The Sun. — London, England, 1816-06-19 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House went into Committees on the noly. , he Ad Harbour, Madhouse Regulatilin, and Saving Banks Bills. lu that last mentioned, Mr. FtN LAT proposed 51 . 11 aurendntent, relatiye, to the Scotat Banks, for taking the money out of the pok'ver of the power of the Lord President of the Uotirt of Session. On sa division the amendment was negatived by a majority of 4,5 against 14. ' The House having resumed, the Chairman re ported progress, after several remarks on the re spective clauses by different Members. -. CItANCELLOR of the EXCHtiaUER reminded the'llonse, that the time had arrived for an ari p-inted conference with the Lords. The Members we! e then selected, 'and repaired to the Upper House. Oh their return, jilt! CHANCELLOR• of the &CCHEM/ER reported, that the Lords desired -a further conference on Friday next, on the subject of the Regulation of the• Statutes, illr. Coewaht, on presenting the Report of the Committee on the.PoorLaws, expressed his hope, that the' subject would engage the most serious consideration of the House, it being one of vital interest. 111 r. GtonY expressed bis gratification on finding so important a subject likely to be fully investigincL It was one on which, he was con inced, the very salvation of the country depended. At the instance of Mr. TIERNEY, a conversa tint] arose on the subjt-ct of the business which stood for to-morrow. The Right Bon. Gentle man wished to know from his lion. Friend (Mr. NVilbaforce), if he would consent to allow prin• tidy to the third reading of the Exchequer Conso lidation Bill, over his motion on the Slave Re- gistries. tVILBERFORCE said, that though the ques tion was not personal to himself, the subject was one which be considered to he of such general importance, that be could by no- means consent. toptit it off, - After some further conversation, • the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER consented to. post pone the third reading of the Exchequer Bill till Thursday. Sir GEORGE HILL bl l6 oll,ght np the Second Re port of the Committee on the subject of Illicit I)i3tillation Iretand. General that deprecated the present Military System in Ireland, to facilitate the collection of the Excise. He would rather that the North of Ireland were put under Martial Law,. as the ex tension of the Military throughout the euttntry occasitmed such misery, that the inhabitants pray ed for Martial Law as a boon. • REFORM IN PARLIAMENT. BRAND said tie halt! in his band sonje Peti. tions from different parts of the country, praying 'fora Reform hi Parliament, the statements , in which he was happy to say, confirmed him in the opinion be had lung entertained, of the absolute necessity' of this measure. lie was convinced, that annual Parliaments 's ere greatly objection ; but if these were too short, and must tail in the wishea-for object, those of a septennial na ture were much too ,The zeal and interest which the inhabitants of the northern parts of this country had displayed, was worthy of the import unce of a cause which he ardently hoped would benitimately successful. The Marquis of TA'VIST.OOK expressed his firm opinion,', that the people had a right to expect that the prayer of their Petitions should be cum. plied with to a proper extent, and that they ought .not to be Satisfied till they had obtained their oh. Mr. BP.ISINP.I7 was of a similar opinion. i'dr, CUR Vi IN thought that there never was a time ivben the subject could be brought forward xvith sii much propriety, As when the people were fr , be-ealled on and loot,( ii to for the support of such heavy barthens ;inure. BROUGHAM WWI! big cordial support to the object of thg Petitious. Mr. \V. SMITH had-been a friend of Parliamen. tary Reform for the long period of thirty-live years, and during all that period he had never seen occasion to `change his opinion of its 'neeessity . Ha bad belonged, and with. pride ,he avowed it, to almost every society, that had been establish ed for obtaining this object.-(Langliter.)--41e would say that lie even regretted that one of these societies, of which he was a member, that of the Friends of the - People, hail been ditisolved. He hr;wever Oti hoped 'that lie should live to give a_ t iocces66:l(iiite on this vittitiy important subject, , 0 The. Petitions front the Corporation and the In- . Inibitants of Aberdeen %fere then read, and order ed to lie on the table. Mr. littooonAm then rose to present, a Petition of a similar nature from the inhabitants of Glas- , gottr, signed by 10,500 persons, who complained that they were no better represented than if their town consisted only'of bare walls. They added, that their's was one of the strongest eases , that Cotiiti'he made out, anti that the whole . of Scot land wits unduly represented. The Petition was received, reatl:, and ordered to lie on the table. BANK CAMAL On the Motion of the CUANCELLOR of the Ex tor the third reading of the Batik Ca pital Mi. OHENFRI,L said, it was impossible for him to suffer this Bill, to pass without again calling the 0 1 tent ion , of the house to the enornunts profits which the Bank had been. making frdm the Public for the last nineteen years. The Bonus proposed to be divided amongsethe 'Proprietors amounted to ,910,(001. and Was equivalent to a fun) in. Bank 'top, of 6,200,0001. a profit unprecedented in any of • our former commercial transactions. This ciretnstance.proved the truth. of all the oh-0 seryations he had made respecting the immoderate and unditeitietensions of this wealthy association, The lion. Oentletnaa-then repeated many of his former argtiments reSpecting the saving effected for the public by the alteration in the Stamp'Act, which this year amounted. to between 30 and 4010001. and %t iicb, with the accommodation of fr anting the .I.;:tan threo per cent. interest, proflncc 1 saving to the Public ot 150,00C 1 . -Rnt . the oublic mind were now t ooli` la I in it,rweci to attribute dais sAvnig to any liteta. lity on' the • part of the Bank. In 1 . 797, du Ilatsit, after having been in existence fora cen tury, was possessed of a solidus of 3,800,0001, with which it started in its new and unparalleled speculations. lit additiOn to their annual divi dends of 71 per cent., the Proprietors of Bank Stock had received, in homages anctincreates, not less than . 6l per cent. It was now proposed togive them an addition' of 2,900,0001. Capittil Stock, which was equivalent to a sum of 8 ; 400,0001. more ; and these two aggrevites of profit amount ed together to 13.500,00 W. But this was not all, for, in addition firth's profit actually realized, as shewn by tho nuinctous accoonts and paper 3 on the table, there muSt'still remain behind art : enormous mass of profit not yet divided. At pre sent, notwithstanding this ticcumniation amounted to 13:000,0001., ill( Stock was 100 per cent. higher titan it was ill 1797 : therefbre the.capital "had been improved to the amount of 21,320,09 , 11. over and above what the Proprietors received . every year. The profits during"the last nineteen yearsowere, in fact, seven times as much as they had been at any former period, and they arose from the beneficial contracts made with Govern nem ; it therefore fultowed, that the tents of their public business must be proportionately slis advantageons to the public. The profits had gone on increasing, in proportion as the difficulties of the country had augmented, as every loan, by the charges•for its management, haXhad a tentiency to ,increase these profits. There was another eonsi 'deration that had not yet been advetted to, which tias, that a considerable portion of these profit's 'Went into the pockets of foreigners, such as Hol land and America. It appeared that the whole. number of proprietors of Bank Stock did not amount to more titan ,2200 or 2300, and it would be found, that out of these, not less than one tenth part were foreigners, so that one-tenth part of the profits must necessarily be sent abroad and be lost to the country. Such a profit as that of twenty-one millions in nineteen years, was unparalleled in any other undertaking, and the only manufacture witch br -knew oc, that it went to support, was that of the paper for the notes, which Government, as he, thought, had al-' lowed them to carry on to an improper extent... He did not blame the Directors for this enormous advantage they had gained, as much as he hi inlet! the GovernMent of the country for allotVing them to make it, by not having proved themselves' to be a match .for the'Bank of England, 'who would naturally, make, the best bargains they could for the Propriefors. This Was what he 'wanted the Public to be aware of ; and. on these g am y's - he contended it was the duty of Governtnent to make a better bargain for the Public,. , The bo'nosses not, to be given to the Proprietors of Bank Stock, afforded a complete proof of all.he had said. on this subject on former occasions, and till it was ' radically reformed; he pledged himself never to give it up ; as it was, it could not,be denied to be highly buttribus to the Public. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended the' Bill. Ile had proved that a direct profit had accrued to the public 'by time late regulations, to the amount of 150,0001. a-year. With respect to the arrangement now submitted to the [louse, titel.ititik and the public had made one common cause. In this transaction the Bank made no profit whatever, but on the contrary, had made a considerable sacrifice. The Batik having in its possession a considerable surplus, profit over which Parliament bad no controut, had made au ar rangetnent 'to lend this money to the public, on the conditions 'with which the House were al rett,cly acquainted ; and he thought the Hon. Gen tleman had not any one tetrible ground of objec tion against the measure in question.' " Mr Grteti,Ftst.t., in explanation, said he had made no objection whatever to 'the arrangement ; on the contrary, be had aS:serted it to be one that wits advantagootis to rite public. He had only, started-facts, that showed the'enormotts profits of the Bank, which had enabled them to make it. Mr. PONSONEY observed, that the House must now see what was the,real sititmution of that great Comparry. They were, proved to be more than, double atm rich as they were 20 years ago, and be wonld,say ‘ that time public bad a right to look to other succours (run) the Bonk of England, than those they had already received. He wished to knuw whether the Right Hon. Gentleman intend ca t o avail himself of any advantage from the Bank of Ireland, on the renewal of its charter,. at; he was sure that Company'were in a competent condition to afford it. Lord• A.' HAMILTON Wifilled to know, if the Right Hon. Gentleman could controvert anv one of the (acts stated by his Hon. Friend (Mr. Oren fell) ? As this could not be done, it was clear that the most auspicious motßent for the resunip, tion of Bank payments had been let slip this es sion. He therefOre called on the House to inter, pose, to prevent the Bank from dividing any fu titre profits amongst the Proprietors of Bank Stock, till that Act be repealed. With this view he should propose a clause, proVidiug that any, profits they might mite as limk Proprieturi, in future, ti !mulct not he divided, but remain as a se curity for their creditors. The clause being handed to the chair, was read a tirst time. Alter some observations from Mr. Brougham in support of the clause, at►rl Mr. Grenfell, it %vas negatived!, and the Bill passed. • TREATY WITH ALGIERS. Mr. BrtouonAst rose, pursuant to the notice which he had given, to endeavour to obtain a copy of the Treaty concluded by Lord Exmouth in the name of the Neapolitan Government with the .ley of Algiers. Lie reproved 'the terms on which it, was understood the Treaty had been made, and thought that it the country had sanctioned them with its authority, a great stain must be fixed to her character, and consequences inji,trious to her reputation and !union'. could not fail to arise from such an arrangemant. That Treaty acknowledged the right of depredation exercised by the barba rips, by providing a ransom for the slaves w h om tlfey bad matte prisoners. tie unileistood that the Algerincs, dissatisfied with their Dey for having li mited their spheie ot plunder, had been only pacified by an assurance from their Government, t hat though they ini : 4ht not cruise against Neapolit.in nubjcerg, thtbre stiil tea; re %tide field open to their enterpriw. The Itonikrn,States bdd felt the effect of this new direction given .to their riracies/ lie , . t herr tlest;tibed the wretched state of the - prisonero taken by the Algerines. In ode case, out of 30 prisoners, ZiO had died out of ill treatment, the first day of their arrival, and 70 during the first fortnight. The rest were kept in, the Most miserable and situation, havingonlyoue pound of bt eadar day, subject to the lush from !Paining till night. No age tool no sex was spared. A Neapolitan Lady of distinction , carried off with 8 children, 6 of whom still survived, had lately been seen by a British Officer, in the 13111 year of her captivity: On these grounds, and that it should be seen we Aid not countenance such proceedings, it was neces sary to ascertain what, Use we had made at our in fluence the : late negociations. Hs.concluded hy moving, that an Address be presented to the Prince Regent, requesting him to order, that there be laid before the House; Copies of any Treaty coneltuled with the Dry of Algiers, tinder the sanction and mediation of the British Admiral in the Mediterranean, and of all Correspondence on the subject. Lord CASTLRREAGH said, that his Majesty's Government were only in possession of .part of the llocunonits-moved tor, as the negociations were not yet terminated. When the whole should be completed, there would be no difficulty in:produc ing the papers to the. House ; and it would be seen that every principle of justice anti policy bad been carefully attended to. ,He should object to the motioit at present, merely on the ground that he did not wish to give partial information on such a shbjeCt. He should, however, state, that the cnose of huminity had been materially ad-, vanced by the negociations which had been car ried on, as it was for the first time agreed to by the Dry of Algiers, that captives should be con. 7 sidered and treated on the Eoropean footing as prisoners of war, and set at liberty at the couclu sion of every peace. Sir T. ACLAND stated, that it Was the bounden duty of this country to use ad her exertions and power, consistently with due prudeuce, t.iwards ridding the world of this horrible and infamous slavery. Out; Conduct in one fait of the world, contrasted with whlat we were said to suffer in the other,. Avciuld leave a stigma upon us, which it would he most painful to bear. Mr. W. SMITH reproved our suffering a nest of pirates to exist its the Centre of the The Treaties which we had hitherto made with thoie -barbariaus, eausisted' of little more,tlsau seuding. them presents:, to induce, them to suspend their depredations. lie thought that the great oppor 7 itv of freeing„the world front those pirates had beeti lost last year in the 'Congress. He hoped that every means would be adopted to put them down, and that no Treaty would be entered into to recognise, even by implication, the pretended right Of the Algerines to plunder. Lord,ConntiANE contended, that two sail of the line would have been sufficient to compel rite Day of Algiers to accede to any terms. The ,city of Algiers was on the sea share, the water was deep enough for first rates to come, up to the very walls, .ittof those were mounted only with , a few pieees of cannon, with the use of which , the barbarians were scarcely . at';quainted. He then described, front his own observation, the horrid state of men of education and fortune, as well as tither classeS, dragged from their owli country, and compelled, hy the Inshoo perform, in the intensity of the sun, labours .for which nueut were almost incom petePt.- That 'state of slavery, he maintained, might be put down at once, _by the energies of this pariah and the fiat of his Majesty's Ministers. The Han. Mr. WAnD said, that 'whenever a favourable agportunity arose, ti4S country should interfere to Fr , eserve her honour and reputation, as well as from motives of humanity.. Mr, BROUGHAM was glad he had brought the subject before the House, as it bad elicited an universal expreSsiOn of the detestation with which . the Algerine piracies were viewed. With his No ble Friend (Lord Cochrane) lie thought that the only way to abcilish . at once those. enormities, was not to send an Ambassador to theDey of Algiers, bot an Officer, with two sail of the line, to threaten to burn and destroy his city and his ves sels, if he did not relinquish all his claims to the present infamous system. He admitted the strength of the Noble Lard's objection to producing the papers at present, as the negociations were not closed. But it' a single article of the Treaty (should it have ben concluded) should be broken by the Algerines„he trusted that no amicable ex planation would be received, but that ships w ou ld be sent to carry justice, puoishmeut, and even vengeance, to the shores of Algiers. H e th e n withdrew his motion. All. BANKES brought in tile Rogues and Vaga bonds' Bill ; read a first time, and ordeled fur a second reading to-morrow. SUPPLIES. The Report of ,the Committee of Supply was thew brought up. On the Resolution for .granting 300,0001. to Portugal as a compensation for the capture of Portguese vessel being read, A conversation arose between Mr. liarham, wha opposed it, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Gordon', Mr. Lockhart, Ma: Wilberforce, and Mr. W. Smith, at the end ot which the Resirlu tion was agreed . to. The other Resolutions were then agreed to, and Bills ordered accordingly. The CirAbiCELLOR of the EXCHEQUeII brought in Bills for granting certain sums put of the Con solif:ated Fund, for the service of the year, for allowing ,the'Exportation of Machinery, for Re plating the Trade in Spirits between Great Bri tain and Ireland, and for allowing Drawbacks on the Duties on Coals. Read a first rime, and &sed for a second reading 40-morrow. Mr. BRooDEN brought in the Leather Draw backs Bill. Read a first time, and ordered fur a second reading to-morrow. • The Sktige-coach Bill passed through .11Com tuittee ; and atter a long conversation, in which the Attorney-General, Mr. Davies Giddy, M r . Wrottesley, Mr. - Shaw Lefevre, and Mr. Lock hart partook, %winos clanses were elided to it, and the report %YEW • ordered to be received to. morrow.---The Surrogates' Bill teas ordered to be read a third time to-niorrow.---,4, report of the Committee on the Oil and Blubber Di t ty was re ceived, and a Bill ordered to he brunt in ae corilinilly,--The Ripe Cake Bill was .committed; report to-tpdrrow.—'.t u t Navy Pax Bill was read a second time. , Ordered 'to be committed to. 4‘. niorrow.—New Street Bill committed; report to. 11101 TOW A Report of a Committee of Ways and Meant with resnect_to duties on butter, &r. was rteeived, and a Bill ordered to be brought in.. , The House went into a Committee on - titeSpiru Intercourse Act. Report to-morrow The Report of the Scotch Distillery Bill net brought up and agreed to.—The Smuggling Bill was reported : 3d reading to-morrow.--The. De. marara Trade Bill was connitted.—The Reports of the South Sea Trade Bill, the Silk Bounty Btlh and the Rape-seed Bill, were brought up and -agreed to. Ordered'to be read a third time to. Jnorrove. In a Committee on the Spirit License Act, 6 0 CHANCELLOR of the Excueouga moved a Resod lotion, that the duties upon licenses for retailing spirits,' beer, and ale, be repealed ; and that there be charged on every license a duty of 21..25.i Pm vided the house. in which such spirits',' beer, and ale are sold, is not rented above 151.; ,and 51. ss, on every license, the rental of • the house beitg above 151. Report to-morrow. The Insolvent Debtors' Detention Bill was real' a second time to be committed to-rnorrowt. The Militia Pay Bill passed through a Cow, mittee : report to-morrow,--AdjoOrited. IMPORTANT PARLIAMENTARY FADERS. (To be continued rertittYl74 STAGE COACHES. Abstract of the Bill for the more el:Feet-nal prevent tion of the mischief occasioned by thf.' Aerate driving of Stage Coaches awl other 1 3 " 1 "" lie Conveyances. " Coachmen and others, who by inimo deratel/ driving any stage coa ch, o f shall overtorn ths same ; or who shall, by fir, iously and ire l°"e : r4ltviy driving, endanger thirrsonid sklittY ,: (f (); any passenger, &c. or w h o s h a ll co!ntnenct enter hog) any race Or contest in ppeed mil other carriage, &c. shell be' liable to be enn l o' 4 " ted for any any space of time hot exceeding months, anti not less t hen ,or ho shall cony mence any wee, shall be liable, on conviction)" he imprisoned for a term not exceeding anti not less than " Offenders , against this Act shall not be Pt" nished by both 'flue end imprisonment. Prosecution under this Act to be coma eored within days after the commission of tbs offence. " Jpstice of the Pore, &c. may, Ile / complaint made upon oath, issue his %VuraUt t o the apprehension of the offender. • • " Constables, &c. liable to a penalty for fusing or neglecting to execute such Warrant , , " The patty convicted of an y off.'nee cvidhin 1 Act, may appeal to the next general quarter ses'. sions. of the peace, provided he enters into a cognizance with two sufficient sureties, on c °11 „ I4 tint}, to be forthcoming, to abide the judin,, lec b 0 of the sessions, and to p a y suc h co sts as sill" awarded against him . . Such appellant, 0 0 "' ril l ,. ante of the conviction, sh a ll be forth w ith con mitted for the term menti one d i n the inovicti°li, . " The Proceedings sh a lt no t b e re tnovab' i 6 f its °e l i C c 7r r t i a . in F'ogersrmthListreAtfocetr.rbeed quashedto, n forbe :ena proceeding under t at form." LAW INTELLIGENCE.' COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Ju% ' • • DICON V. BUJ.. Mr. ATTORNEY-GSNERALmoved for a 0 - trif in this cause, which Was tried at the S itti ', l4 t.: after last Term, and a verdict found fnr t"' plaintiff on the following facts :---The defelobl;1; who was a.Merchant Captain, had a person of the na me of Leman, a ndl3 l -I ;ta n e changed his lodgin gs , b e sent a young girl, his servant, t o f e t c h away a fowling - Pi e ", which was loaded, with a message-by her for li r man to take out the priming. before he ga ve d o her. According to. these directions'Unlan take out the prinking, and then gave tile to go, the girl.. She went i n t o th e ki tc h en , and in P 1 ' ) . 1 : 1 . presented the gun t o w a rd s t h e c hild ren there, . 1 ` snapped the lock. • The gun unfortunately- 'v e x .% Off, and badly wounded a child of the Mindt! in the face and neck. The ATTOR STEY-GENItR . AL now moved fora nett' trial, on the ground that th e d e f en d ant h a d guilty of no negligence, but bad used reasfflow t ,i precaution in orderin g th e printing to be take nt) l,l The Court, however, thought that he 65i)„9 ",i: have ordered the gu n to have been unloaded , U " ,, retuseti the Pule for a new Trial. a o f Thirteen persons, seven of whome were tati t)- 01 were yesterday %taken 'before the Magistronic, Bo _street, for disorderly,conduct in a P ub it , house on Snoday morning. The public-1 0 'r a ; which they were apprehended has bac" known tinder the name of 1 ' it Butler' s ' is the'' Finish :" the whole trade of the hoo, e le y carried on after t we l ve o ' c l oc k a t n ight• were all discharged after an adnonition. THS. Yesterday, in New B BIR (11-cutirt, the' Lady 0. .130 )`e Cumbe, Esq. of a son. o tAiri On the 9th inst. i n M on t agu - square , th e Lady of Paterson of a son. At Vantadgh-tieli, Blackheath, the Lady of Capt i.s3l'3# ham, btu; al Artillery, of a sou. mArtniEu. On the 11th inst. at St. (icor k 1 P h ` a ftj L , 0 of the Stock Exchange to Letit a, third daughter i ll I ' 4‘ 1, kalmandson, Esq. ot St. George's inNotti the East.Yilrj On the 12th inst. at Everton, ni ;hanvhirei ep Barnard Heaton. Esq. of tiainsbornugh, Solicitor, to only daughter of Thottim Pastuore, Esq. of the fottner i ts ... DIED. Oa Sunday last, iii th e ey Hatch, lMrs. Ma iat i a in -1 I'v so n it : n N ia u t v i Y en ;e b a e r r i t ou e n Ci tr u y ! S I e n !, ;ee c . " (.; a 1 :1 At the esitimvy, on the int!) of Jan. Lieut.-0 11 on e in Colrbtouke, U. "film I Otti Itt, g i rtie nt Native infan ivYl DeputyJiolp A:d vocat e. LONDON: Prorted by J, LL'CARSTAIRS, No. 7,Pti o l, initidirms; anti 1,10 , 1i41te,1 iw W. A. sCRIPPSi „P ri ', 1 ,14.1 . at tire St.',x-Oirlca, N,,. iut,t, Strand tetkorri , :iku rc iet *Mal, ()Mtn!, Letters must Bt24lllrel