The National Register. — London, England, 1820-06-18 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. On Wedoesday a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, in conseqoence of a requisition received by one Right the Lund Mayor, to consider the pro priety of a duttfol and loved A:l(liess to her Majesty the ()urea, upon her arrival in me; country. Prts ions to taking the Chan, a very warm anti loud altercation took place between the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Wail%mum, I%lessrs. Pavel, Iltircombe, and miters. Ills Lordship seemed eager to impress on the gentlemen prozot the propriety of deferring this discus ,;no moil the result of the ttepciations, now pending, be made known. In support of this opinion, he in stanced the conduct of both Houses of Parliament, and of the High Bailiff of Westminster. In reply, Mr. Al derman Waldman asked his Lordship it he thought he had more sense than all the rest of die Court put together; and observed, that die proceedings of the Lord Mayor of London were not to be regulated by those of a High Bailiff of Westminster. The altercation, which was waxing warmer and warmer every moment, was only put an end to by his Lordship taking the Chair. After the minutes of the last Court had been read,. The LORD MAYOR said, Ul3l, when the %Intl:num calling tuts Court was presented to hint, there was a hope that the business on which it was called would have heel) settled. That not having been the case, he hoped the good sense of the Court would not proceed in I'. If Hot, tie should be very sorry to act in a way which his sense of duty would compel Mtn to do. Mr. FAVEL said, that it woith: be found, from his opening speech, that it was the farthest thing (nun his wish to widen the breach which now unhappily sub sisted ; but rather to do every timing in his power to heal it. The Requisition, calling that Court, and the former Address to the Prince's of Wales, congratulating her on the defeat which her enemies had met with, hating been read, Mr. FAvee trusted the merits of this question would be met with ceolness and deliberation; and he rose, therefore, to move a du.iful Address of Condolence and Congratulation us our most gracious Queen Caroline. The minutes just read shewcd clearly that the Queen had left this country with the good will and affection of the people, and it had been the-cuitoui of the Court to congratulate each of the Royal Faintly ou their arrival in England. He hoped, therefore, that this would not •be the hist time that they neglected a duty, which was now peculiarly imperative. His Address must contain two branches; one of them of congratulation, and the other to condole with her on the very many losses which she had sustained in tier family since her departure from this country. She had lost her father, brother, her a unaule daughter, her good mend the Doke of Kent, and the late Kong, her protector against all her enemies, and yet had she boldly come and thrown her self on British justice, and the protection of a loyal f:t. Unless mere was any cite who would dispute e ie to be Queen of hvigUnul„ he could anticipate no objection to his ovation. EVery member of the Royal Family must be pleased with a fsir, loyal, and moderate Address, because all must be anxious that she should be able to prove her innocence. He should wish ha heal the unhappy differences which now existed in the Royal Family. 1 hey were not now iu a situation to make a choice of evils; nor were they to abstato from addressing the Queen, unless they would make themselves a party to the charges now brought against her Majesty. He then moved a dutiful and loyal Address to the Queen ou her arrival in this country. Mr. J. Vs'im.tatiss seconded the motion. He could not consider this au interference between husband and wife; but he was free to cuiefess that this subject could not be handled, without calling in question tile conduct of Ministers. If they were to " this Address, it would be an insult to both the Queen and his Majtsiy. Sir W. (At RTIS role with regret to oppose this motion, which, though moderate, yet it touched cm a quarter of all others the most ddicate. Parliament had suspended its deliberations, and so ought they. Mr. JUPP mought the manner in which the worthy Mover had handled the question was highly creditable to him; and mat all they mad to consider was, wioethei they would depart iron) their usual course, which was to address the Rival Faintly oil their arrival in this country. Nlr.Jaces and, that he conceived any interference on their parts, in the tuaolitr now proposed, would be de cidedly taking tile part tit toe Queen against the King.-- (No, no, no!) Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN said, that after the very able and jodicious manner in which this Address hail been moved and seconded, he should not have spoken one word hit support of it, did he not conceive that kill Opinion woul.l rxiteele.l 1.11/011 a subject which had formerly Sili c ros,e I ,(1 imt.'l% of his attention. Es en it . the conduct tit M.,Je,ty mot ever been so blameable, still, never was tit, cv a Wrilltall raider the catioil of I leas ea tuun .% its of compassion. Every attempt lied been mot to tra.ntee ner coalaCler; and that was the most rfleet,t..: hi J.l se,i(s to make ally I 11111 l ail being Carden of tlieo cmoinct. was the very proper little f or congrjtu ; juoil . con NI they shot their ryes to the persecutions which illJi l i!usntousL'Oliale had node:- gout? And did they *oppose that byitayttig her studied neglect, who was 1.01 only the Consort in llilf Susemci u, but otherwise allied to him by bo,od, Ow:: should act agreeably to his feelings . ? It was ntipostilde ; it roust give that Ro ' yal Personage the greatest s mtfactiori to see her M ijcstya innocence clearly proved. them Zook at the degraded situation of their Queen. By erasing her haute Irmo the Liturgy, she had been as it were shot cub of the pale of the Church. But the great. est dcgradation of all was the prupontioii which (dieted tier money—money to be taken Irons the pockets of a suturing people, to be spent it a foreivi country, and to the, who, if we bdieve the intimations the very oleo who made this infamous proposition, was wholly unde serving of support. Ought they not to admire her con- THE NATIONAL REGISTER. teaming these base proposals, and throwing herself at once mildly and nobly upon the jtistice of the country, protesting against secret tribunals, and demadding open trial? The people were sick enough of Green Hag Plots —(A laugh)—and he belwved they would Inver again he satisfied with ally thing in that Sh.ip.!. It was melt ditty to go up to her Majesty ; and tell net that it was their sincere wish to see her sell out of the charges by which her character had hero aspersed. He trusted the Address would be carried,and that too in such a manner as to convince her Majesty that it wit not a (.01 and formal Address, but one spritigiag (nun the heart in all the warmth and ardour of loyal atiectimi. Mr. PEARSON Coinpjfeti the conduct of several of the friends of her Majesty to that of the patron described by Johnson in Its letter to Lord Csiesterfield. In the course of his speech Sir. Pearson said, that Mr. Jacks was said to have travelled in France as a Member of the City Parliament—(laughter)—and that his name stood upon the A ix-la•Chapelle list as that high character. Mr JACKS declared, that lie never was at Aix la- Chapelle, and that he never travelled with a false title. Mr. PEARSON then proceeded to state, that her Ma jesty had been most infamously treated on the Ciotti nem, where he found that people were 110 L only diffirsuig scandal, bur sowing it, and where the Queen had been beset by more Man ordinary spies. The LOkO MAYOR here ruse and said, he considered that the Worthy Member impeached the Houses of Par liament by such language. Mr. Alderman WAITIMAN called upon the Court not to be dictated to upon the subject by the Laid Mayor, who had interrupted a Wormy Member without any grourids whatever. Mr. JACKS rose, and begged that Mr. Pearson would let him know whether he (Mr. Jacks) was the person alluded to. Mr. PEARSON declared that he neither meant Parlia ment nor the Worthy Gentleman. He concluded with declaring that the whole country were under obligations to Alderman Wood for the spirited part he had acted. Mr. Dix ox said, the question certainly ought to be adjourned. He hoped the Court would postpone the question to a given day. Mr. Monism said, he came into the Court with the view of voting for a postponement, but the motion o Mr. Favell now :imitated to isim preferable. Tnere certainly was no female more deserving of commiseration than the illustrious person who was the subject of debate. Mr. FAYEL replied. The LORD MAYOR then put the previous question.-- Against the previous question. —Three Aldermen, 103 C 2 Fellers-108• Fur it.—One Lord Nia3or, fire Aldermen, 18 Com moners, 2Tellers-2t3. Mijority in favour of ►he ori ginal motion, 82. A Coi 1111 l ittee was accordingly appointed to prepare the draft of an address, which% being laid Wore the Court, was read and Agreed to. CORN LAWS If we wish to know the real amount of the tax raised upon the country by the Corn Bill, we must ascertain at what price Coro could be procured from foreign coun tries, if importation were always free; for beyond this price it could not permanently rise. Poland and Ittts:ta are the countries which export most Curti; and it has been repeatedly shown, that Corn brought from these countries, as well as from other parts of the Continent, could be sold regularly in our markets at 455. or 50a. — It will be observed, front the debate on the 311th May, that at present foreign wheat could be bought at 373, and even so low as 335. aceortaing to some statements. But asautiting 50s. a the average, and estimdtilig the ow of each individual who its,S wheaten bread, at t* WC per autumn, then it results, that according to WC average price 91 wheat 01 England tar toe last 1i e )ears, (78s. mi.) a tax is reposed to 35a per annum on cacti coo.stotter, or 71. rot a fitfully emis.illaikt O. a 111411 with his wile and two children. On the poorer classes, who consume' oats, barley, and potatoes, the tax may ammo): to mall thus auto; and such is the sacri fice etude by the country for toe proteefion, as it is called, of the landed interest! TI our whine tol nits aunt neither gora lino the pocket to the landlord nor the tanner, It is comely lost to the comitry. If the la bour expended in raising two (loaners of wheat were ettalfloyel in attune specter of manufacture, and the pro duct sent abroad, it would exch a n g e tar afo re t wi t t h ree ( l oaners. The additional year er of awe.!, therefore, (or comontalitiet of au equal vain, ), is as intielt lust as if it were thrown into the sea. lute senseless cla mour about rite quantity of waste laud in tile c'tfuntry, has fostered the lielusluu which II s gii eta sits. pus onerous tliieetion to so great a poll - 101i of the fa,ioual loolUstfr. It is the true interest of a nalloll 10 eitelboy its Cal lial and labour in those branches of industry, whhal beim: hest adapted to its salt, climate, awl avitatloll, are there fore moat productite; mid It is no more lor Its advan tage to cultivate all its soil, than to quarry' all the s tttt es tit ,t are tinder it. If we make 111, our inill,ls to encou rage Mime cultivation in every article without regarding expence, there are few commodotes %%Melt may not ow raised within the rotatory. Ileum) mid flax Imported from IttlaSlil uiaq, my solliciem forcing, be made to grow, inflow' of all Ili:cf101 quality. on the Waste lauds of England. Sugar w gut UC extracted hem the beet root as in France, at three noes the cost if Wett India sugar. Each vines, cotton, and rice, inialit be raised its hot-Imo-es, at tell or twenty dotes the usual expense, to the g reat tmei ira tt ement. no doubt, of domestic in dustry. lit swirl, by M.lowing up the principle of the Corn Laws ria , nuosly, and sacrificiii t t n u n half our wealth, we mL ut WOv otirselves to a slate of c ttttt ploy oidepentleoce .111 511Mret t aii supplies. Sire, a spirits would be pernicious tat any coutitiy, but its a commer cial country it is the climax of bad policy. A nation e like this, which has got the start•of all its neighbours in capital and mechanical skill, and possesses so many advantages in its insular position, its coal fields, and the superior sccority of property, might increase in wealth and population almost heysiud any limit, were its todustry perfectly unshackled. But lithe landholder steps in and says, " You shall employ no more artisans and sailors thou I Call feed; and in proportion as you multiply their !mothers, you shall pay me a higher and a higher premium upon their subsistence," i t i s eas y to see that its progress must otitt have an end. Had Lon don reso l ve d so ta ke 11 0 corn but from Middlesex, every foot of that county, heath, or hill, would have been. cu l t i vate d lik e a g J nieti. t.ut London would never have po „,. s ., e d one 6, iir os elf us pt emit wealth or population. So the landholders of Britain have resulted, that till every foot of marsh cud rock is brought under the plough, no more people shall be allowed to live in this country than they can supply food for. • TizE Mac Da FRlAS.—Friday a numerous body of Spanish merchants resident in this country waited on Lie Duke de Frias, the new Spanish ambassador, to congratulate him on h's arrival in this country.— Mr. Bcrnales was the organ of the deputation,and, in addressing his Excellency, stated, that he felt proud of having been chosen to convey the sentiments of his countrymen now in t ondon. It had not been usual, he observed, fur Spanislt merchants to pay their respects to their ambassadors collectively ; but they felt called upon to do so in the present instance, that they might convey to him their high satisfac tion at having a man of his liberal sentiments for their national representative in this country, and to pay their just tribute of admiration to one who had fought the battles of his country both in the field and in the cabinet The Duke de Frias replied nearly in the follow ing terms :— ` I inn happy to find among my countrymen abroad the same spirit which animates those at home. 'those few Spassiai ds who ale not yet become sensible of all the be nefits of the Constitution are nevertheless enemies tO tyranny and oppression. For my own part. I base stet been the decided friend of a tree government, and that cause shall never want my support. When the French first eutsfred Spain, I was of that age when a man begins to ti.el that his country has a claim upon his services. I therefore took up arms, and during FiZ years combated those esiesnies-.4 may say, *fill succe s s. The remaining six years I passed in retirement, lamenting the misfortunes of my chnntry ; bin my grief eaists no longer, and all Spain is rejoicing over the prospect of happiness that awaits her. It gives me pleasuse in being able to assure you, that the King is as sincerely attached to the Coma tution as ally mat in the counts). Spain, t isnot will now become the abode and asylum of rational liberty, where persons from all parts of the world, who seek it, may find protection." The Demerara Gaseue of the 27th of March announces the pleasing fact, that so flourishing is the state of the whiny, that the Government are enabled materially to lower the Tax on Revenue, and the duties on Product. The duty on sugar is reduced three-fourths ; that on rum two-thirds : on molas ses almost four fiths ; on cotton three-fourths ; and on coffee upwards of one half. Four guilders were to be paid by the owners of each slave. With res pect to the Income Tax, there has been a material diminution ; all persons are to be exempted whose incomes for the past year have not exceeded 2,000 guilders. A colonial duty of 66 guilders has been imposed on each pipe of wine, but a drawback of 50 guilders is to be allowed on exportation from the I colony. Al. persons within the colony were sub ject to a tax of 50 guilders for each four-wheeled carriage kept by them, and 22 guilders for each horse, whether he be employed for business or for pleasure. The ceremony ut proclaiming his present Majesty took place on the 25th of March. Tho taxes of the colony were levied and paid previous to the Ist of last mouth, in order that his Excellency, the Governor, might be enabled to meet the expen ces of the present year. After Sandt's sentence was made known to him, he was allowed to c,,nverse, in the presence of offi cers of justice, with his thends and acquaintance. — In the whole fifteen months of his imprisonment no access to hint was permitted. As he could not see his mother without witnesses, he declined it, and charged somebody to bid his last farewell to her— his relatives and friends. A superior officer obser ving to him, that he had brought the punishment on himself; he said, "There is the difference between you and me, that I die for my own particular sen timents, and you perish in the field of battle : you die tOr the opinions of others. SERIOUS COMMOTION. An alarming disposition to mutiny has shown itself fur some days past in one of the corps defile of the army, and emended itself so far as to catiFe its inalant removal, by peremptory orders, from the ca pital, this morning. We arc in possession of many particulars, but our great deft, ence for his Majesty's Attorney-Gem:rid and ex-tAio informations pre vents our communicating all we know.—An army may be quite as dangerous to those who would use it tyrannically, as to those who were the intended vi aims of ourersiou by its means. ha iV MI a am Ile not 196