The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-06-02 00:00:00

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CALCRA impsdit lbe of the Comeeleset M eia the WI Dario, w hirls wee ordered to tie on the table.. ; Mr. Attelitale•lVollfiprivieatiti elsefitkiri fierd cattalo TM *Went, of. Westelemer. le faireer Art Aoomst r er tio see s, am Wapner Setrager-Ordered . t o• 1k me the tiabio,, mo o to be • P "fie r e t erorthy Alditinsa iiest %might up the Rept i g i & • c essm itter a ppointed to ertijoire tote tbecrelltion Asa meat nf the Primal or VttikelMille_frewl ittrrlfrfeir &e. okervieg. that toe wow , ' eaa ?ego MI. point ed bat a his days we. 401 •Iltwie all llbe- PrilelSS is kb power lamenting firm it do owe within the S ees i est bat 6e hushed. that &eine vloold be resift/ Atm eeely period of the nein foidoe. CUTLERY. no the Order dike Day for Ilse third, reading of the Culler, Trade Reotintoo MIL varies! obeettottleut here elide . by Ur. 11 easToE. 14rd ttpeirar4a. Mime. . Mr. tiA KTOI meted an amendment ma one clause. re greike steel, ervirhkii the gallery *Kt fired for sailfishes; !tat Done took place.—Tbe 13111 was read a third time. • The gallery was closed for a while : when it was reopened. Lord CASTLEREAGH sties entioning some particelare respecting the Treaties m, with Spain and- Poilogal, as to the Slave Trod... Some alteration', we understood his 'Lordship to say, had been inatle which took Europe out of the view of the Coeven. lions; b u t then, the trade did not exist in Eur o pe , wherein slave ships . were not to be found. There was also a regulation reineeting the North Seas. , In order to do away all the difficulties resulting from siperiority of naval strength, the number of ships to he employed under the Convention was to be limited to it But an arrangement of this nature did not tetof to narrow tlid beneficial consequences in view. It had been felt right to rethove• any objections or jealousy as to disparity of force. His Lordship then Presented certain pipers on this subject, which were ordered to lie on the table. A Petition for aid towards building • Church at Belfast was presented by Lord CASTLEREAGH, and reeeived. ePAIN. Lord MORPETH said be had a Petition to pre test, concernieg the case of certain Spaniards, one *f whore was M. Correia. The Petition state!' that implication had been already made to the Secretary of State. The matter indeed held been noticed in Parliament, and it had been stated that there wag no doubt that Ministers would then use proper means fur the liberation of the individuals who bed been imprisoned. The Petitioners did not make any par ticular complaint against the existing Government of Spain for injdries received, hot appealed to the Übe. rarity and justice of this country. The Noble Lord thought that no part of the duties of the Heel* was more grateful in its discharge thou attention to the prayers of those who required redress. Lord CASTLEItEAGH did not rise to object to floe Petition, though he coold not concur in its al legations. It wail not In the power of this Getout- Idiot to restrain the conduct of Spain with respect to its oven subjetts. Cantein Correia was furnished with C passport to thole to this country, bet was es. real) , told that this Gosh:foment dould not make any provision for him. 1 Sir J. MACINTOSH tenceived that there was a grierance.stited in this Pktitlon which was extremely worthy of attention. The British Government thought itself obliged, in point of honour and duty, to obtain the Totems* of these persons. In conse quence of thii, Ciptilin Correia came here; and now he is told that-, en account of the interference of the British Government, he is divested of his na tional ehirieter. The itttOrtkibriCe of this Govern. 'sent Oiotertiou *at visited On his head hi the officers of his con cbtintry : it was nosti said, that lie belongs to no country, hb is the subjett Of' no Stile. They declare, that he is diverted of all privileges betuneing to the chatectee of a SPeniatd,, if any prilileife does belohg to that chatieter neere-o• Peak, hear Lord CASTLEREAGH seid, that this was not far conitrketien of what hid been done to Correia. Depriving hith of his paispott *as not stripping hiii hi his natiental 6hericrei. The inconvenience he now suffered wei the result of the viesti which big own Govetoritiiitt Wait df his *conddet. Mr. BROUGHAM *Med to aria himself of this epPortenity to aft i Question of the N n obbs Lord op positb Chstltredgll). Ile 'should be glad to be informed, whether any remonstrance had been made by this Gairtimetit lb the Chbrt of Madrid, in be- Leif of those enhafrity peritini--;thoie gallatit per. the), be IMAM lily—din, afteilaying fought the listtles of ,Flittlitlind, Were Consigned to a loatbsoese duitgeon, • needy ilppirsire our own petite' at Gi linker. If oil iiinonitrince 'hid been made, as the Ipble Lard lied 'formerly prbmiled the Heise that ibosed, fie iklleii to knew in *AM manner it %%din** Inaba by the liberal end enlightened v*. ! . !icy of the grateful Ferdinand.—[h ear, hear !) LordCASTLEREAGH said; 'that some comets-. +deadens had taken place with the Spanikb Gotten meet, brit it was - a most delicate iubject, and there was no particular - intelligence which he could liy• before the Boom. lie must observe, however, that he greatly apprehended that the observations which had been made on the other site of the House, rely .tive to the polieyof the Spaniih Monarch, had tend ed rather.. retard ihan promote the interests of the itelisideola in question. Mr. iiitOUG ILA hi said; that hP perfectly under- A , • ~. • • . S i .• .7% • 1, 44 71 *toed i th, fThpl.ll4o,l .0 tke Noble, 4pra . s, km. logittegAdibee, dtu., ; !Nit MI *at ,• nionttratices to Ferdinsod (it may b hers: seelle) .• W.ll micus, sivanrwoww, II TRW - 117 wryer tiiiPti tin offitheinooo.4t thit Prike...= ( ffewsi!)' Mr. Arrin"?/010;. that .1111 fops -d.ta , the Noble , aord: seated conceraiog the obsessa: lions thatlid.eccadeidtly fallen from his **at linfou 9 ..haleallfelly,ceseiscad that if tkale.Siblitiee ► lions h ad not been spade, sot the smeller irferference would tale Minn Pitharos RN. ' indieideuls.- 7 (Hear 4 Mr. SPE/OLBR thee pit itm ! iraimouras Petition be imen4ht iep f Ire booster, to istate to the House, that kippered to bite to pray i !Pc RffFalary • feeljet s aisle It was not, coesisfeatx; tio. practice . ,of 'the tone to receive aid. Pet : die *ideas rieinittenendation of the *Ad. :=4f. eity @dm conitretelon cook' be Or en 04 phraseology of the Pieper, lima the 'paid net, perhaps, reject. the Petition : bet if. no other COO.. stfection could be pet upon it, then they might thick. it proper to adhere to tbeir roles. At all mats, Ile thought it hie ditty to' call the attention of the Rosati to this point:--( Mar. hear I) kird;COCHUANIi Contended that the Petition! es& to lie ►poa the table. He *hawed, that that. ungrateful Monarch, Ferdinand, being enable to protasis Correia is hie own country, .had heeded him o'er_ to his Majesty's Ministers. 11 w gaits cartels; that dime Ministers "mild sever give any relief to - those who differed from them. He had heard, however, that this Parliament, bappily for the Public, was almost to expire, and be hoped that in enoiher Porliansent the rase of tbs.. sefering Spa. nisb Patriots wosid be taken into dee coasideration. Lord MORPETH then rose, and moved that the Petition he witbd re wo. No farther observation being made, it wee with. _ - drawn accordingly. WESTMORLAND ELECTION. Mr. BROUGHAM,adverting to the circumstances which he had mentioned in the House on Saturday, respecting the Commissioners of the Land Tax, said, be held in his hand an important document, dated the 23d of May, and signed and sealed by two re.. spectable Commissioners of the Land Tax in West morland. It appeared, that. instead of holding their first Meeting as the Act of Parliament directed, on or before the 13th of Aitril, they delayed (from what motives he was not competent to judge) holding it molli the 9.3 d of May, when they issued an order, re quiring that the assessments should oot be made be fore the 27th of June. By this delay, it most be eel. dent to every one who considered the subject ever so slightly, that no voter could have his assessment cor rected by the statutory means pointed out by Act of Parliament, in time to enable him to redeem his bled Tax. The names of the two Commissioner{ were Christopher Wilson and John Hudson • the one a Gentleman residing in the neighbourhood ' of Kendal, this other the Vicar of that place. He by no memos intended to impute improper objects to either adios* two individuate, particularly to Mr. Hodson, who, it was very probable, had been practised upon by others. Nor, indeed, did be do so with respect to Mr. Wil son; however it was his duty to state, that he bad been informed (a kind of information. to which, no. der the circumstances of the case, be was obliged to Woo) by respectable persons, whose veracity, be be lieved, was onquesilomable, that Mr. Wilson was the Chairman of the principal Election Committee in that part of the County of Westmorland, for that party *hose interests were manifestly to be benefited by a delay in the assessments, and that Mr. Hodson was a Member of the same Committee. This, certainly, was rather an awkward coincidence, and led the mind to fancy that some coooezion existed between the two circumstances. Nevertheless, as they were very re spectable persons, be bad no proposition to make to the House on the subject. He only hoped, that as , the transaction bad been noticed in the Hoes', and as a decided opinion had been ezpressed as to its im propriety, the Gentlemen in question would not per sist in such conduct, but would confine themselves to the provisions of the Statute without assessing a dis cretion highly detrimental to one of the parties in terested, and calculated to disfranchise a large body iof qualified voters is . the county. He frosted, there. fore, that what bad already taken place, would deter them and their colleagues from persevering in the Coarse into which they bad been betrayed. He re• peated what be bad stated on Saturday, that be was far from suspecting that the Noble Lord opposite or his colleague countenanced any such proceeding.— He acquitted them of doing so, because he believed them incapable of such an act, and because it was a very weak act, and would eventually do more harm than good to the party from which it proceeded. He attributed it to the over-seal of those inferior agents whose exertions seldom did mach benefit to those in whose cause they were displayed. If, however, be found that the conduct which he had thus exposed was persevered in, he should be under the painful necessity of bringing it ender the distinct considers. tion of the House. Lord LOWTHER observed, that the application wbich had beep made by several persons in the coun ty of Westmorland to be assessed to the Land Tax was perfectly novel. He believed it was the only instance to be found in the kingdom of individuals soliciting to be taxed. With respect to the delay that. had taken place in requiring the returns of the assessments, that was occasioned by the difficulty which the Commissioners found is digesting the mo tocross Acts respecting the Land Tax, and appiplog them to the district in question. He would cenfidowee ly state that the Commissioners of the Land Tit im Westmorland had exerted themselves with 60 greatest vigilance and activity. The. Noble GM also defended the conduct of Mr. Jobasoo, the Soli @Rot. lie could see in Mr. Johnson's application to the Board of Tete., no infringement whatever of the privileges of that House. Mr. BROUGHAM, is explanation, said, he was kW* the House would recollect that be had not centered Mr. Johnson. On the contrary, be had declared that Mr. Johnson, in what be bad dome, was only laboneing in his vocation as an Election Agent— for so be was on his own showlog ; be signed himself Secretary to the Committee for co acting the re-election of the Sitting Members. Re threw no blame on Mr. Johnson. His observations were directed against the Tax Office, and his opinion MIA (an o pi n i o n which nothing had occurred to remove), }. 'l'J ! itiVtleeto moors +ad Itiftnetpdg d‘ly, /KO:IW. , 4wastAit t 11,14PPII• attri antgla of CiaPori atalsinisi*. 4 'the state . I libspreatetion in %Snead, and praying for ao adlt. *tate Refernsin the Royal Bergin., f I %loot BINNING said, he enderstoorl the pea.- Idatall'ayed for Parliamentary Refer.' and Universal, Mid.. 1: &morel FERGUSSON rata an extra' from the targrer,, which deprecated that coarse of Reform, and .- left the whole saltiest to illia coosidoratioe of the -1100911:•."( Hear I) Lord BINNING said, the Petition parroted to be4bet of-the , Corporation, whereas be eudentood, 'it was adopted at a nestle& of 46-18 of whom viers against it. Ilse Corporation bed net been regularly convened, and thi Petition could only be received as. from indifidnals. - • - -General FERGUSSON replied, that the Meet itSg bad been publicly convened, and was nueneveee.i ly attended. He certainly was not as accustomed as.tbe Noble Lord to vote in large majorities, pi yielded to his better impedance on such points.... ,(Hear !) The SPEAKER decided, tbst as the Petition had the Seal of the Corporation, end was signed by tie proper officer, the House was bound to receive it, as that which it purported to be,• It was for the officers to account with the Corporation for this exercise of authority if any objection were started.—The Yeti tion was received, and ordered to be printed. On the motion of Sir J. MACINTOSH, the Pa. pert respecting Droits, presented on the 30th May, were ordered to be printed ; an Address was ordered to be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Re. sent, praying that he would be pleased to give direc tions that there he laid before the house a statement of the Number of Pelotas capitally convicted, and of those executed, in London and Middleton from the year 1749 to the year 1817; together with a statement of their offences, es far as the same could be mode est ; and another Address was ordered to be presented, for a statement Of the Number of Per sons coismitted for trial to the different Jails of Eng. land and Wales, from the year 1805 to tbe year 1817, 'Delusively. ...1 . . , Sir S. ROMILLY presented a Petition Nom Maltster of the name of William Cross, confined is, Ipswich Jail on an Extent, complaining of hardship and praying relief. , The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did net object to the reception of the Petition, but merely observed, that the case of the Petitioner must have, come under the consideration of the Treasury. The Petition was brought op, read, and ordered lobe printed; as were . also Petitioelt. - tti' the 'One erect presented by Sir S. ROMILLY from Samuel 'Cooper, John Easton, Joseph Stevenson, George Rear, Thomas Clarke, and others. THE REGENCY ACT. Lord CASTLEREAGH moved the second reading of 'the Regency Act Amendment" Bill. The Noble Lord would confine himself merely to stating the pro visions of the Bill, which went to afford facilities to the Quer.... which was necessary in the important trust confided to her care, and in case of her absence from Windsor, en account of ill health, to appoint the residence of Councillors at Windsor, to act for her Majesty during her absence. The present Bill did not infringe the principles or operation of the Re gency Act; no attempt at innovation or regulations were had recourse to. With respect to the asses. bling of a new Parliament, it was provided, in case of the demise of the Crown, that should a new Par liament not be assembled, the old one should be im mediately called; and in the eveht of the Queen's death, the care of his Majesty's person should de volve on the Council until the meeting of Parlia ment. The time allowed for the assembling of Par liament was 40 days; bet that would be an object consideration of the house. for the Mr. TIERNEY did not ,mean to offer any very particular objections to the smear* of amendment to a former measure of a similar description. He could not see any objections to the foer Councillors; bet when the number was so considerable, and they were appointed in Bach a manner, he could not bat regard the matter as too much of a party business, particularly when he sa* the exclusion of persons who held the opposite political opinions from haring a past of the duly of taking care of the King's mir es/a. The present Councillors were persons imme diately and closely connected with his Majesty's Government. Why could not some other Noble Aords hale bees included? Why could not such a same as Lord Spencer have been inserted in the list ? Unless her Majesty was recovered, be should have felt some delicacy in speaking of her probable death ; bet there was no indelicacy in assuming that her Majesty might die after the dissolution and before another Parliament. What regulation was there made then for the care of the Royal person after ter demise? He thought it Was not goite proper to occlude every branch of the Royal Family from the, member of Councillors. The fact wai, that the, measure had been mottle:led to suable his Males. ty's Ministers to &Noise Parliament without incon. vonimace. There were a number of the Commis sioners, who, from their duties, were required to be ie town, and not far from the establishment at Windsor—the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Winchelses, and the Sc. perintendant of the Royal Establishment at Windsor. Theo were the kind of Coencillors that Ina been chosen. He did not say that out of the least disrespect to any sue of them, .but some others might have' been of the council than those who had.been appointed. When they were viewing the inconveniences likely to arise from the death pf her Majesty, he thonght they ought to. have sonsidered wpat was to be done in case of the,death of the Regent, when' we ihould have neither King, Queen, nor Executive Government at all.—EY/ear, heaol—The. While would naturally biers , -PO! heee might he tt _ anal the ..uhjact 'of that sonectilary . expehdilitre. Ortiilet be said, swirl d you. discontinue kh Miijeifyof eat.; forts. could that thetitiVelliseti? or lets increased, by the more 'or lent lihotv'i Ol greater number of attendants. He took thelibeirty lof suggesting to the Noble Lord the propriety' `lf making some provision for tbe greatest of ail po>tiibpr inconveniences, to which be hadidlided, in thittfirefie of the Regent's dying, and leaving the,coint4 with. out anyEtetutive. Ile should not go intoferther on the establishment at that period. 110 should at present inertly express aliope, that the a] lVatisos he had made would not be neglected br 44'1400 Lord. .) Mr. CANNING . said, it conk) not be eithited that the whole Si the At4ettcy Act shosild-be revised at a time when by much the greater part of the Sig. sion had elapsed. With respect to the point alluded to by the Right Hon. Gentleman, the demise of the Regent, his Majesty's Ministers had had some inti mation last Session of the sense of the Hose on the fitness of discussing U. A Member on the opposite side had thrown out some observations on the sub ject, when enough transpired to show that the House was adverse to making any provisions for the Contin gency, and the House had always manifested a simi lar feeling. lie was free to confess that the Windsor Establishment might bet fit subject of consideration whenever the demise of the Queen took place ; and he was sure that the delicacy observed by the Right Hon. Gentleman himself would excise his going funs tber into the question. The Bill exactly met thecase it was intended for. The Commissioners had all been selected en the same principle as the former ones. Sir S. ROMILLY said, that a redaction of the establishment at Windsor was now imperiouily called for, as the most sanguine could scarcely entertain any hope of the recovery of his Majesty. • Mr. W. WYNN thought the provisions of the I present Bill were necessary, under the present cis. cumitsoce. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered t. be committed to.stoirow. . SCOTCH LUNATIC ASYLUMS. On the motion of Lord BINNING, .mud alter settee observation from Mr. FINLAY, the ketch Lunatic Asylum Bill was ordered for the third read. ing this day three mouths. SLAVE TRADE. The Slave Trade Offeuces Bill was read the third time, and passed. CnUNT CLADAN.. Mr. BENNETT•ttid, that it might be In the re. collection of the Mote belied, a few weeks ago, pre.: tented a Petition from an individitill of ancient family and large patrimony Count Cladan, complaining of the conduct of General Campbell; Governor of the island, about three years batlt, in unduly influencing a Court ofJostice,whirre a tanstfof the Petitioner's, involving real property to a consider/ able amount, had been dependinz, and absolutely Cow: mending it to give a decision against him. In answer to the allegations of the Petition, it had been then said, that a stranger appeared as the accuser of an °Meer of rank and distinguished merit, in a place where he had no opportunity of defending himself. However, it was his opinion that Parliament ebould be always open to the cries of the oppressed—and be was satisfied that a prima facie case had been made out tken. title the Petitioner to apply in the first instance to his Majesty's Government, and on failure of re• dress from them, to the House of Commons. Tbs statements of the Petition might be divided into two parts—the first part relating to what Count Cladan himself had suffered ; the second to the op. pressions of the People, of whom he was one. What Count Clidan himself bad to complain of was the loss of property to a great extent, occasioned-by General Campbell's interference with the tribunal, and peremptory direction of a decree against him, not according to the law of the coontry„bot in the terms of a judgment drawn up by himself. lieutenant. General Campbell had thought fit to issue that de. tree, and to determine there should be no' tipped from it. From the year 1815 to the present time, Count Cladan bad made repeated applications to his Majesty's Government for relief, and he had re ceived many civil letters from them, isyleg,they would enquire into the case, but nothing more. The Hon. Member then alluded to the ease of Fairies v. Mostyn.that the Plaintiff, an inhabitant of Minorca, a dependency of England, had a right, as a subject of the King, to maintain as action for injorlosis treatment in an English Court. He then described the immense notate that would be occasioned to the Petitioner, by compelling him to bring over his witnesses, to the number of 108, to this coun try. Tliellon. Member afterwards adverted to the severites alleged to be inflicted on the rest of be population. The General had, at his own will and pleasure, inflicted corporal punishment. There was evidence that he had caused as inhabitant, *hose offence' consisted in stealing some spirits, to be mounted do a mule, and bastinadoee think times round the town ; .and that when the ging was .over the: sufferer scarcely possessed strength enough to be removed to the hospital. He had banished another individual to St. Maure, an en. wholesome island, by his owe apthority—aad with es better Me had Imposed pecuniary fines. The Pe. Stionsr hid knocked at his door a perfect strang e r , era priliesited him with a bundle of papers contain- Jog the.platticelars of his case, and the evident* en it. By the advice of his deceaselfriesul, Mr. l'onannby, lie had read them; be had no interest whatevt , r in that . eiatter ; hi was not Seqoainted with Geo. Campbell.; his only motive its taking up the business was, to re. aeon the character of the country from the impute. lions of iedifference and mtiliy to the distresses and nprestions of her depeadanta. The People whose - a he &bottled were not tepreseoied-in tbrilouse, , ib i • . .. , • , . . .. ....,.. . _ . . , - - - • .. • , ..t.- .4• ; \ - i Aft-4 to , . • • ' 4 O • I. • - 'r,: , * . . ' . . p ri t ip t s. i,.. o 4 o , o : e p os ni„, to ~, „ ,i , , fall, or lite ?animist 'mold *avg..* bead. Mk t . ,I: ti 41, : eaaaoirplapliag wan t h at e ft. *sat , . t.. ! to be .sere, be some who would tete open Irate *ha 110.pethiegoO14100 to 'di. to ere Si formeely ; there woold be many, who 4 P e i l t ei4, 4 „' . 66 / 6 . g ;ii; reogi ' l i en d iih m i s thus as ; from -*dot of osevol and for. other MUMS, sight - ito • jotnia lz halta . alesiver occot ai ney. .UP • illiag4o become part* to what would eertalely o ll.A o n , i t, : i ii. gxvi t ztout , be illegal end' entoeitliotiodel On their ports: TAPT • Oa r thipAia Taaweike hod dwell no . morn, •vioreie s teiridering'ille. Itegeney Amendment Bill t and • . littldtt: •'- ' • •liiket oat 4410100 t entirely. The Doke of Tort, • rook 0ik0 ,, i ,.., from jv c . w, To r I, :it ii ijialktstiodpiii sue soy thing should happen, , .. st,••amttAr. Wasotonevp , the eaiiitirsattew I . 4 o 4l .4. ll • ll teltetit• Th“ area anetiktr . Piltli 011. *llloll' . • L:.• s ''• 'ofttry.tioltboi to the Reese would espeet Isiih'tb plei i. . - I a fei Words. ' Ilit alleded.to the Windsor 'F:ifebililij aOlitt BUDCIRS'IN SCOTLAND. oat FERG USSON 'presented a Petition from " st ' — i tittir4 a u ri ) —lf " bad - b" . 6 .41 1, 1 0 1, eil ille ) -, rough of Owen tai o f .the state of ~1 1. 1.a . e il l it i t , !et lhastfl i I°, is t i li l . i , t Ile na :kfili! n al, i tia lir .' .' ,~ i 1 t: • t,?; 4 ' I I / - i , ' -•. F•••• .