The National Register. — London, England, 1819-03-29 00:00:00

w. ~\ FRIDAY, MASCO 26. STATE Or THr. ROYAL NAVY..—EarI nARNLET rose to call the attention of the Noble Lords on the opposite side of the House, toasubject which, hi his judgment, was of the highest importance to the public. Inasmuch na he had heard of no in. tended oppobition to a Motion lie should make for the production sat Papers, it was not his desire to trespass long tiro!) the indul gence of the House. The subject to which he adverted was the present State of the Navy. It would be generally admitted, that the country could not beset) well prepared to meet danger, even in tine of profound peace, and it would follow that the Naval Establishment should be as complete as po-rible With regard to the Army, the unremitted exertions of an illustrious person, assisted by a Noble and gallant Duke, had placed the coun - ry in a situation which enabled the public to look to a state of perfect safety. The military part of the Naval Service had bet n pro perly attended to, but lie could not say so much for the principal branch of the Naval service. Ile was ready to admit the Noble Lord at the head of the Admiralty had done much to promote the Navy, and that he had reduced the number of ships in cow. 1111.6i011 to the lowest standard; but Lord Darnley e4pressed doubt whether the present state of the Naval Eshthli,lenent was what it ought to be. In his view of the subject we bad too few ships of the line, and not enough of men employed in ships now in commission. The goat(' ships in 2arrictthr had not a sufficient number of hands. In order to procure information upon the sub ject. the Noble Earl moved, them be laid before the House a list of all ships and vessels in commission. specifying the number of bands employed in each ; recohdly, for a return rtf the number of ships building and repairing in the King's lards, specifying tlxir tonnage, &c. The motion fur papers was Put and carried. _ _ W I VDSOR ErrmiLiF 111 T t.t:.—The Earl of Li n- Too t. rose to Fropose the second reading of the Windsor Ertel). lantait Bill. karltrlttl" diii not vise to oppose the prineiple of the Rill. on the contrary, us it went to a reduction of public espenre he gave it 116 entire approbation ; but, at the same time, it was the duty of he House to take care the King's situation should not be made a preteuce for onneressary xpenec. Ile hail long thought t h e expenee of the Winsl'u: Establidunent hall exeeetled what it ought to have been. The general principle of the Billom that round. would have his acquiescence ; but he was dispo-ed to ask why reduction was s a male at an earlier perital ; lie tejoiced that it had b:en made at last. Whatever objection he might have would be properly reserved for another stage of the Bill ; and he should not hare said one (wool on this occasion had nut the Noble Earl raleecod to the grant of i0,01:01. to the l)uke of York. No tne deserved more of the country than that illustrious person, Liu he was not a minto be detared from his duty by any con sideration. lie opposed that grant as totally unnecessary. The duty imposed on Ina Royal Highness did not involve any addi tiun:d expense, and cooling to rithament for tudool tor extra e, ;wnses. was coming on false pretences. He deni-t1 that the grant to the Quueu wnti tains:fluently it was impro per in Me present c.a.te. It vita. at: insult tot .c poople to ask it. The Earl of Ilmtnowitv whether or not the grant of 110014. to the lYnke of York w.us an insult to the people, would Lc 'mst considered at the proper stage of the bill ;he N' not t t • ' 4 011: desirous of ent nag into debate on this occarioa, but w;• relict to the lit iteiple of die bill. which appeared to be ad- DIM Al, is could not how t. c proposed allowance for the pro tection of 'out revered august sovereign could bt mine. d. The Earl of e s ntiar.s: said lie wished to adt the Noble Earl (Liverpool) whither the giant of 10.00u1. to er......acen was to au 'Mona! expenees ? Th: Earl to Itvit Pool. sail, it was granted, not to Ma j,-.:y as C.atos Pc, sc r, Litt made to enable her to tilezt extra expences. Earl trittiv. in exiilanation, observed. that he had never heard in that 4 dilday of loyalty xi uninaaNsary as that made by the Nob.: Earl opixti:e. The No{de fart appeared to ecn• ruler him Omni v) as a lemon wh. was dssinri, of reducing tire dignity of the Jltatmeii. whose trielanclio.y ,ituction every man nova deeply deplore. tin tie contrary, he expressly scrotal, that every provision might to he made to oipport the dignity of Sov.•reig:t. At the same time lie w:o ❑..: uNlianiel to bay. Out, all the issr.ait t4e virtues of tire SoverciAa in-pired. it was incumbent on l'ariianient, in the present state of the canto y, to prevent uunee.iwatry expense. 'Fbe Earl of DA It 14 r.ir said, a more uolonnabAl :afitek on his Nubl; l•'ttcud, be never heard. Nkk\\\\\ , JGISTER The Lord Cita weet.Lott, who this day resumed his funo. thou, ea Speaker, then put the question for the second reading of the Bill, which was read a second. time, and committed for Mon day.—Adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, MARCH n. WATER COMPANIES.-11r. M. A. TAYLOR presented the Report of the C 1111 l mittee on the proposed Mary-le-bone Water Company, in the event of the existing Companies not supplying Water at reasonable rates. lie observed, that lie could not un dertake to bring in a Bill on the subject. as it would be deemed pri..atc." adding, that but for the interference of the House and the Government, he should base been fixed with the expell ees and fees of the Patirig Act, amounting to luoul. lie should not, however, shrank frnist bringing for ward a Bill, if lie were requested by all the parishes. Petition referred to a Committee. A new Writ was ordered for Boroughbridge, in the room of Marmaduke Lawson. El., who, since his election. has accepted the Stewardship tithe Chtltern Hundreds. (Mach lam,rhter.) Mr. La mirrox presented a Petition, signal by all the most respectable Booksellers of London and Westminster, praying the repeal of the Copyright Act. Amongsx other kisses, Messrs. Longo tan and Co. had suffered to the amount of I,ltool. in four rears: Messrs. Murray and Co. 1.2001.; and were they to pub lish divers expensive works, their losses would berme!' gleaner. They prayed for relief front such an injurious state of the Lew. Read, and ord-red to lie on the table. Mr. WIiNDIIAM iFIifILISON moved, as the printed evidence MILS only juat ready for delivery, that the fur ther conaicler.ttion of the business be fixed tbr Monday next.— Ordered. Mr. A. Wright, before nutting the 24 reading of the Pearyn Election Bill, observed, that in his opinion, after the evidence ad duced, 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. Tne Royal Windsor Establishment Bill was read a third time and passed without a division. the House being very thin, parti cularly the Opposition Benches. In a Committee of supply several Grants were moved; amongst the rest tio,nuol. towards completing the Penitentiary (300,000 L it being stated), Living been already granted and expended on the building. Mr. Alderman AVoon complained of the expense and system, obs.rving. that • 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 for 21,0001. fur the expenses of the Establishment for a year. The third reading of the Trial by Battle Bill was opposed by Sir It. %Vilson, who did not disapprove of its principle. The House divided—For the third reading 64, against it 2; namely, Alderman Wood, and Sir F. Burdett. Teller, Sir B. Wilson. The renaataing Orders being disposed of.the House adjourned. TUF.SDAY MAUCH 23. _ . EXCHEQUER BALANCES.—.Mr. MABERLEY gave notice, that on this day se'uniglit he should move for the Cm respondence between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Bank relative to Exchequer Balances. Mr.. Alderman WOOD presented a Petition from Minufac turas in London, for an equalization of the duty on Coals ; and another from Manufacturers, numerously signed, for the repeal of Coal Duties ahng titer. Mr. BROITGDAM presented a Petition from two persons (Wil liams anti Blake) in New South Wales, complaining of the con duct of Governor klacquarrie. He had satisfied himself, on enquiry, that the Petitioners were not likely wilfully to mislead the House; at the same time, he telt that the complaint origi nated more in the faults of the system than in the errors of the man. Amonpt other things the Governor had raised 24,000/. annually, and without tuthority trom the Crown; indeed he questioned whether the Crown could give such a power, except in the instance of a conquered country. This sum was raised by various duties; amongst Olken, 1 1 / 6 . per gallon on rum imported. In imposing the duties, the Governor, however, grants exemp bona to his establishment and connections. 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 lianginau to whip Blake, a free settler, and three others. Blake received twenty.five lashes. The of. e was not criminal—it was a trespass ; they had merely walked over a place which the Governor had chosen to tail in. There was to trial, no examination of witnesses; the order proceeded from the Governor's mere will alone. The other Petitioner, Williams, had been a Government Printer at the Cape of Good 1101 w; but he desired to go to New South Wales, having the promise of a grant of land from Lord Buthutst. lle was employed at New South Wales by George I lowe, the Government Printer, but the Governor ordered Wil liams to he diseharged, on the _ground of having signed a Petition to the House of Cot iiiii one, winch was •' scandalous, rebellious, and libellous." The Governor said there should be no " incen diaries" in the Colony. Now he submitted the necessity of bending their attentions to the Government of New South Wales, tnr more than one halt of its population consisted of free set tlers. The crisis had arrived, when pursuing a wrong course ight be irretrievably fatal. It was the misfortune of the Peti tionets that Macquarrie continued Governor, and his conduct in punishing the Petitioners for exercising the right of Petition, was unjustifiable, and, till now, unpreeedented. Except they petitioned, they had tie remedy ; fur actions would not now lie, us Governor Nlacquari ie contiumd is his place.—Petitions read, and ordered to be printed. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2/. • Mr. M. A. TAYLOR preamted the Report of the Committee on the Mary•le-lion: Water Works Petitions; and leave was of terwarils given to bring in a Hill to the Vestry of Mary le-bone Parish to ommact aim any Company to supply that Parish with Water. Lord 11. How•aan presented the Report of the Committee ap pointed to try vie un•rits ~f the fiction Election Petition, which txmlirincd the ret u rn of the sitting Members, and tteclared the Petition against thtm not to be frivolous nor Vexatious. . _ Petiti him (win Norwich and Northampton were presented aping Cie Insolvent Ikbtors' Ac'. _ "Similar Petitions were presented from Cwteshead. Kirby Ste. pher, Weatmorland. Itc.—lteterred to the Committee. I.osnon CLtAttiY.—Sir .1. (ittAit. , .3t moved fur leave to bring' in a Bill to amend an Act of Cie }unbent teign reapecting certain incumbent, Mahe City of London. Mr. I )r.rcr this motion Oran unprecedented character ; if any course were pursued. toug:it not tie l'etitiun► to he retool wilted ? The q stated, that toe motion could rot said to be preccdented. he in tact he was not aware of any similar cab.; hatitigherote occurred. Nir..titlerman Woon declared. that there wt. not the leas evidence adduced in support of any deetee having ever exiatedt As to the mehmcholy state of the Clergy, the incumbent of All hallow,. had .1501. noet-resident ; St. Peter's, rornhill. 631/. nun resident ; several others had toiddar soma. and Were non-rtai. dents; they petrol...l2ml LIN; due,; by Cus.tte,, n.cdving ;0/. , •• . . sr 46 \k‘ \.; *- \) tri QR. or an/. a year. :ITos?if those Clerff had al-o livings thewhere.....; A u Tottenham, Newington, Shrewsbury, ke. lie trusted that the !louse would not encoutsge this atteuipt to duties on the eitiarns. ~Ir.Ald, n nanWsurriarstr said, if the motion had taken an itnproper turn it was owing to the manner in which the tumion had Len Mtn:dm:ea by the lion. Bayonet. With regard to t h e :tlitti-Lr of St. Andrew 's, he had only just got the living from the iiiii and now he turned round upon his bentk.ctors, and prayed 'hat they might be additionally taxed. The Minister of St. Peter's, Cornbill, atter warmly soliciting him and others for votes, so goods thing was the living then deemed, had shwa had the eons:knee to take another good tiring. The application loathed front a combination of 53 individuals ; there were, how • ever, 13 individuals who were too honest to sign any such seandr.- loos pe tition. ( flack canoing and crap, of yue.tion.) fr e should never ur.necessarilv obtrude en the house, but, having ko private feelings to gratify, as one of the Itepresentativea of the Metropolis, he truitral he should always have firmness enough to stand up for the Rights of those whom he represented. (llrar !I Mr. l'kuxxt:Tx thought the way to preserve the orders would be, to send back the Petition to a Committee ; for other wise the order requiring a Committee to say whether the allega tion; of the Petition were Comet. After observations from Mr. C. Wynn and Mr. Brand, the motion was agritd to without any division, though 6trungare were ordered to wid.draw. MALT DUTY.—Mr. G. Lamb aced w:tether it WAS the in. tention of Government to impose any additional duty on Malt ? The Citaxcri.i.on or THE Excimeirrn replied, that he had no intention .0 impose any additional duty on any article this Session ; and he added, u we understood him, that he would not, however, pledge himsolf not to bring forward any measures of regulation. . . _ The Game I.aws' Bill was committed pro . lbrma, Mr. BL%ND stating. that he should move it 4 recommitment alter Blister. The Bill could in die mean time be circulated through a Coot Report further consideration Apnl :W.—Adjourned. TIMRSDAY, MAIICH f 3. - _ Sir J. GRAHAM brulight 11i; 111 e BM 10 In/Ike better pro. vision for !be City of London Clergy. Head a first lime. The Bill for the better Paving and Lighting of Lour lane, Bermondsey, was read a 3d time and passed. l'uoN La wa.—Mr. S. BM.RNe moved fur leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Poor Laws as far as regard Lite rights of settlement. In rile early provisions set:girding those rights, it was &mai there were great restraints upon the free circulation of ilhour ; and to ►emedy such evil, the granting of Certificates, acc. was adopted. This also was fonud to be most inconvenient. He proposed ro male the right of settlement rest on re►idence alone ; this er r:filament would have the effect of thing individuals in the parishes where they had long dwelt and worked. As to the period named, 'Mee years, it bad received the ap probation of Dr. Burn, Mi. ‘Viiiibread,acc. (War, hear.) He concluded with moving for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law regarding of the rights of vellllvinent. Mr. A. WHIG HT trusted that the Hon. Mover would at low this Bill to pass very delibe►ately throne' all its stages. The proposed improvenieuts would increase litigation and vexation•, would impose peat hardships on particular places, and would lutes fere with the existing at rasigemeats of society. . _ Mr. Cinviso approved the proposed period of settle ment, deeming it Joel that such midi:nee ought to site right to relief. Mr. WtbTERN approved the Bill. Alter übservotionv from other Members, leave was giveit to hilt,* ill the Bill. Mr. S. Bounst next obtained leave to bring in a Bill (after some remarks from N. Calvert, &c.) to prevent the misapplication of tl.e Pour's Kates. COURTLNAIf afterwards obtained leave to bring in two Billc—first, for rate farther encouragement and 1.10- Welkin of Friendly Societies ; secondly, fur the emahlish went of Parochial ISenefit Societies. Dr. PHILLI,ron I podtpuneil his motion regarding the gradual tepe.ll ul the Salt Duties till April Adjourned. FRIDAY. MARCH 26. NEW SOUTH WALE;::),11:1111;27 ETT stated, that it was unnecessary for him to bring forward his Motinn, to reter the suite of New South Wales to the Jail Committee, as, he was happy to communicate, the Comniittee had determined to take that subject into their immediate consideration.—l'attial circum stances had prevented them from proceeding with the enquiry to day—on Monday it would be begun. IMEACIII us• PRIVILEGE.—Lord ALTPIORP complained of a breach of privilege in the arrest of Wan. 4tvnton, a private in the Guards, he having been arrested by a Serjelnt while in the lobby of the llouse, after having attended the Worcester Election Committee, pursuant to the orders of the House. The Commit tee took no notice of this arrest (it being far absence from parade) as it was thought, when the cause of the absence came to be as certained, that nothing more would be done ; but since then the man had been subjected to trial by Court Martial. (Hear, I ear,. hear.) What was the t ntence he knew not, but of all brei e lea of privil,ge, one cowiiiizted by the military was the most gerous... _ o The Ilon. 11. TOWNSEND said, the man bel.aved very ill, liming run away after being taken into custody. • I.ord AI.TII OK I' only complained of the breach of privilege. Mr. Tierney observed, that whether the man aas punished or sentenced, or not, waa no question ; the fact of an urrest in the lobby, while obeying the ()Niers of the !louse, was b..) tint! doubt. Sir JAME% :LIACniTOSH asserted, that a more 14,TIOUS breach of; rivilege than the one just detailed to them could not be com mittal, especially as it originated with a military officer. If. du ring the eoutse of a Isar evainailation, a party had been commit ted to tic custody of the Sergeant at Arms, for using threatening language to u witness who had baen examined at the bar of that boas--a punishment whicil he, fur one, did not think dispropor tionate to the offense whili had rendered it nee eltary ; surely tiny ought to exercise equal severity towards s military man who had been guilty of so gross and violent an outrage as that Lunn' which they were then debating. ( liesr.) Ile had never btfure heard such unwitishictury and extraordinary argument • as throe which the Judge Advoc a te had ju s t advance d; he had heard them with surpriza not unmingled with indignation. The learned gel:- than= hail intimated, t 1 an ignorance of the privilege's of Cie hottae was to be considered to a sufficient excuse for the breach of them. Ignorance might, indeed, be pleaded in extenuatiod, when the uttimding party was brought to the bar; but could nut, and ought not to be considered as an excuse for his conduct, ((war.) If they admitted such &Justification at the present time, they might as well extend it to all invasions which the military officers of the Crown hereafter thick it convenient it midis upon their rights and privileges. lieweryinly thought that the Sergaunt ought to be brought to the bar of the house, and ilea his coact oupit to be investigated closely. (Hie breach of Privi lege had been committed in the arrest of the soldier, under Cie etrcuanu.w , Ys witicit had been de crilml to theta; =gums .a.ll PA Mmptriat 13mila:tient. HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, MARCiI:22. A nwrober of Petitions were presented against the renewal of the Insolvent Debtor's Act. Sri era' were &he presented against the equalization of the Duties on Coals. HOMAN CATHOLIC PETITIONS.--Thr Marquis Of DOWN. ant: rose to present a Petition from the Protestant Freemen. Freehoklent, and other Inhabitants of the City of I)uhliu, signtd pursuant to resolutions at a mating held on Monday. Feb. 11, t 1 t 1.0r.1 Mayor in the Chair. The Petition called upon the House of Lorda to admit the Homan Catholic claims. After a few observations from the Earl of DARN LEY. in sup. port of the Roman Catholic claims, the Petitions were ordered to be on the table. The Earl of LIVER POOl. moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Ahem' and I )enizens Bill . Lord HOLLANTI considered all the arguments against this Bill exhausted, and intimated that he should content himself with toting against it . . Oirthe"question being put for the third reading the House prepared to divide. and strangers were ordered to retire. -There wax however no divi,ion, and the Bill was read a third time. TheLa on the table •cn foraardul, and the !lathe ad— journed. TrEsIIAY, MARCH `l3• The Royal Assent was &slam' by Commission to the Aliens and Denizens' Bill, the Nlutinl , Bill, the Extents in Aid Itill, and the Steam Packets Bill. 'lhe Cominissitmers were the Earl of Liverpool. Viscount Xlelville, and Lonl Redesdale. Mr. limgden, from the liaise of Conntions, brought up the Windsor Establishment Bill, the Exchequer Bills Bill for 1810, the Trial by Battle Abolition Bill, the Consolidated Fund Bill, Husbandry Ilorses Bill, the Netherlands Slave Trude Convtz tion 11111. The Windsor Estahlishincin Bill, on the motion or the Earl of Liverixiol, war read the first time, ordered to be printed, and read a second time on Friday. The second reading of the Poor Laws Amendment Bill was postponed, on the motion of the Earl of tlosebetry, till to-mor roe --A4jounittl• WEDNESDAY. MARCH 24. lord GRANTHAM presented a Petition from the .Tury Court of Redford. praying for Revision in the Criminal Code. Mon LAWS' AMENDMENT he !loose went into a Committee on the Poor laws' Amendment Bill, when the Earl of CAKSAILVON propoled an amendment to the second clause respecting Select Vestries, a hich was agreed to. The Bill then passed through the Committee with one amend. nient, which was ordered to be taken into further consideration to-ulorrow.—Adjourned. \~► V THE NATION ' p . ' ^w v 4 ,6 )