The National Register. — London, England, 1819-03-08 00:00:00

E. ARC 11 Aloe. Alla Ai ' MrD presented R Petition .from WaelConihuer 01 . pra)i.ig that !bewail/lit be sectored to the euatiun m which tisey were in nct, real eating waiies. 4' Dolt tot to he printed. A l'etitim was presented from Edinburgh. praying the ;goose i s extend to the Rival Burgle. of Scotland a more ;i a rat sod cousstitettomil sy.te n of rtornegh Gum neteut. and Oegil'etli to be printed. mr.c. c,, L eeter presented a retitle!) front St. George's, ri.,othwark, ill incur of au equalization or the duly on Lie also 'presented a Petition from the same parish * sailed the Insolvent Debtors' Act. LAW oe the table. Mr. 4thelit ROBERTS presented RI Pcti'inn from the City of London against the :repeal of the Appeal of reorder. Laid on the tattle. The defaulters ofTriliey Inst were called over; and were ordered to attend the Whit on Thureday next. 411 r. W. SXITIi preSCORRII • Petitioo front korwieli, coin ;dunning of the severity of the punishments for forgery. tulid on the table. Sir U. W. Ridley gave notice, that on the 1 lib of March he ..bould move an Address to the snifter Regent, praying his Hetet Highness to redact; the nutuber of the Admiralty 'the Diller of the .Day to resume the Pewit) n Election ;Debate was read. The SPR *ERR stated, that the Minutes would not he ready .for delivery till Thursday ; and that in Wale cases w Ili. had unit been delayed, except at the special desire of the Coin • ' , duets, ei.:tottgla the offending parties hod been pi oseented tor bribery. Sir C. BURRELL wished the Special Report trade in Fela• ;aiiry 18)1, respecting the same Hour ego, to be read, which declared Sir C. Hawkins to have been !mutely elected. Read aecordingly. It fir 'bur stated, that gross bribery haul been mrintitted by Sir C. Hawkins. Sir C. Rue eid. said, that all the evidence tended to prove tar a must base and uteri cutary spirit existed in thist'Borough. Hear, hear.)—lie shnutd wove, however, in enter that •'ie Boise might he in full possession of the case, that the ....Mae be adjourned to Monday next. Ciptain OR xwr thought that such adjournment wonid be toe spurt.--(11;0, ne.) Mr. A. Witinter explained re.pecting the proceedings of eo Counentee, and 'the %lumbers who had committed bribery. Ie thonelit it W 45 a dangerous example to delay the inning r (Me Writ h—there was no precedent of such delay, except %%here Mere were large numbers of persons who had cow witted bribery. Sir J. NtiWPOR.T 1110114 R the House ought to have all evi 'knee before ally step was adopted; and where the Rowlett ril twice within sosbott maim come before the Roust strider teli disgraceful eirennsuitauees ' It deserved to have those 1: Anchises which bad here abtvai.l, 'upended, at least for a short time. Mr. DIANI4ON observed, that in this moat respectable %nil a:rnious Borough a complete system of bribery prevailed.— 'niece was, he understood. a public. breakfast. at which each -s••lcr received 241.—(licar.1 —lf ever there wea a case that tarrited itsterlerence, be thong? it vs attains. The Motion was agreed to. Mr. C. H own' ason presented a Petition Cram Mr turady, !low routined in Nevegate, hieing the scram' d'etition Isom that Gentleman. imploring tin consideration of the House, as he had never intentionally 'imitated the Privileges of the Haim. Atter tante conversation, Mr. Grady was ordered to be brought to the bar Use nest day. The Windsor Establishment Wilma' brought iu and read time. Ordered to be read a second time on Thursday. Lord CAIITULRCAGN moved for is Committee to enquire into the Stute and Deseiiption of Gaols and other places-of coufinement;Wl the hest method of providing for the le -entity, as well ms the fieformalion t of offenders, &e. Sir J. 111•Invosa expressed his riterminalion to bring -forward his motion respecting the Crinr4 al Code. Jsulitre agreed to—eumutittee appointelL—Adjourned. TUESDAY. BANK DISCOUNTS. Mr. MANNINtI, in reply to questions from Mr. Gladstone, st atc4,aliat there had been no iliminni ion of Hank discounts: ohat the Secret Committee had not infineticed the 4. ousts, and that, on the contrary, they were extended to eight more persons.—(Hear, hear.)—lie added, that co far as he knew there was no into noon, on the port of the, Bank, to make any alteration in the fikeounts. (Hear.) Regarding accounts that had been ninvedlor,to stated that the amount of Bank notes issued was 200,0001. more than in December last.— (Hear.) Mr. Ltsterron presented a Petition from Darlington, against any new Deletes on Coals. Sir R. Wirson moved, that Mr. Thomas Grady be placed at the bar to be discharged. Agreed to accordingly. Mi. Grady having been placed at the bar, Tile Sl'!AltEn stated, that lie had been guilty of a high iireach of privilege, in writing a carols' letter; and that he l ad petitioned the Hoii , e tot liberation, with the ii. , !,isrance that it ‘1.14 not intended to effendi the House. The Howie, stisi , ms to vindicate its honour end privileges, measured its finiMliment Invtlie severity of the case ; 8111 in this iustanee, It., justice had been satisfied. Air. Grady was therefore dischargeel.—(Hear4 Li:isthmoid ordered 4a -Le entered on the Journals. CRIMINAL. CODE. Sir JAPlreemsw broo;ht forward his motion far aCommi I tee ,to enquire into Vie laws as far as they regarded felony. That voquiry was admitted to to necessary by the Noble Lord (Castlereagh), but which was the better coarse to he put sued vas (be question. Te m Ike the enquiry us extensive lies had been proposed by the Noble Lord, was to propose a physical Impossibility—to urge an enquiry, the promotion of which would Outlive the Parliament. The prisons stone would occupy a Cumtnittee for one Session—lndeed Life Noble Lord .admitted the impossitsility of one Committoc promoting We Inquiry, for it was said that the Committee could subdivgde itself into three Goissmittees. Such subdivision was contra' y .to the practice of the Horse and the Cosatitsttion ; theiefure -seoarate C , Aninittees. pioperty appointed, would be sous( .ellieadons. It was Isis object to promote such efficacious mode of enquiry ; snit he took the example of 17:50, when some of the lira characters, Pelham, Pitt, Glenville, 'Towns. elhli Lloyd, Ryder, constituted the Committee, to say whether Clue w og could Ise amended. It was (IWO I . olllld, olw 1/10 )1711prri,111 acid Ti! NATIONAL artarrrst mieded with sicital steps, and in parallel linos and they also complained of the deficient 'ednostion of children. The Committee who formed .only a single branch of Mott vast entpuit y winch 19:311 to be sent to one Committee by the Nub le Lord. occupied two years before they could come to any soecifictlecirion, or recammend inky precise measure. Another defect in tie Nubh Lurire,plau ems, that no probable remedy w.ts named; the evil wee poisled out, but about remedy nothing was caid.—He would not darcno.callor rarliament to 'enquire if he could not ahow that some remedy would be the pi Arable result. —(Heue, licarl)--f - fe should not content himself with enumerating the ,increase of clime—with an illustration of what the Noble Lord .called the "golden age of crimes," (a laugh)—he wes.for enquiry, to see where a timid went conlo be introduced. lie was nut about to propose new criminal .code; he desired nothing of the kind; he was 001 anxion , to disturb what might be nieritio ions. He was desirous that laws should be more ceitain ; that the re• mission of punishment should lie the caccuption, Mid not the general ride. (Hear, hear t 4 He wished to.restore eunfislonee in the laws, and to enciease respect for the administratore of them. As to the state of crime, lie speed that there was no increase of atrocity in offences 11111.41 as to affect -the aneimit moral character of .the country.. flit increase of crime wes partly owing to dive disti mace of the times, and partly to the law and mote of exectstin4 it. Among the °I enumeration of esimes, they might not to forget what resulted from erroneous principles of Legislation, Midi as the gitune laws, and the regulations regarding contraband needs.—'f ete ouacLors and sniagglers greatly increased utieuders ; nail it was indeed herd. that four .yeals after peace not bac pro lisliittoly regulation lied been repea!ed.—(lfertr..)—With his iospressions, however, it would be ampardonnhle to omit , noticing, that the another of offesices•had Mt:teased since the year lOW —and that war the fear when the large Bank paper isanrs co nmenced—.issires.th4t in tact tended to lessen one third iu attioont the wages of the puor.ooTouching the severity of the 14w, 08 the) stood 00 the Stitto:e 1400 k, up wards of two hundred °treaters were made poletilitthie With death, but not above incest) -!ive of 'ere eitte,ced to tile lever. Since the Revulutioc of 1688, .citeu Country (id been blessed with what lie would rut; si Parlia ment 6rr eminent, there had been nulertutiately too great a facility ail leenlation. Meinbers who lied Leen cites tie to do any the had procured a law making a Itiolly it:10.11 beneilt 01 clergy ; ant! to eilell a state had crinitit4l laws ar rimed, that for half a century judges, Juries, all parties had " conspired" to counteract the uperetiu4 01 their minecessary sevetity,o-(Hear.)—(l!nglit Jilt It a state orlaw to exist ? The non-enforcement of punishment dad out proceed on any lei:ti ler principle.; many of the laws (eight or Mot) were enforced newly to the letter.; while others were rarely carried into execution, very many of them not all. Many of them, not being enforced, ought to be expuuged, us giving a Caligiulhary character to our Co innual Code. Citittsig a hop-bine.: appear ing disguised, according 40 the Block Act—breakieg the head du fi.h pout, wait severally punishable with death. Those Acts im i msing the punishment of death, which had trot been enforced for the last 70 yearsori:ht ta be erased from the statute hooks: lie trusted ate one would say that can of laws which acre never etilm ced when violated, was not mischievous and --(tdear.)—the was Sloe fur imposing a general rule of law taking awns all ‘4l4cretion, In nothing would be inure unjust.—.(llear..)—die concluded with movingfor a Committee. Lard Cavemisit EAten upposed the inotioo, maintaining, that (after the decision of the !louse the previous ',Veiling) it was unnecessary; that the Committee already oersted could and would ;Hustle the desired onquirys and he therefore moved the previous lifiehliOn. Mr. F. Bosuns strongly snpported the original motion. Mr. COUItraNAV, in an argumentative *perch, stated his reasons for not acceding to the motion of his Himourable and Leitrim" Fr,etil (Str J. Mackintosh). Mr. Lawson spoke against the mutioo of Sir J.. Mack i otorh. Sir C. AIOIIDINSIT sail, be should most decidedly vote fur the proposition of the Honourable att.! !aortic(' Gentleman (Sit J. Mackintosh). Mr. J. SMITH doEliiftql, that he shott!cl cute fur the motion of his Honourable anil Learned it tend (til' J..Nl4ckautoah). Mr. LITTLETON supported the motion. Mr. Pituntenon spoke in forum of the motion. Mr. WILMOT OINIEINtd, that if Ministers nail not compre hended the *object in their Committee, he should have voted fur the Rollout elate and Learned (Gentleman's istotioo. Mr. WtimaitgloaCit, in an elanimilt and tinpreasi v e speech,, sn ppurted air motion. Mr. CANNING warmly eulogised the manner in which the motion had been brought lomat d, but saw nu reason ter the appoialment of a Committee. Mr. Scaol.kri• and Mr. Aiderinen lVoou supported the motion. ------ - The ATTORNEY GENCRAL spoke at tome length against the Motion, and CUOCIUtte:I by supporting toe preveutt, gliVa• lion. tin• J. MACKINTOSII replied, and rrall the naniut of the fol lowing Members, whom, if hit mown succeetleJ, be should propose to form the Committee - Mr. Bathurst, Mr. Searle% The Attorney Gener•al, Mr. Wilber±orce, Lord Althorp, Lurd Nugent, The Saliet.or General, Mr. Abercrombie, Alderman Wood. NIT. 'Scarlet. Mr Finlay, Mr. liroug.larn. Mr. Boma, Mr. Philonore. Mr. W. Wvun, Mr. Macdonald. Mt. 11 owarth. Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Vernon. Tie (motion was then pill, istrangets were ordered to withdraw, and A division taking , place, the uunilbers were, For SinJ. Maskilitoste, inutton 147 .Agates it 124 :llinitters When tLe uu•ubers were alai:winced, a letul el:teeter WA! heard from the Opposition. The ether ()gints of the Day were then disposed of, and the Hattie etljout ned. - Wr..)NESD AY. Sir I. COFFIN prescnteu various Pet.tiens frame Afferent Parishes in Monvouniiiiihire, ! it ay ii.g, that nu alteration might tithe place Ae Alteliuttea tin Cools and Cahn carried coast- M Ina. The SPEAILISIt acquainted the House, that ihe Right Hen. D. B. Daly had nut entered into reeuccizatices to priwenute the Cialway Eteetitu in contieiiiience of which fhe order fur the Cwitinittue un that Llection wan th%cliare. A. Colonel l'at.Nen ercsecti.d x 1 ' 010.911 (lOW Bath apin:t the Insolvent Debtor* . Att, kind ion tht table. Mr. ISartsu presented a 4Petititto tram 'Niteldmin itionfor‘ altirt., praying for a revision of itite Poor JAWS. Laid on the table. Mr. llnottuutt brought up the Report of the 3 1 .1nabandry Morse% ISM ; and the Bill as ordoted to be ra-oontanitted ua l'atestley next. Mr. WROTTBSIAT paesouted Petitions 'front Shropshire against a Duty on Coal .to be is posed and lewiedot the pills mouth. SAW on the talsle. Mr. 141,1.880 u sold, be had-obtainer , an anterrenee from the Chancellor of the Lirchequer that he 114(1 'Mee up all idea of sorb a tea ; but than !tight Ma. Gentleman given no assurance drat if some ether iserson *hostel propose such a•tax, he wottld not getre.it His 611 ppOrt ; entitle (Mr.L.) would aol fall 10 start this subject until be gut a decisive answer. _ _ V•he Pennons ewe *en .ordered to be laili on the Sable, and printed. *fir W. Cesseenne said, he had - to mere for papers, which woold phew a oysieneor fined tend peculation au incredible ectent, committed by d nspectot,, Collentor , , Conunissiieeta, dee of Assessed Taxes; end the Ytst Albeit item he aliould mere for was the ireesten -of tette surchargesuo the Aeseesed Waxes is the little park% of Whitstable 'Kent, and the. district of . Sevenoalim. •entei ell into eccitonts to slim that the revenue had been o - oblind oC Frump to MM. •.yea:. He knew that if the Chancellor of Klie.Eircheeiter hall here allowed to conseit limos'...it feelings, all these eiefnlitlainimweidd have !wen -removed. His with, was Jo stop this aystene of peculation; and lie Haltered himself she Chaneellorsif Kt* Exchequer would asAisi snot iii•cleaueing the A ogeen He then moved for a variety of papers, improve the alleged 'frauds committed on the revenue, and ou the inlmbitantr of that place. VANSITDART Solid, that if the Pion. Baronet had called on hint, lie senit'd hive found that there would have been nn occasion for this motion ; tor, whatevei frauds wrrr. committed might he promptly entriired into. Evers, toile formation would be afforded, in cutler 'that the Honourable. Balloter would be ebabled to bring the subject before the lions. in the Olin-test way. He had hinnielf ditected au rm. gniry into tide subject ; .and lie hoped, iu the meantime, the Hootste stiepend its:,lndapaent. • Sir E. KNATCHBULL said, that 'those frauds had teen cummitted he was for sitting them to - the bottom; but he loped the Hon.liaronet would for the .preseet vviehdraw Lie motion. Sir W. CRE,FIG conoented to withdraw hig motion,eo an nittlerstentling that every entiakry would he mane into the subject. Mr. I.L.CHINGTOV atta,;tted that there had been .engtriref made, an I an order given to proseente the Snrveyor of the Sevenoalta eiktrict, on a report of the ConinissioNera of Taxes. ?4r. TIERNEY hoped, s'airt if she enquiry *trendy made almiild not be satisfactory to the Hon. 134ronet, he would it bring the Ftibject before the House, nail that dhe Chancelloe of the Escheiiner would have uu objcotiou to a Committee to investigate theaubject. After a few words from•the Chancellor of the Exchequer. the 'mania tai. withdrawn. Sir J. STEWART reported from the Wotton Bassett Etectio Committee, that Anu Hill nad declined comitig tip to Alden the Committee front old age, being hV years of age. He the moved, that Ole he ilhicl,.yrited, without payment of her fecs which was ordered accordingly. Mr. HUME presented a Petition -from the Bargh of Ferfar„ in Scotland, -couiplaming of tile Borough Goserniavat is Scotland. Oidete.l to be laid on the table, and to he rrintetir—Ad jousned. THURSDA Y. There being two LlecttonConitnitttes to ballotfoi.— B a rn_ staple and llef etiey—the Gallery wits not opened Ulf ft% e o'clock. The defaulters of Friday last were called over; when Mal marlul..e Law4nn, Esq. (not amiss Cling to Ids name) was ordered to be taken into custody 01 the Sedeent at Arms—a prof:vetting that ooeasioned noucit lati4locr. William Tylney Loth Pole Wellesley, Esq. he being unseat, was also ordered to he taken into custody. The following were reported to constitute the Barostapliq Election Committee . J. MansFela, T Jones, Lord Clive, J. Simpson. Joliffe, T. F. Buxt , m. Marquis of Worceter., f. F. Heatherts. ---- Madill, f. I adill, Earl Compton, Lord C. Bathum, H. G. Bennett, Thomas Percy. W. Holmes. Thermos Wood, Sir R. Wtt.sost presented a Petition, numeronely and re spectably signed, from Smitten-ark, against the Insolvent °chines' Act. They *treinly objected to the Rill, as being of timid injurious tendency,espetialt) se it made no distinc tion between the honr,t and dishonest Debtor; and they prayed, if it shoitld be necessary to renew thy Bat, that pro p •rty might be protected Irons fraud end rapine. Petition ordered to be priirted. Mr. W. BURRELL presented a Petition from aericaltitrista for protecting duties ail corn. Alikinigis he was, aiisp,;.l.:, t o e-nder the farmers atE {mishic suppoi 1, he could not under t..ke to countenance witatthey now prayed for. (Hear.) Ordered to tie on the table. Sir 3. Glt AKAN presented a Petition from Carlisle, coils tiLtileitat Sloe Mate of poupei and pi aying a ectision *Noe Poor Lana. Ord-red to be printed. Mr. GRATC tw &twitted a Petition from St Petei°,, D 5- lip, pray for et total repeal of the windoo tax. Ordered to be !Ail en the tubde. Mr. LYCUN presented a Petition from Bewdley against any tilterot soo in the Coil Duties. The CH iNCULLOR of the EXCHCQUER said, the Govern mem could not Rive, in a (motel way, ally distinct opinion it the same time, he could not sir any advantage that %%mild remit from discussion lit the piesent moment. Tne following were declared to be the Beverley EL.:ties Comnsttter : L. Mathis, J. T. Thorpe, Lord Sefton, C. A. Pelham, 3. Drown, F. Ct. John. (1 L. Marti% C. Huteitinson, Lord Bernard, rerbusoo. Y w.kerb, IL Power, M trquis of Ironfori, r. enc. M. Wood. tt renta*lti: , the P.Pli vstri, tee Prt fur. r 'I .I