The National Register. — London, England, 1819-07-19 00:00:00

F 44 j`-` IMtionat Out' Unto, Consititution anb 31 ainO• MONDAY, JULY 19, 1819. chile, and the Bishop of Lincoln, may adjust their respective duties, interests, mid pretensions, remains ye'. to be discovered. But it is clear that Govern ment has not only succeeded in getting the whole question into their own hands, but iu making it a source of considerable patronwe abio. 3t is thus, and we might run through forty instances more to prove it, that their places have been purchascal, and arc now held upon a tenure, on which we sincerely hope that few besides themselves would consent to hold them. That they have, by one means or ano ther, brought to a dose a ses•don which promised very tliffert results, •aad retied to their bed of roses in the full enjoyment of all the honours which office, :distractedly considered, can bestow, we most readily concede. They have got 10,0001. a year• for the Duke of York, they have saddled the people of England with 5,000,0001. a year of additional tax ation, they have done all they attempted towards placing oft extinguidwr upm the dawning liberties of America, and closing that interesting quar ter of the globe agninst British commerce. After this view ,four state of legislation it may be asked, where is the cheering part of•such a picture? It is this, we have carried some measures decidedly against the power ;md influence of Ministers; we have compelled them to adopt many from their op ponents, and measures, we w;11 venture to say, of the very first and vital importance, and we have escaped some evils. Had Parliament sat a few weeks longer, we arc not sure but another trial m' Gagging Bills, Suspension Acts, end Indemnities, might not have been had recourse to. If Ministers had been not still sore from the frietully grasp of the hand of Mr. Oliver, and if Mr. Canning had not remembered the wretched Ogden, the inectin;s of Stockport, and Leeds, and otb.:r pleces, might again have become too treasonable to be left to the sole care of the British Constitution. Lastly, we have punished and thrown open a fi'w rotten and corrupt boroughs. This is but t oo ' step, it will be :;aid, but whilst it keeps alive the spirit, and renders- even An imperfect good, .we are not disposed to overlook it, and we think it may, in untie degree, be useful towards a more general and exiended ralional Re form. An official circular, which we - have given in another part of our journal, contains the regulations to be observed by those who emigrate front this country to the new colony of the Cape of Good Hope. It will be recollected, that 50,0001. were granted by the House of Commons, on the motion of the Chanieilor of the Exchequer, for encouraging emigration. The money graced is to be applied ' exclusively to the benefit of those who will engage to carry out at least ten able-bodied individuals above the age of 18, with or without families, tfsa I Government reserving to them Aves the right of selection. Each person so engaging is to. deposit 101. for every family r.O taken out ; but the Emily is not to consist of more than a man, •Itis wife, and two children, under the age of 14: all children above that age, and under 18, are to be paid for at the rate of 51. a head, and 51. for every two children un der 11. In consideration of this deposit, a passage and provisions duti::g the voyage will be provided by Govetnment. On lauding, one third of the 'advance money will he returned, and 100 acres of land granted, on a quit rent, not exet•eding 21., 40 .be remitted for ten years, to every such person• or No. 1200.—V01.. XII.] Volitical Uttroopett. 'fur .session of Parliament has now doted, and presents to us a retrospect of checqucred and varied character, cheering in some points, but sinserably calculated to excite despondency in -ethers. The popular spirit which animated and throated the re turns at the late ckctkm, in almost every quarter, where it could fairly and fully u.. 1, was mzturally hailed as an auspicious .omen or an approaching im provement in our national policy, and a confidence began to be cherished that all glaring and notorious abuses of power at least would be no longer sanc tioned. -.Ministers themselves were not unalarmed, and their -sdaole application of political tactics clearlrproves it. Week after week passed away beferewny thing was brought forward which could bring into view the relative strength of their friends and their opponents. But in the reran time they were not idle. Not only were those arts which the long possession of place teaches, and the intimate aequaintanee will. the weaknc.s of some, and the wickedness of others, which it affords, turned to every possible account; but a pretended semblance of liberality of sentiment and measures was adopted, admirably adopted to win the young and uususpect ng, to lull to rest the vigilance of those who are not accustomed to political manceavres, and finally to secure to themselves the conCnuance of place and power. Nay, tLey did net hesitate, in acme in stances, to avow the total change of their own minds io favour of measures they hail once most violently opposed, and expressed on :A occa s ions an anxiety to be enlightened .and informed. They presented then:selves as recd.:, Against which the storin might vent its fury ; but could make no impression where it found no resistance. They talked and vapoured about purity of elections, and joined in the punish ment of. bribery and corruption, when it could nei ther be palliated nor concealea. They saw the :wintry determined upon the removal of the Bank Restriction, and they immediately united, after having kept the bubble entire fir twenty years, in burstieg and trampling it beneath their own feet. Mr. Grenfel had so long and perseveringly exposed the glaring impropriety and the evil tendency of the subsisting connection of Government with the Bank, that this bond oil union was every day becoming more hopeless of continuance. The whole body of the ministry turned at once their backs upon their &Mies, and ,a rupture, a happy rupture, between those whom an evil policy had so long held toge ther, followed. -The same indefatigable gentleman recommends, from the opposition, a recourse to the sinking fund instead of the money market, Mr. Van sittart handsomely assares that side of the House how gratefaily he accepts their assistance, and the 'Aim is. pursued .accordingly. Sir M. W. Ridley expa tiates upon. the vexations and.tronbles of surcharges, and threatens to .bring forward an awkward motion fir Ministers to grapple with, unless an accommo dation is granted by .allowing a composition at a giren sum,and for a given period. This plan also is received with gratitude. Mr. Brougham, how wisely we must presume to question. is, after every species of obloquy and abuse being poured upon him, persuaded to leave in the hands of Lord Castlereagh hi; subject of enquiry into the public charities, and his .Lordship is now the champion of the injured and defrauded poor. How his Lordship, and .Lord Lass- /4 riit iOttr+ [PRICE 9iii. family whom he takes out. One third more will law paid when the settlers are actually fixed in their autumn% and the• remainder three mouths after wards. If 100 Isaias emigrate together, and apply fw• permission to _Saba with them a minister of their own persuasion, Government undertakes to give a salary to such minister, if approved of by the Secre tary of State. If any parishes unite in selecting a person to go to the Cape, with settlers under his direction, such as are dcscribtxl above, and shall advance money in the above mentioned proportions, they may bargain ' with such individual or settlers, that they shall not again become chargeable to their respective parishes. Sorb are the outlines of the system on which the Government intend to proceed in forming the new colony at the cape. The precautions thus taken will obviate many of the difficulties encountered by those who go to •t he -United stones in the vague hope of finding immediate relief from . British taxa tion, abundance, and the enjoyment of a free Government : but it may to • made a qt:estion whether, under the existing laws of settlement in this country, any parish can say to its poor, "We will give you a certain sum, and you shall never more be troublesome to us." An emigrant might coon discover that an African climate and colonial habits were itajul ions to his Itedth, and de trimental to his little comforts ; by his bargain with the parish-officers he must remain where he is located, because reneearc graditin is not merely a serious %%irk and tabour, but an absolute impractica bility. -Ile may die if he remains; he must starve if ho returns. The requisition of a previous money deposit is a prudential measure, and the method of returning it by instalments very judicious ; and we doubt not that, though some few objections may he readily made to the scheme, its adoption will be productive of much practical• benefit. Extract of a letter from the 'Agent to Lloyd's at Genoa, da t ed July S.— We have just seen two letters which a Catalonian Ern of this city has received: one is dated the ltith ult. from Barrekraa s the other the 'Audi tilt from St. Milieu. The first states it was re ported these. that the Algerines were goingto di dare was aisinst Spain and -Holland, anti fitrefore It would be prtoknt ter the Spanish ve- , sels tube on their guard. The szeontl says—"ri,is morning, at ;tine o'clock, Ise leech ed the sad news that the Alge fines have iletlariAl wsr against Span. We must request you will acquaint all the niasters of Sprats:l vessels of it. Ida, likewise send Om intelligence forward to Ancona, VeLice, &c.' It atria that the writer of this news is owner of berme' vessels. The aistaur of a small Catalonian boat, who i, anired hue, ani_lvit Cad:apes lett Sunday, the 27th uk., we lenin has reperea the sante news, namely', that an exprta had arrival there bola l'ar cvlona, to put master; of vessels on their guard. It is said cbst the above master has further added. that a Spanish frigate. i:h had been sent to Algiers with the u.ual pres.:nts, had reart al to Spain without being feettiVea there. We cannot gt..sta: - ,tt, 1 . ;;e, auth:ntithy of these faet. &validly as it seems die Spanish Consul has received no official advice about them, hut think it OUT duty to teport them, at tee hoer ernit:ted firm, fur the odor. elation of the subscriber; to Lloyd's." The French journals continue to give frightful accounts of the disasters caused by the late storms on . tlietnntinent. " On the 7th instant a hail-storm laid waste Mallemy, in the arrondissement of Sion. torgis. On the 9th, almost all the arrondLsement of Itanibonillet was desolated. Hail-stones fell as large es fivet-frane pieces. On the same day, the plains of timour::, Comex, and &Imlay, in the de partment of the Seine and Oise, eNperi,mccd a simi lar calamity. We are told that the vines have cruelly suffered in the Cote d'Or, mai at Vraistam ; and in the ticklmbouring communes, in the 1: part +rent of the Cower Alps, the hail c:,:reised equal Is-entirely ravages. The crop of olives, of grapes, and of corn, destroyed." Miss Somerville, who some time !ince married •Ifr. Bunn, bus now assumed her matrimonial name, and is engaged to perform at the Birmingham* theatre. where she. is- 'spooled • to-apit arin -the ch.a. raster of En,dac. i .-~lr