The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-02-27 00:00:00

1 1:14,,NV .-.... 4 • - . • e , . , • . . . t • • • . : ,s • • )) • 4..;.b• •.. . N o 129• r,~~, STAFFORD. --"M`' I a Meeting of the INHABIT TS of the nortoutat of STAFFORD, convened on tbe 19th f -hoary, inst. for the purpose of crorideriag of the of of an Address of Thanks to the Right Ilan. R. B. `l. for his vindication of the Liberty of the IVO ;R; s:r Is IIUGIIES, Esq. Mayor, in the Chair, Tee falowing Address %vas proposed, and unanimously to. Ta the Right lion. R. B. SIIF.BIDAN. E. the IS II ABITANTS of the 111ROUGII of ti .sot 0, are happy in sec you resume yoor activity in ~141%1:iiiiir of the Natino; and are proud to find that RUT • till tendered in the cause of the dearest in '•:4ol b o i Afertions of a free and loyal people. I,it;!..sved, with pride and admiration , your ► A s o si a:lit defence of that • palladium of our civil, . soraL 80 ,1 religion= pricilrgr. TII E LlBiißTlf OF lE Kt SS, in your motion brought forward in the House rwp , the 4th of February. • vosre store deeply smolt!, of the benefits krived by froas so ur exertions OD this iseentot oboe wit 0 . din ) eatiou and temper of TIC ntowdloary ski it we live—that we are thrown nu our own mo soi;osictil eitergics as nation—and that theses in the s i trial, can only advance with their due face and or iunn L rtion, n here there is a full, free. and equal slit% of ii.terest; betwixt the (soverornent and the w.bel:rie the sentiments expressed by yon on the sub , the L iberty of the Presi, to be the sentiments of the rehlir ; and that this is best proved by the almost elf l puhlicity which they have received, where the or- Kor• edings of the House are but obscurely aad Kan to intilel• Itie b isc ever considered the Liberty of the Press as the I , o ,arreil of nor national privileges; a privilege to which and dispassionate part of the community trusts teen t ,, oat fire and unrontroulod interchange of opiniou, in t h o ugh e. roe and lirentinasiiess may occasimiolly sne ered, rub ml.O ultimately prevail. It is the animated and k r aigeli sodium in which the public sailed cominiaticates „ l urift and any abridgment of. it cannot hut invariably jrv o ir• political ignorance on the one hand, and national in- Atmore on the other. e hrg therefore to return von our sincere and ardent filusisk the promptitude and energy of your defence of this, *tiro characteristic of our national privileges—the erect e (; erne, and the rause of a loyal people. 7 We have only wait the deep and firm conviction of our minds of the wis oss of that policy, so ably and so uniformly supported by all important occasions, hich cousiders what is just disoorshie to the 1u as the best security of the King of Csoditotion of the Restm." yhr Ttmaks of the - Meeting were afterwards voted to F. Recut% Esq. for i mpart rdy acqitiescenre in convening lenretiog, nal for his ial conduct in the Chair. TewNitiu. lIOUSE, near SOUTH All PTON. Valuable MATE R I st M. !dude 11l and. Elegant. TO BE cOLD KY AUCTION, By 6EolttiE HOOKEY, lithe Premises, eo•Toesd?y, Mardi 13, and following Dar, in Lath COSiISTING of hantliome six.pannelled don. Me and si,ale Doors, of tine !Mahogany t Mahogany bibrs.nflarge dimerioai, glazed eith Plate tans. ; other well !oinked Doors and Sashev ; beautiful (rich carved) sta tical, settled, and dove Marble Citinusev Pieces. bight lap lane& and east -front Register Stoves ; Portland- I dace Parenit•ut, with black marble dots; the well-fitted 1 &gam of the Library, deal Floors, &c. TIP. stain TIM 11E10, Maltastutek, aid otAgyBRICKS. roarL 1 1 1 41)-STON r. ST Ai RC ASI4, LVO , ale sold the first week 1117[prit. -. 4 --.-vo - 4•41-• • - N. B. There are ;fame beautiful Spots th the Park and on Ile &toe for buildiug; mai 6. Hookey has directions to elanenitate any propivatfvto the Proprietor, 'either to par tbm sr te build no long leases. Cottages Orme. for the use of Labourer, arc in great re pro iu the neighbourhood. Water Carriage to Loudon within a quarter of a mile of for Prrwites. Particulars say be had at 2s. 6d. earl', by applying to Seim Make and White, No. 11, Essex-street, Strand, Lon dal George Apesdale, Nrw loss, Westess‘oear Sautbamp be; and of the Agetioneer. THE REAL JAPAN ELACKINO, MADE BY DAY and MARTIN. frilllS Invaluable Composition,- with half the girt% labour, produces the mos...beautiful jet d blaek ever peculiar nourishment to the leather. will 11171 "I i* finest linen, It perfeCity free from iwy unpleasant 'civil, and will retain itivitams in any climate. a Soed wholesale by I)/ty and Martin, nt the Manofactory, 110.91, High-Holborn; retail by F. Day, No. 7,TaVistock greet, Cnvent-gnrdea ; W. Day, 80, Swallow-street, Axtell, No. Finch-lane; and by the prinripal Hoot-makers, Per- Inum, and Oilinen, in the Metropolis ; and in every Town tsoraghont the United Kingdom, 4 .0 stone bottles, price Is. 6d. Inch. CONSUMPTIONS CURED. 91111 E inserter of this, a Professional Man, who B. has, far the last tea years, attended many Persons la bouring under the above Disease, and by his extensive Prlsc lice has been fortunate as to discover a MEDICINE that n an INFALLIBIC CURE for cossumrrioms, by which Medicine he has eared many when given over by emi rent Ph”iriati, and when in the last stage a a Consumption, uttc:l4cd with Cough and spitting of Blond, &c. Under Oft' circumstance., and at the request of his friends, and the many persons he %a curet, lie therefore POW publicly olktr it to those who are labouring under the atinve.—Letters (pat paid) addres,ed fur A. B. No-7, Johu-street, North. hes-riad, Mary-le-bone. London, will have immediate' ainemiou. VIIIIBLAINS are prevented from breaking, aad their tont:eat* itching in4antiv removed, by VIIIITEIIEAD's ESSENCE of MUSTARD, univerally Inavaed for its extraordinary tlicat y in Rheumatism", Pia- Iles. Gusty Alfertion.. and Complaints of the Stomach ; but Where this certain Rrioedy has been enkoown or neglected. and the Chilblains 'lase actually broke, WII urEti v. A D's SAMMY CkkLATt will ease the pain, and very weedily heal them. a Rep:sped awl midi), R. JOIINSTON, Apotherarvv, 15. ereek-street, Soho: I.sindoa; the thence and Pills at tt.. 9d. Cyrtte at Is Jed. Sold b) every Medicine Yeuder "iihotnited Kieedom. R. t - r The nenuitw lots a black ink stamp, with the name of J on vsr,ivertied cm it. NIIDDLETON, Pocket-Book and Black -LI • Lead Pencil Maker to the King and Prince Of Wales. at thearismil MaAufactory. No. 161. Strand,opposite New t:wile-street, begs knot to recommend to the Publk his BLAi K LEAI) PENCILS, whose saperint excelknce has been for more than 50 years universally acknowledged; • ed Prix ils for drawing iu colours (of a late invention), To dis tlnTuiiii hi, Pencils froincuitnterfeits,the nark which was for welly nnly Middleton is now changed to N. Middleton. an d die oirectsms, Strand, Loudon, stamped on each Pencil. An examsive assortment of Pocket-books and Thread-cues, .eie;aroly mounted in gold. silver, and plain; a complete as- - liniment of Travelling, lYtiting, and Dressiivr-cases; Oen tle!,:e!,', Pocket Coimnades, conemiliug every article fin skuint ami dressing Portable Writing and Dressing-desks, i and boxes, in ;mahogany, mitio-wood, leather, Ste.; Writ extra fine cos large Pei*, fine Irish and Dutch ' lo !,•Was and all kinds of Stationary ; Partible a nd 9tetii,g-iontse Letter Copying Machines. These machines, I y writing ma, be expeditiously and clearly copied are h r "d4ht N. Aliddleton to the utmost pitrfection, aol comprised io a webegmay case, width form a coralsiete desk; ;sanest) small. as to be of the greatest cimweuience toi bow who travel; others of a size and forms to answer the r=ss. eof a complete secrrtaire. A large alsortsent ni and all kinds of fie Cadery. oStctteman, .~n, . . • '" • -- • 16, '• •• r • • " • • &Pk, 14Y, FENZEL/IRV 27, 1810. IMPERAAL PARLIAMENT. • HOUSE OF LORDS—MoItn'AY, Fifa. 46. bsid REDESDALE having informed their Lordships, that it was inconvenient for him to attend the House before five o'clock, the Lord Chancellor again deferred judgment in the Appeal of Kearney v. Beaelev. Two or three Naturalization Bilis, and sense private Bills, were read a third time, and passed. Lord H A RDWIC KE laid on the Table a Report from the Committee appoiMed to Inquire into the causes of the Dearth of corn an 1800. Five Messages were brought up from the Commons. with Private Bills, by Mr. Lushiugton, Mr. Mellish, and Sir Jas. Graham. Lord MOIRA presented Petitions from the. Debtors con fined in the Jails of Leicester. Maidstone, and Stafford. Ills Lordship said, that he should content hisivelf with merely laying the Petitions on the Table of the House ; ate6o-' (Lord Itedesdale having signified his intention to propose some measure on this head)—that by was stilling, after tiO many years of toil ma the suVect. to leave it, for the pow. sent, in the hoods of she NOshiliwttitastahlahre wire MS just spoken. • THE REVERSION B1LL• • Lord GROSVENOR, rose. It wee not hit design, his Lordship said, to trouble the $O4ll/1 with a long speech, especially as his indisposition, during the week that had passed, unfitted him from l making many observations now. After Also ob. jections made to the first reading of the Bill now before their Lordships, by the Noble and Learned Lord who presided, in that House, and since some disposition had been shown to strangle it its its birth, it became him, however unwilling, to ad vocate the principk o f the Bill. He hoped that it would arrive safe in its destined port, notwith staliding the clouds (looking to the Inolsack) that were gathering against it in that House. It was a measure lurked for by the country, and any absolute opposition to it would indicate a stub.i born resistance to all refortn.—[hear, hear !] If it could be proved to be a measure advantage ous to the country, which the country called for, and had a right to look up to, it would, he mutt say, he the greatest hypocrisy to compromise it in any way, or under any pretence. tilectr l hear !] It was said, that the Bill infringed on the prero. gatives of the Crown ; but what were all pre rogatives—the prerogatives of the Commons and of their Lordships, as well as those of the CroWn, but fur the benefit of the whole? The other House, which had already carried a resolution to the effect of this B:11 to the foot of the Throne, had voted, in the year 1780, that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished. W hat was that inthaimpe as exerted at this -time ? Setting that influence aside, bp had other reasons, many other reasons, against the granting of Places in Reversion. •A ken beaus eominated to All it yet, s'_ the changes in human life, the same men-niiglit, on this plan (Reversion of Offices), be wholly un fitted to occupy the situation at the time it be came his duty to fill it. He should therefore move the second reading of the Bill, and reserve himself to reply to such arguments as should be adduced against the motion. Lord Viscount SIDMOUTII. was friendly to the object of the Bill, conceiving that the practice of granting Offices in Reversion was pregnant with the most injurious consequences. Persons having such grants, too frequently wasted, great part of their liver in listless inactivity % instead of adopting some pursuit advantageous to themselves, and use. ful to their country, 'until, at length, pressed by poverty, they were induced to sell the Reversion for a very inadequate consideration. Instances of this description had frequently happened, and shenved•the injury which resulted from the practice to the individuals .who were the objects of these grants, whilst, on the other hand, if duties were attached to the office, it frequently happened, that the person having the Reversion did not succeed .to the office, till disabled by age or infirmity from properly exercising its duties. He had, however, $ doubt whether it would not be fit, consistently with decorum, this measure being one which af fected the prerogative, that his Majesty's consent should be given or asked for, and he wished to ascertain whether it would be fit that this stiip should be adopted now, or in any ether stage of the Bill, and therefore moved to adjourn the debate. Lord GR.ENVILLE was of opinion, that his Majesty's consent might be given in any stage of tfie Bill; otherwise, if it was to be held that such consent was necessary, before discussing the prin ciple of the Bill, It would begiiring his Majesty a direct previous negative to a legislative measure. The LORD CHANCELLOR. concurred in opinion that his Majesty's consent might begiven any stage of the Bill. Some conversation took place upon this point, between Lord Viscount Sidmouth, Lord Gren ville, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Arden, Lord RoJesdale, and the Earl of D erb y , the result of which was, • that Lord Sidmouth withdreir his mo tion-. The Earl of ROSS took up the dismission ou the Bill, and contended that no sufficient reason bad been shown fur its adoption. 'the King's prerogative, he thought, ought not to be touched without an irresistible n ecessity, and nu such ne. c osily had been proved to exist. lie deprecated the Idea that their Lordships' decisions ought to be swayed by any clamour out of doors. He was a decided enemy to innovation, and thought the wisest course was to resist it iii its first stage, or otherwise, by giving up point after point, they might, at length, be rendered unable to defend the citadel itself. The Earl of HARENVICKE deuicd.that there , was any clamour out of n oors ; .but there., was an expectation entertained by thatational part of the community upon this subject, to which he thought it would be wise to concede. The present mu sure was one which would produce no saving , to the country, andfriornt was a which men no u i r amed p ia r t o e speete benefit iv would result; but good,and one which he the - ught it would be highly expedient to adopt. Lord BORINGDON also supported the Bill, and thought their Lordships were called upon to adopt this Bill, in order • that they might redeem • the pledge which they bad given at the foot of the throne three years ago, in answer to his Majesty's speech. Lord REDES6A LE observing that it hid been slated, that individuals had been injured by giving them ReversiOns, wished to bear from these Noble Lords who held Reversions, how mach they suf fered from being placed in , that situation., With respect se-the-Bill,. haval.digidedkhostile, $0 it, and It was quite ebs i rd to pass a perpetual bill ,. Apo the spetulatioo that at stone time or other some purpose of economy might be pioneered. The Earl of DARNLEY thought that 'Some Noble Lords who argued against innovation, would have argued in the same way against time abo. lition of the Star Chamber. The Bill s he thought, was called for by every consideration of public expectation and of economy. The.LORD CHANCELLOR denied that Par. liament had fallen ioto disrepute ; but If ever it should fall Into disrepute, he would venture to say, that it would be from acting with a view to popularity, rather than upon its own deliberate judgment. His Lordship then gave ashdrt state. meat of the manner is which these bills. had been bl•ought before the House. A Resolution had first been passed by the other branch of . theLegislature, adopting the principle of the abolitioo of the prat. tice of granting Offices in Reversion. This un. doubtedly, at a resolution of the other House, was entitled to a great deal of attentive and deli berate consideration. When they came up to their Lordships witlf a Bill, confineable to that resolution, their Lordships not choosing to assent to a measure of this importance, without taking time foe due inquiry, thought proper to reject that Bill. A Bill next cause op fur sus. pending the granting of Offices in Reversion ; and. as this, with a' view to further inquiry . , was not" objectionable, it was passed. In this Session, a Bill came upfor rendering perpetual the Suspending Billi and he felt it a duty personally incumbent on 'him 'to stop the Bill on the point of form.— Sir Matthew Hale, who would ever continue to be considered as an ornament to the' profes sion to which he had beloiged, had, he knew, highly disapproved of Reversions, as had Lord Coke. But still, their authority - was not to be de.. cisive of the question. He acknowledged that lie wished to be cautious how he meddled with a sys. tem, which had been the practice of the Constitu. Lion for three centuries. Still he did not go the length of saying that no good could he done by a judicious regulation—by curtailing the profits of some Offices liable to be granted in reversioti-T -and, perhaps, by abolishing others. But such regulation could only take place upon a due and deliberate inquiry ; and it would nut become their Lordships to Legislate upon the subject with out the opportunity of making the inquiry, and having the whole matter before them. But he be. lievod it impossible that the result of any inquiry ought to induce them to go the length of this Bill. Whatever might be said about his being averse to innovation, he could not consent to legislate in the dark. ' The argument as to the fitness or un• fitness of persons for the performance of tint; duties of such places would operate against Officers in possession ; and he maintained that the mss. chief of giving an Office in possession improitarly was a much greater mischief than giving one in re- version, because there were many chances against ' its ever coming into possession. His Lordship said, that not averse to reform in every thing, he was always averse to a reform which he did not understand. He did not exactly see the length to ..which 'this might-be carried. Ile must have the whole subject before him, and could nut agree to advance step by step till he found that he had acceded to an innovation, to nine.teutlis of which he would have been averse, if he had had the whole subject before him. He himself bad recured throe or four reversions fur his family, without the smallest conception that he was doing any thing wrong. Hu wished that the public should know this; but, however, the whole of these offices were not df 'sufficient value to make the reversionists very uneasy. Former Chancel lors had dune the same thing, without thinking that they had done any thing improper. his Lordship concluded by observing, that it was im possible fur him to assent to a Bill of this sweep. ing nature. Any measure of general regulation he would, however, examine with the utmost care and impartiality, and give it his support, is far as he could consistently with his public duty: He did not think it necessary to say any thing upon the question as to the indeence of the Crown. Lord GROSVENOR. observed, that he did nut think that the antiquity of any abuste was a reason fur supporting it. If the practice of grant ing reversions bail continued fur three hundred years,. it ought to ..be recollected, that it had in the course of that time been sever* censured by many eminent men. His Lordship then adverted to a pamphlet which had lately appeared on the subject of economy, and the influenceo f the crown, and remarked, that the perusal had an effect .upon him exactly the reverse of what was intended to be produced. Considering the ample means of in forinatiuu possessed by its anther (Mr. Rase), he • • niamL.Ara . ~~!:~ ~,errii ? ,/1 7 i ;1 4 , i .7111 • e .. 1 : ♦ ' • , i PRICE Bib. was only surprised that it proved so little. He objected to reversions, as, having a tendency to generate sinecures, and the augmentation of sine. cures produced new reversions in an endless eirclo. This was a real and proper reform which he ap• ' proved. As to the question of parliamentary re. form, he certainly could not by any Means go the length that some speculative men did, although he and others might think there were some defects in 'the representation, which ought to be correcteu. But the misfortune of withholding from the pub. lid the real and proper reforms to which they were entitled, was to drive them into these dan. gerous speculations. The vessel of State, which had weathered the continental storm, was already among -the rocks and shoals, and could not be got off without other pilots. His Lordship then called upon the . Bishops for their support, and asked tbesn,_whtither they did not esteem the Art of Ell. wkiefriseevental,bnnoticipation of:their revenues as the great prop of their establishment? Upon thesamo principle which led them to approve of that Act, they ought to support this Bill. Tito House then divided upon the question that - the Bill be read a second time— ' COMMAS Net Contents Present - 33 49 Proxies - 34 '57 67 ' 106 Majority against the Bill 39.—Adjourned. •tsWente • HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRI. 96. Mr. Sheriff WOOD presented at the bar the Pea. Lion of the Corporation of London against Lord Wellington's Pension, Upon the motion of Al. derman Combe, it was ordered to lie on the table. The Worthy Alderman also stated his intention to postpone for a short time his intended motion rela. tive to the manner in which the Livery were treated, when the Sheriffs required au audience of the King. Mr. BARHAM made his promised motion re- , lative to tho abuse of certain funds by the Direc. tors of the West IndinDock Company. • He stat ed, that by the Act if Parliament which embodied that Company, the intrust rpm the sems advanced by subscribers was limited to ten per cent. and the , enrplus'Of the profits was appropriated to the ex. tinction of its debt, and to the service of the city Of London. In the interpretation now given to that Act by •the Directors, they took upon themselves to pay the full dividend of ten per cent, to the pito pricier", charging the surplus with the payment of the income tax ; so that, in fact, the subscribers were now receiving eleven per cent. in contractile.. tints tO the positive enactments of that law. He ' V coltlnded bylpoving, that the Animal Accounts of re t,,st tale D'ock. Coin . pany b referred co - s Select Committee, and that they report thereon. _ Mr. HIBBERT contended that there was no necessity fur the motion, as there was no disposi. tion with the Directors of the Company to deny the statement. The question was, either they in. fringed or they had not; if they had infringed, they were subject to a process at common law; and if they had not, there could be no necessity for the present motion. :After some farther observations from Mr. Mar ryat, Mr. Baring, and Mr. Barham, the motion was agreed to, and the Committee appointed. LORD CHATHAM. ThnCHANOELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. appeared at the bar, and stated that his Majesty had been waited upon with the Address of this House of Friday last, the 23d of this month, to which he had been graciously pleased to direct the following answer to be given : " The Earl of Chatham having requested his Majesty to permit him to present his report to his Majesty, and having also requested that his Majesty would not communicate it for the present, his Majesty received it on the 15th of January last and kept it till the teeth of this month, when in come. come of a wish having been expressed by the Earl of Chat ham; to correct the same, his Majesty returned is to him. The report, as altered, was again tendered to his Majesty, by the Earl of 'Chadians, on the 14th of this month, *hen his Majesty directed it to be delivered to his Secretary of State, and his Majesty has not kept any copy or minute of this Report, as delivered at either of dame times, nor has he had nt any time any other report, memorandum, narrative, or paper, sabmitted to him by the Earl of Chatham relating ' to the lute Expedition to the Scheldt." Mr. WIIITBREAD observed, that in the roes.. tiou he was about to put to the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite (Mr. Perceval). he wished to be understood as animated with the most sincere veneration for the Crown, and not less so for the wearer of it. His question was this—Who was the Privy Counsellor, a Member of this House, who took his Majesty's pleasure upon the Ad. dress ? The CHANCELLOR *of the EXCHEQUER. replied, that although it was theordinary courtesy in that .llouse to answer questions put from one side to the other, yet, from the menacing manner in which the Right Honourable Gentleman put the present question, he felt it his duty to decline an. peering it, Mail called upon by the vote of that House. Mr. WHITBREAD.—'' Really if there hof been in the manner in which I addressed the Right Honottrabie Gentleman any thing obnoxious to hit feelings, or as he has conceived menacing, it iffen. , I assure him, far from my intention, and I Wet 1 11 sincerely beg his pardon: If, however, the bight .1 Honourable Gentleman is determined to persevere , in his silence to my question, it will be most cer. tainly my 'duty to bring it forward is a more for. ,- mat manner. But wishing as I do to divest hi , nt of the ilea ) that I intended to convey my question • • • , , • i , r • . • I :' - ~ 4 • • • • ~_~ `;v .~ tYei ithe!