The National Register. — London, England, 1819-06-20 00:00:00

194 2mptrial l:)arliamrnt• HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, .11.111k: H. Ito' t r. AssesT.LTheiLyii4.6;sit wa4 given by COOT'. Mil%lolll to the American Convention Bill— he Members Qnrl,ht•ation Bill—the Irish Fever Hospital 11111—cud the tienctices I).p.•nsation 111111.—The Co iiiiii i,ionets nate the Mourn. of Winchester, the Earl oh Shaftesbury, and the Lord Chancellor. .U181(1 ITUN L I)I•TRESA.—The Earl of ALBEMARLE procured a Petition tram the Farmers and Landholders pra rebel nuder Ago lentil's - al Disticases. The Petitioneis particularly stated, ilia I alterati tttt in the (Mtn Laos would aeord rebel'. The Pttition was Ludt...tit to lie on the table. NIARHIIG ACT.—retliions were presented by the Mar of Lansolonne from Falmouth, Lincoln, Ne fen t, Isle of Wield, Manchester, :Maidstone, and other places, owned hay Dissenters, praying rebel' against the effect of tiro Alartiage Act. The seine was read and laid on the whir. _ _ Lord KENYON rose on the order of the day for going into a Commenter on the Comm Spinners Regulation Bill. Several amendments proposed by Lord Kenyon were agreed to. '1 he Hill hoeing passed Heterrigh the Committee, vi as ordered to be reported on Wednesday .—The House adjourned. TUESDAY, JUNE IS. GOLD AND SIIXER COIN.—.The Earl of T.ADDERDALE moved that the Judges be summoned to answer the two thUowing ipse-tions • First, Whether the Silver Coin, when diminished in weight to the extent of 12 I er cent. could he by law a legal tendet by tale, fur any suns under ..!(//. bet we.n I ;74 and 17;o7 The second question relates to the proportional value of Gold and Silver, as established by the Stith of the King. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 16. FRAME OIKERS BILE.— Ihe Duke of BETLAND gave uutiee. that he should move the second reading of the Frame work Knitters' Dill on Tuesday. The Bill was made tOr the said of a diatroued days of persons, and as little delay as possible ought to occur. The Noble Duke withdrew his notice Mr the second reading on Tuesday. with the intention of fixing a more convenient day. The Earl of LIYERTOOL moved the first reading of the Loan trill. and gave notice. that he should move the second reading on Friday. lixttrisrarrs: %Virus:ea Btrot.—The Marquis of L.cirs • now Nc brought in a Bill, the obj.xt of which is, to remove all doubts respecting the liability of witnesses to be prosecuted tor any share they may have had in briber/ :arising in proof out of their own depositions. COTTON FALL ORILS BILL.—The Cotton Factories BiU norttd. Ike Earl of I.lyEttrook stated, that the Bill limited the labour of the children to eleven lion:. daily. Ile loid no objec tion to amend that part of the Bill, and insert twelve hours, provided the children were uniformly allowed an hour for dinner. which in many instances they did not obtain. if the Howe saw any other verbal amendments, the same might be made by re counnitting the Bilk He accordingly moved the Bill he te-cont mined on Friday.—The motion was agreed to. Adjourned. TRIDAY, JUNE The Earl of I.twEitiood. moved the second reading of the Loan Bill and obs reed, that he on Wednesday moved the ius pension of the. Fdanding Orders for the purpose of passing this measterr, turd lie trusted the House would readily consent to pass it through all the stages. He had but one observation to make, namely. thut he believed the system of finance and expenditure adopted by the country, would render any tartlwr Loans during the continuance of peace unnecessary, except that which related to the three millioas commanitatted by a Committee of the House. Ile congratulated the 'louse and the Country upon that circumstanee. tram which, among many advantages. they might lank to the downfall of a syatent of stock jobbing which arose upon contemplation of a ::.ritract for Loans. The Bill was read a ..econd time. WAGER 1)E BATTLE BILL..—The Lord Ciaaricxxxon reee to move this Bill be coronattea. Thc Noble and Learned Lord, in a most able and luminous display of legal knowledge, pointed ”iit the absurdity of the ancient law of appeal and wagerot battle, ;old concluded by declaring, th.t,cnlif,btetu:d as their Lordships ....ere, they could not suffer the inconsistency foe/Weal /lathe law, - it stood uyon this subject, longer to disgrace the statute book. The Bill.passed through the Committee, and to be reported on v.rmelay. 'fhe Cotton Factories Bill was re.eommitted, and after a few !nendments (peed to on Wednesday (:tat) had been made, • ;.e Bill was ordered to be reports-el on Nlonday.--.letpuumed to onday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY JUYE 14: NEW MALT T.t.E.:.iictiiionv;aspreter.ted from Grantham, againit any additions] 41rty being impaled on Malt. !lead and ordered to lie on the aa'ule. .1 Petition was presented irrra Maltsters at Nottingham. praying that there might be no edilineral duty on Malt, as far as regarded the smelts in head. Mr. Cv Letter said. that the cave of the maltsters ought to be n:ore attended to. They had begun buying at ;;s. and le l elf buying at 425. they could not realise the price which had been given for barley; and he therefore trusted that their statements would be attended to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Petition read and ordered to lie on the table.. COX TAGIOI:s FEV Sir J. JAC!: PON presented the report of the Committee appointed to enquire whether there was any thing like contagion belonging to the plague. the Hon. Member observing, that a great body of the carder .e negatived the Wit that the plar,ae was contagious. One a:One*, said that the plague could not be introduced into Fngland, even if a reward were to be offered for it; and as there was so much testimony ~geinst the opinion of coetagion. he trusted chat by next Sevaiva farthe•t measures would be adopted regarding those laws feundtd on the principle that thl plague was contagious. air J. Cervix prote..ted against any alteration of the Quaran ti r Laws. He thought the proof that the plague was not eon t.:qiuits was very &Metier ; that facts in this country in irks, c.c. tended more strongly to prove that the plague was eoutegious and that if it were desired to keep down the population, tact they :lad nothir.g to do but to introduce the plague.—ltepext read and ossified to be pented. Mr. Goocrt presented a Petition from farmers, meleaers. frswich Market, against the prorosed duty oar ....d ordered to be printed. A Petition was presented from persons at Dewsbury, York shire, preying for Mil alteration off he Marriage Att. 84EAL11 or I . 4I4ILEOE.—Mr. CAN N 1 ie01;0 0411011 of s I Mali of privilege which had athared in a rui 'et of the debates et' Tuesday last, in The 71 ars newspaper. He said that no 61.141 ,ai. more feisty than himself to atituit the utility of letting the tow. try know, by uoniliettiwe or othsawit.., what passel in that ou b e ; and he thought the mode by which that information was communicated was the mast preferable, as the Howe t;tatby kept in tilde Linde the means of more elftxtually ani rnadvertin•t on instances of grubs albe. During the !.:5 years Oat he thol Luca in ralianczt, lie Ltd OCC4aOI2 to complain of TIM NATIONAL REGISTER. misrepresentation only once; and that was also of The Times' The present cue was of so gross and so malignant a character, that he thought it was hunch...bit to say it was the result of mis take. W h ilst absent from the House about two hours on Tues day, Mr. Hume spoke ; and part of the report of that speech iii T/o Thoia on ettnesilay was to this effect: After observing that some remark Of Mr. H.'s was received with some laughter fmni„ the Paper reported Mr. Hume to have stated—" Ministers might laugh'. I.et the ii hook at the other side of the picture. Let them survey the misery of the poor at Carlisle and elsewhere ; and then he thought there would be but one Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Canning) who would indulge in a smile of self congratulation, an individual who habitually turned into ridicule the sufferings of his unhappy fellow -creatures, and who had been aide to plate himself so far above them.—(('outirtatd tiara.") This constituted the breach of privilege of which he complained ; and hating ascertained that Mr. Hume had not used the wools imputed to him, nor any thing like them, he deemed it right to complain to the House. The libel was most infamous, as the •• wretch" had made the misrepresentation a cover for slander; and if such slander were not to be checked, what would be the consequences? To appeal to the law would be absolutely nothing, as he might have been %omitted of libel without ascertaining a hether the worths had been really used. If the lion. Member had hot explicitly answered that the words wtre nut lii', declining to be accountable for Newspaper reports, he (Mr. C.) would have bees left without any other remedy tha n that extremity which he would not name in that House. Thus would the meanest scrib bler that ever di the press, have it in his power, if the evil were not chickinf e r d reduce two most honourable men to paintul extremities. If the dignity of their debates were to be Lewin- Pined • if there were to be security for the our:ewers aid' which their proceedings were to be communicated to the Public, they would Lwow what course was best to be adopted. He laid his complaint before the House, declining, as he was personally concerned, giving an opinion as to what ought to be done; but it WAS del t to add, that in The Tina of that day (Monday) there was an acknowledgment of a considerable error, and a statement of what really was said by Mr. Hume. lie deemed it something more than a considerable error ; it was the introduction of a whole sentence, a complete scene. 'lite Clerk having read tile marked in the Papers,. Mr. hill NIL stied, that he had .tJt indu lin the personali ties ascribed to hhn ; that he had said nothing in angel ; and that he had no hesitraton in slitting the Report to hen gross misrepre sentation. He had hell conuuunicauons with the FAlitor, who bud expressed his regrets. at the erme—had offered to wait on him (Mr. ii.) as well as Mr. Canning to ex lain all the circumstances—and had expressed readiness to me the Reporter to shew that the error had not proceed from any front improper motive'. lie. however, had declined the interview but had sent • the correction of his speeeli which had been: published. Mr. LLIAMINGTON thought none could believe that the mis representation had originated in design; adding that the same paper bad misrepresented him, in the case of Captain Handier. Mr..C. WVNN moved, that C. Bell, the printer, be ordered to attend the Bar to-morrow. After some remarks from Mr. Liuleton, Mr. Wynn. Lord Castlereagh. &c. as to the mode of jirooreding, Mn BUOUGHAM admitted the breach of privilege, but tip peeled to the House and the Hight Hon. Gent. (Mr. Canning), whether, after such ample notice had been taken of the offence. it would not be better to proceed no further with this ease. If they proceeded, other cases moat be noticed; for other N ivrapapers, in their "eomments" as well Al in their reports, had been guilty of what must be deemed breach of privilege; and might they not also be noticed. Mr. CAN xis a again declined expressing say opinion, as he was personally concerned. Mr..l. It. Wastri thought they were bound to notice this case. except they wished to rare a power greater than themselvesu—a power that would subject the honour of ilia Members of that House to its own mercy and comma. Motion then agreed to, and Mr. C. Bell ordered to attend. CASH PAYMR:N7 s.—Mr. PEEL moved the third reading of the Balk of England cash payment. bill. The bill was read a third ume; on the question that it do pass, Mr. MANNING proposed a clause, '• that in order the better to enable the said governor and company of the Bank of England to provide for the payment of their outstanding notes in bullion of a statidard fineness, &c. and ultinostely in cash, there shall be repaid to them out of the surplus of the consolidated fund, or Gam other sources, 5,0(0,00111.; the same to be paid in monthly instalments of 5000,01. each, comrnencierg 011 the 13th day of duly next. and so afterwards, on the 15th day of every following month, until the 13th of April, taw. inclusive.' 1.0171 CASTLEREAGH intimated his wish, that the hon. gent. would deter his clause till his right hon. friend. who was then unavoidably absent in the discharge of his professional duties, should return. It was his wish to allow the orders of the day precedence. Mr. ELLICE said, that the clause he meant to propose was to this effect—that when the Bank should be called on to pay their notes, on the let of May. 1521. in bars of bullion at 31. 17s. I Ad. per ounce, they should have the option of paying such notes ei ther in such bars or in the legal coin of the realm. Mr. ELLICE'S choose. relative to the payments in coin or bul lion, was then read a first and 241 time, and added to the bill by wav of rider. Mr. MANNING proceeded to move his clause, for the repay ment to die Bank 43,rvin,tics I. between the 15th of July next and the 15th of April, 152 u, in nuinthly instalments. The latter period, he observed, was two months and a half beyond that: at present limited. The CHANCELLOR of the EweitEctura hoped, that the lion. Gent. would withdraw his clause. The elates: was wit:al.-awn. The bill was mail a third time, ant: then passed. LOAN lit td..—tra the motion oldie Chancellor of the Exche quer. the Howe went into a committee, and the report was ordered to be read to morrow. Excasti Dt - rtEs I..—The (7HANCELLOR of the ExcliE- QuEn brought up a Bill tOr granting certain additional ditties on tobacco. ' , Ake. &c. The Bid was read a first time and ordered ro be read a second time to-morrow. The CHANCELLOR of thti Excut:iicEn moved the second reatiin : ; of the Cutonit,' Dutit, Bill. Mr. lii.oUllll.\M sugmestisl to the night lion. Gent. the propriety of not pressing the second reading of the Bill at that late hour. The Cu ANCILLOR of the EXCHI:4OER replied. that it 110111 only the skeleton of a Bill. The blanks were yet to he tilled tip. and if the bill were read a second time that night he would Dot bring on the Committee before Friday. Mr. Haar: ho?ed the 'light Bon. Gem. would take into consideration the duties on hemp, which were oppreseiee. The Bill was that read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted an Friday. The Lottery Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the 'louse adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock. TUESDAY, JUNE 15. The Itepoit a the Loon Bill was brought up and si7leett to. Mr. St..rj.aat Bas Low gave notice. that on Wittliierday, the lie should move for lei.ve to luit.c in a Bill to amend the Laws respecting the admission of Attosneys to practise in tie Court: of Lea. MALT 41'. BR ND asked whethe► the new Duty on Ault would be received by Instalment% on the vtocka in hand. and regarding the tat to which du duty would tettcod on the Aid *tot JUNE et. fhe CHAIICYLLOR of the Rxcur‘trnit replied t h at he had not been able to institute strfßeicnt enquiries; that every nata tion would he paid to the ; and that the example of termer instances where a similar dtny was to be proposed, would be followed. Mr. CALCRAFT mid he should certainly take the sense of the House on the Malt Bill, except the Chancellor of the Exchequer would consent to make some considerable alaitements to the Malt stet for the mucks in hand.-411ear !)—The 8111 was Wad a second time, and ordered to he committed on Friday next. The Lottery Bill went through a Coniunittee.—lleport tomor row. LICENSING SYSTEM—The !louse went into, a Committee on the Publicans' Licensing Bill, on the motion of Mr. BEN ATT. It was the mconitilitment of the Bill. Various new clauses and anieDthuetlL, were proposed and agreed to. Mt. ESTCOURT objeetml to that clam, which declared that persons having licenses withhekl might appeal to quart er Res none, on giving five days notice. Il e moved to have al much of the douse lett out as affected the country. BREACH OF PiliviLECIE.-01i the motion of Mr. WyN Charles Bell, Printer of the Times, wa.; placed at the Bar. Ile said he was the Ptinter the Editor and C o nd uctor ass Mr. [faunas ; and he Wawa the writer of the Report. lie di.' not atterd the Office late ;. but lie bad examined the copy which as ert to the printers, slip by slip.. The explanation in Monday's n pavr was. written, he believed, by Mr. Barnes. Ile Itaudud m the slips ; they were not in short hand ; he could not tell whether the taanscrin was from. short hand notes or memoroaidunic.— i Winless ithdrew.) This SYEARaIa said he had received a letter from the Re porter, stating t h at he ovis in attendance. The Reporter was. then called, and stated himself to be the author of the Report in question, taken under the inconveniences of a crowdeiltgallery, &c. lie added, that not having hard the sentence pencil', he applied to a stranger nal. him ; and front what that individual said. he was induced to write the Report row complained 6f. Ile had no intention to misrepresent ; but a... Mr. Hume alluded to a smile on the Ministerial Bench, he deemed the Report to be correct.—(Witriess withdrew.' Mr. WYNN moved as a resolution, that the mis.statinnent was a scandalous misrepresentation of the debates of that House, a caluniniuuw libel on one of its Members, and an aggravated breach of its privileges.. Alter mine remarks against this Resolution, it was agreed to. Yr. WYNN then moved, that the Reporter be committed to Ncwgate. Mr. WILLIAM SMITH said, the hon. gent. (Mr. Wynn) seemed to think, that the Reporter himself might prefer being committal to Newgxte in being taken into custody by the See. grant-at-Arms.. Now..he knew the young gentlemen personally, sad alsolcome something of his family ; and he could assure the house that he was a pawn of respectable connexions, of good edueatien, and of excellent behaviour. There could. therefore, be no doubt that to th e gent l eman hi mse lf t h e punishamt of being taken into the custody of the Sergeant-st-arms would be prerenible to the degradation of being committed to Newhate. Mr. WILLIAMS (we believe) said, that in explanation of the misrepresentation which had given rise to the present proceedings. he thought himself bound to state. that on die evening of the debate lie had sat behind, the hon. member for Aberdeen (Mr. flurnc), and that. he had adistioct recollection of the following expression The right hots gentleman, and the hon. gentle men around him. may snide." Soon After this there cettainly were several cheers, although, no doubt, a few sentences inter vened, which were lost in the gallery. Mr. W. WV X 7 , 4. WWI to alter hiA motion in the manner sug. grated, and expressed. his hope that this Goa would operate as a !sufficient caution in future- The motion that the Repo. having confessed hirasei so be the author of said paper, be taken into diaudy by the Sergeant at-araus for said offonie. was then put, and unanimously agreoll to. Mr. Berta ET I said, it was a clause esentisl to the protection of the species of property in boroughs, as well as to protect Pub. Beans against, Brewers.. The lion. 'Alember then expressed hii surprise that the Corporation of Exeter should have petitioned against this Bill, but as this Bill went to correct an hbu'.c afle.:t ing Brewer Magistrates, such opposition might cease to excite astonishment. One of the Corporation, who were eight in num ber, was a Brewer, and he had procured a licence to a hoti-e which was next doer to a public home. In Reading, Dover, l'ortsntouth, &e. about 7 out of every 8 public houses belonged to brewers, or Brewer Nlaristrates, eial it was his desire to destroy that influence which they by aside means possessed, heeling con sineol that otherwise there could be no security fur the pub:i eons' property. Mr. CAi Veer thotight the clause ought to be a:tered as de sired; It the event of such alteration, he should not object v 3 the Bill. The }louse diviiird. The nomhers were for Mr. Flgtcoltres motion—Ayes 114—Noes 76—The clause was therefore lust. On the cause requiring that Magistrates should give t! . .tir reasons in writing for refusal of Literves. Mr. Alderman ‘Vuois ‘aid, he dal not see Wh.lt 01+.,1(.:.f there could be so such regulation. The remaining clauses in the !Tinted Bill were thin a-cid and the report was ordered to be reeeivrd tomorrow i'IIIViLEGES OF THE lloust.—The SPEAKER irsimi4t it that a stranger, who had been holding forth a paper to view in front of the gallery, and who, upon being ordered to withdraw it, had Ised ii.sulting language, was token into tie c u of the Sergeant at Arms, agreeably to the standing orders of the House. Was it the *attire of the Ileuse that the meeanger should he cadet' in, and the House should then take what course they might think proper? The individual wet called to the bar of the House, heard is extenuation. reprimanded by the Speaker, and ordered to be dis charged on the payment of his fees. Mr. W VNN was sorry. after the manner in which the time of the House had been lately consumed, to he obliged to rail the attention of the !lon Members to another breach of their yrivi. leges. (1..0utl cries of !fear.) The Hon. Member then read an extraet from the letter. which accused Sir James Macintosh of neonsisteney in his political conduct. and of having acted the part of a vycophant n. Buonaparte in the year t 803. It also said that if the reports in the newspapers were to be believe'. the ihtsc and 51ta,,•1 , ..‘ nectisation which Sir James Macintosh hail brought againq his Majesty's mini , ters had been heard with cheers, thunders of applaase. &c. by the tnendani of that House. The hon. gent., after he had read the paragraphs of which we have given the above ahAract, said, that if such oheervations were allowed to be given to the world with impunity, the daily press would soon boeoine the master of parliament. Tht paper which contained the letter in question declared the printer's mane to i.e A. Mitchell. Mr. %Vys. - x then mom' that A. Mitchell. the printer of the paper, should be ordeted to :meal at the bar of the House te morrow. . . Sir J. NIACIXTOIIII looked upon this attack, as he trusted that he should upon all others which were preferred against him on similar authority, with the most perfect indifference. As hr as related to himself, he hoped never to see Ina name joined withal question of privilege. With respect to the truth d the charge which had beer. hi °tight against hini, he must say that the indi vidual, who had invented u, had betrayed the grossest igrorince of his cnduct. At the time he (the writer of the letter) Lad represented him (Sir J. Macintosh) as plmini the part of sy.to phant to Ilm.inlparte„ lie was ailininistering Justice in the Last inJitx Ileste Lon! CAYi LtaEAGII said, that as sonic degree of warmth had been excited in the House by the discussion which had nal denuslly urn.en, lie should suggest to the hon. gent.. opposite the propri:ty of deterring it tin to-tuturow.