninglel with indignation. The learned gim tleatian had intimated, that an ignorance of the privileges of the house was to be considead 04 a autlicient eseme for the breach of them. Ignortinve might, indeed, be pleaded in extenuation, when the otlianling party was brought to die bar; but could not, and oug ht not to he eansiiie ed as an oscine fur his conduct, (bear.) If they a hunted such a juiti6eation at the present time, they might as well extend it to tsli ineasimis aide!' tile military officers of the Crown might hereafter mirk it convenieot to make upon their rights slid privileges. He certainly thought that the Serg.,ant ought to be brotrAit to the bar o.f the house. and that hat conduct ougot to 111Veifigittal closely. One breach of privi lege had been committed in the' arrest of the soldier, under the circutattamot which had beat des;.:ibtxt to them ishog,cr load