The Sun. — London, England, 1820-02-23 00:00:00

PARLI A M ENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, FEB. 22. The House met about half past three o'clock. - The Oaths were administered to the Marquesl of Tweedale and Lord Dacre. Mr. 1:-yrrell prettented• the Annual Aecount of the East 'lndia Dock Company.—Ordered to lie upon the table. TheLocaljurisdiction Bill, the Expiring Laws . Con!inuation Bill, the Mutiny Bill, the Writs Bill, and somelocal 'Bills, were brought up from the Home of Commons liy Mr. Lushitigfon, Lord •John - Rosselt, Mr. Wynn, and ()Hitt Members, anti - read a first•time.—Adjourned till to-morrow (this day.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. W RI DI lA,. Lord J. Itusswit. I 'loved the order of the (ky Howie going into a Coinniitt,'e on the bill tot stavin;! the issninv, , iti.writ , for IMeinhets to serve in PAP:lament for ibe lioroo t :lis of Gram ound, l'enryn, Caineitortl, awl 13 irlistaple. The billlvent titioligh the Committee. On the mourn d rat t h e rep or t b e now received, Sir C 1-IkiviuNs (Nlenther for Peittyn) expiess 'ed hi ~ disappTobation of the measure, and urged 'the proptiet-v of Postponing the fities•ion relative -to the accused Boroughs until the Election of the nrw Parliam-n!. It the Bill were no . v passed, it •vt'otil(l,..,:ti effect, be deciding a (pievioii Of the tirtrio ,, importance to those Boroughs. Jr would 1 11 linle ;hort of the harsh measure of disfron- . •clitsing•tbenr---a measure that ought not to he les,rted to without the most s.eriutis considera- L,orrl F, Ilussrwt, said, the passing of the Bill -word& not by any weans decide the question. The •-ohjecr •was to carry the business forward to the :next' Par Content as nearly as posible in the sitna ition•in-witich it ;at present stood. ;The • report was then tcceived and agreed to, -.34rif-the Bill soon after read a third titne, and riS9Cd. .I%Tr. presented a petition front the D e bte. ts confined in the G-iol of Stafford, praying that tilt Insolvent Debtors' ACt might not be sut lelvd to expire —Laid on the table. 13,7,1 ) 01tT OF TEIF. commITTEE OF SUPPLY The CHANcewnt Of the EXCUEQUER moved -tite 'Order of the ll,iy for bringing up die Report - of the Committee of Supply of the preceding evening. The - first Resolution, gr:Ant in g the sue► of 2,000,0001, fur paying off Irish Treasur v Bills, chargeable r>u the aids of the year 1820, out standhig and unprovided for, was agreed to with- IA observation. THE QUEEN On reading the Resolution. " that a sum not .exceeding 200,0001 be granted to his Mdjesty, lot the discharge of pensions, annuities, and other riyments, which would have been chargeahe 011 the Cons()lidatvd Fund and Civil List, if the de niise 6I - his late Majesty had not taken place," Mr.TIEENEY rose and said, he wanted to know 1-to:v ii was possible, and from what fund, pro .ision could be made for the Queen under this p nrular vote. The CHANCELLOR or the EXCHEQUER —lf the demi s e of his late Majesty had nut taken place, an anni.ity, tinder the act of Parliament, would hove been payable. as to the Princess of \Vales and the Iterilution now before the Rouse will un doubtedly empower the Treasury still to continue that payment to the individual. Mr. TIERNEY-1n the first place, I totally deny the power to grant this annuity ; because the grant depended on the life of the King, It stood on a particular footing ; it had reference to the continuance of the King's li•e, and was not at tached to the particulat person whose rank would be affected by that event.. Besides, who is to re we this annuity ; There is now no such person as the Pliticess of Wales. If they intended to grant to her Majesty that which had previously been conferred on the Princess of IVales, trords to that ctfect ought to be introduced ; sod if the Right Hon. Gentieman advanced one peony, un der the authority of that lt , solntion, for the ser vice adverted to, he woobl he guilty of a great offence against the !loose of Commons. The CH ANCELLnIt of the ExcumauEtt.--Thi, payment, or . any other that has been heretofore officially made, may be continued tinder the au thority of Parliament. An al!eration of station cannot divest the individual of a local and per sonal interest in the grant ; and therefore the annuity will he payable to the individual, under the authority of the House, although her political situation may be changed. Mr. TIIIHNEY.—The grant was no conferred On the individual, but was vo:ed to maintain her rank -as Princess of \Voles. She has ceased to be Prin cess of \Vales ; :here is no such person. How, theu, I ask, con this Resolution grant an annuity to an individual not originally-in the contempla tion of Parliament ? I know the Right Hon.. Gentleman must not mention the word Queen.— (A am trite aware of th,;t, I should he vety glad to hear the flight Hon. Gentleman use the word, and I should be still better pleased if I could get him to record it on, the Journals.— ( hear! and laughter.)—lf he pr oceed short of That, I contend that the Right Hon. Gentleman will take on himself a degree of responsibility AC hick no other Minister but himself would have done ; because, he reheated, this annuity was so payable, not on account of the individual, but to keep np the rank, dignity, and station of the Princess of Wales. There is now no Princess of \Vales. The annuity did not, therefore, stand on the same footing, and the proceeding of the Right Hon. Gentleman did not rest on any re cognised principle. The CHANcEt..I.9a of the ExcnenuEß—That which was formerly granted to the Princess of Wales will now be payable to the Queen, and to no other person.—(Hear, hear !) Air. Tll - tilt NEY . --111Cre is 110 such person now as the Vrineess:of Wales. There is no individual in that situalion ; and Ihey could not transfer to the Queen what had been granted to her, without ,p,cifirally stating the fact. The Right Hon. Uelitletnan scents to think, that because annuities granted to particular persons, whote situations had not been changed, may,still be continued un der this itesoktio•n, that therefore Parliament may go on paying an annuity, granted to an in dividual when in one nitric, to the same ;individual when her situation was entirely changed. The CHANCELLOR of the ExcnrQuan—Her po litical character is changed, but that does not prevent her from receiviog what she enjoyed in one political capacity, after she hat entered into another. Mr. flume—What reason is there, I wish to know, for not stating specifically, that the- sn 7 nuity formerly granted to the Princess Of \Vales shall in future be paid to her Majesty the Queen —(Hear, hear !)—By such a statement the ob jection of the Right Hon. Gentleman will at once be obvited. • • Mr. LusnitiGTON.—lt would be impossilde to insert those words, without introducing the name of every other person connected with the grant. The vote ;testes, that 200,0001. shall be granted to Alaipsty for the dischArge of .pensions, an nuities, and ocher payments, that vvould he charge able On the Civil List and Consolidated Fund, hut for the demise of his late Majesty. if therefore one Elaine were introduced, all the rest intT also be im b e i ted. This stun was granted to his Ma jesty in the same way as all the whets were; and it is competent for him to order, Lhat payment of that annuity should be made to the Queen which was formerly granted to her by Act of l'arliament, Mr. Ti NEY .—There is nu person capable of receiving the annuity, under the terms of the grant Ns it now stands.- It it be intemied for the Queen, let it he specifically mentioned. Sir RoßP.tttr WiLSON.-1 wish to know whether the n►oney will be issued dhecdy to the Quee►►, or whether it will be subject to the control of Go- Vcrittnent. 'I he CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER —"rite grant, when made, will he issued tooter a regular warrant, it) the same manner as any-other nay 'meat coming under this Resolution. There would be no other legal obligation. The Resolution was then agreed to, the House resumad, and the report was received. EXCHEQUER BILLS. The CHANCELLOR .4 the EXCHEQUER moved ' for an account of all Exchequer Bills charged on the Aids and Supplies of the year 1819, now out standing and improvided for. The motion was agreed to, and Mr. LUSHINO. Tot , : inotrediately brought op the account, which was referred to the Committee of Supply. MUTINY ACT. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex cneaues, the Alutiny Act cniitintliug Bill went through a Committee. The Report was received, and the Bill was soon afterwards read a third time and pasced, some unimportant clauses having been ridded to it as riders. On the motion of Mr. ABERCROMBY,the Local Jurisdiction Bill was read a third tittle and passed. COLONIES. Mr. Hume complained that an order which he had obtained for a series of Colonial Accounts,. nine months ago, had not beet' complied He moved for all Address to his Majesty, praying for a series of documents connected with the'Aii of the Accounts of the Mauritius, Ceylon, Malta, Cape of Good Hope, and other places.— The motion was agreed to. EXPIRING LAWS' BILL. On the motion of the CHANChLLOR of the Ex core/OFR, the House resolved itself into a Com -mittee on the Expiring Laws Bill. Lord ALTHOUPF. meant to move that an instrnc tiro) sho,ld he given to the Committee, to provide that the proviiions of the present Bill should not extend to the Insolvent Deb ors Bill. He then repeated the arguments which he had formerly used against the Act nom lit force, and contenthal deo it ought not to continue in force one day longe r than the time at which it had been intended that• it should expire. After strongly opposing its re newal, he concluded by movine, that an instruc tion Should be given to the Committee, That Ott y bad power to providt, that the eifaciments of the Bill shoeld not extend to the ptesent Insolvent DAtois Act. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER concur. ring with the Noble Lord in his' general view of this subject, and thinking the existing law defec tive in itself, and still more defective in ifs execu tion, wished this (as he wished every other sub ject) to be left so, that it might come before the new Par&stient as nearly as possible in the same state that it stood in at present, or that it 'would have stood in if no demise of the Crown had taken place; but considering that the existing law had been in fotee for some years, and that the public were now accustomed to its operation, he thought it would be injurious to stiffer it to expire before a new measure could be brought forward in its place. Defective as the law now was, he was not sure that it was not preferable to what it was be fore this Act passed. He objected to the motion of the Noble Lard, but hoped that he would take up the subject in the ensuing Session, and frame a measure more applicable to the situation of the country than that which was now in force. Si r H. WILSON, though sorry to differ from the Noble Lord, agreed with- the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that it would be desirable to continue the present Act in force till a new one could be trained that s h ould do justice to all patties., 'five question was then put, and the motion of the Noble Lord was negatived. ANNUAL INDEMNITY BILL Mr. DastunN wished_ to know whether any steps were to he taken to prevent inconvenience from the expiration of the Annual indemnity 1.3111. The Honourable Member said, he feared that Magistrates and others would be put to inconve nience in consequence of this Bill not being fe aewed. indeed, there %vas a case now pending, to lie held at the Assizes; and judgment might he had during the fust days of next Term, before the Magisirate, against whom the action was, co u ld justify. After a few obsetvalions from Lord CASTLE. REAGFI, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and Mr. DENMAN, Vord CASTLPRRAGH said, if Gentlemen's minds sere n ot satisfied, be bid no objection to lore a 13:11 introduced to remedy the evil, as be We ►eceived this morning the Paris Papers of Sunday last. - .The story of the dismission, or re signation of the Count DECAZES appears to be totally unfounded, though The Journal des Debuts says, " it is certain that the Count DscAzEs ten dered yezterday his resignation." The Gazette de Fiance has another Postscript, dated Saturday night 11 o'clock, which in the following terms contra dicts the Postscript of Friday night in the Paper of Saturday. The Gazette de France, and the Journal des Debats, are both bitterly hostile to DEcAzes " We are not yet entirely delivered from the Count Decazes. Ile is still President of the Council. The Ministers assembled at the Thuil leries at ten o'clock this evening. Xile are igno - rant of the object of this Council. We shall not repeat all the contradictory reports v‘hicit have this day circulated in Paris. It is even said that M. I)ecazes is at this moment treating with the Anti- Monarchical Party in the two Charnber.s. Of' all the accusations made against this Minister, that would undoubtedly be the roost serious. The report is nevertheless confirmed of an approaching change of Ministry iit ag a in points out as before for the composition of it, MM. de Lewiston, de Viliee, de Cotbiere, de Bruges, &c. The Doke de Riche lieu. bas hitherto 'closed to accept the Presi dency." The above Article (the other Journals having not the least notice as to any chani.-te of Alinistm) we consider merely as a II:ode adopted by' the Gazelle de France, of gradually getting rid of the report which it had circulated without founda tion.—The following are further Extracts : " CHAMBER OF DEPU'T'IES.-SATURDAY, Fp:3.19. " A grand deputation was appointed to pay the last pious duties to the mortal remains of the Duke de Berri, after which the Chamber ad- juurned. " PARIS, FEB. 20.—The King yesterday paid a visit to the Duchess de Beni, at St. Cloud. health of her Royal Highness daily improves. " The remains of the Duke de Berri will he conveyed to St..Dcnis Oil 'iue>•day morning, to remain in the Chapel until the King appoints the funera► ceremony. " It is said that a Priest having attended Luut•el with the consolations of Religion, and for the pur p.,se of arousing repentance in his ferocious soul, the wretch assailed him ►sits invectives. " The Chamber of Accusation' of the Cour Royale of Paris has referred for trial to the Court of Assizes the responsible Editor of Lettres Aar includes for a scandal on public morals, by the in sertion of an article respecting the funeral cere mony of the 21st of January. " The Ex-Conventionalist, Cambon, is dead at a village near Brussels. " The Chevaliers of Saint Louis, ore to follow the remains of the Duke de Berri to St. Denis on TaiesdAy " It is said that the frilit-wotwitt, the mistress of Lon%et, who was arrested on Friday, has made important disclosures. " It is thought that the instruction of the Pro cer►lings against Lo►►vel will not be finished it► less than two mond s. " Friday a titan, in a rose•colourcd dress, tv:rs airested at rile whu w3s it ading th,g with a crape on instesd of a collar. The man called his clog Hic Jacet. FIVE PER CENTS. Smnrhy 7l f. 30 c. DEFERRED STOCK Of the 22(1 March, 1817, . 95 f. 10 r. 2itl Sept. 1819, 85 f. 15 c. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. Tht cc Mouths . 44 f. 90 c." There was a great falling off yesterday in Ike' heroic zeal and Moral energy of Mr. Ticass on the subji•ct of the QvpN. He seemed mere solicitous to have her named as QtritEN - . by lets than to promote that Inquiry into her con" duct, which he declared to be requisite for the honour of the Country, as well as in justice to his MAJasTy. As to the omission of her name in the Liturgy, which appears. to be a first-rategriev* ance iu the opinion of the Opposition, we beg leave to ask that Opposition, and particularly Mr. 'FI6Q\EY, as its Leader, whether, as IA thinks inquiry essential to establish the imputed guilt, or to vindicate her innocence, it is proper for a nation to put up its prayers in solemn con gregation, befui e the Almighty, for a person: against whose character such charges have been al leged, without a due investigation of her conduct , iu order to ascertain whether she is worthy of ' occuisying tile throne of this great Empire, and to be Queca over certainly the most moral people on earth ? A prevision for her rank is a subordinate , and, comparatively, an insignificant consideration , yet as the money must be drawn from the People , they have a right to know that it is bestowed on an object who deserves it. The inquiry can' not be kept back, it cannot be blinked, to use,ll o . eloquent phraseology of Parliament.' The sub ject is now one of common right, and ough t We .do to be b7 . otight - into open discussion. not wisb to hiViSil undue praise upon Ministers ou this ocea,ion, but they have shewn a -delicacy da t to his MAJESTY, hi remaining silent till matters were ripe for discussion, yet Opposition seemed resolved to make it the apple of discoid, aid t f possible, to divide the KING from those Conn' sellors who, during the whole of (belt Admioism" !jou, have adopted measures which have effected the deliverance of Europe front the most bitter thraldom, and secured the Country from domestic ruin. We confidently repeat, that to offer up the prayers of a moral and. religious people to the Throne of Heaven, in favour- of a person over whom clouds ate hanging, ‘vould be_to insult tlrt: Supreme Being, as well as to disgrace the Coon' try. We are far from presuming that the Qu6E 4 -ileserves the imputations cast i nput) h er ; 804 happy shall we be if her character Should pass the of deal of inquiry, and come forth.as pure as gold; but since the Opposition have dragged it forwarti with, in our opinion, such indecent precipitatinut it must inevi'lably entail i nqu i r y, an d t h e soo ner that inquiry lakes place the better. The eyes 11()T 014 of this Country, but of all the world, are turned to this subject, and to delay investigatin g ' would be cruelty towards Tae QLIEEN, as well 1 14 . a most censurable indifference to the feelings ° I his INIAiesTY, and the dignity of the Throne. The Chronicle most,andacionsly perseveres !h i* day in asserting - , that " the materials upon whict' the case for the opinion of the Law Officers w: ~5 founded, were received in England several will° ago, and yet that the opinion of the Lew Otlic rs upon it was not laid before his MAJESTY till aft er the late KING'S death." 'Phis assertion we bes i ' tate not to pronounce a silly, as well as an itnr o dent and improb,ble falsehood. Such conduc t on the part of Ministers, would make. the Nl° appear as a mere Puppet in their hands, and i 5 by no means consistent with the firmness ascribed to them in having tendered their tesignatio opposition to his wishes and feelings, another of the fables issued by the Chronicle. 15 it tidy that His MAJtSTV would have continued in his confidence the Ministers who had so 1 0 " concealed important information from in the highest degree interesting to his feeling s 'the thing is impossible, and ti ; e as s ertion be scouted with contempt and indignation, as wanton insult to the Public. The Chronicle COo' cludei with the following Queries addressed to M Editor of an Evening, Paper : " F.;rst—.lt what time an II:mot:11We -Chancery Barriitet returned Crum his mission to Italy ? Second, At what the case was submitted to the Crown Lawyers ? Ands t hirdr At what time their opinion oil Itie case was wade 41100' his his MAJESIV ? If these questions are distinctly and holiestl t answered, it will be seen whether Mr. TIKUNEY 1,3 d po ;; - iontlds for his assertion is Parliament, and we for our st3t- nicnt in this Paper." (4 5 And how is the Editor to answer them 1) - The Chronicle suppose that Ministers a r e to 6 1 ` )set with an Etiitor of a Newspaper, and reveal to what they are charged with having concealed f r°lll- their Royal Master ?• It is difficult to say whelber these (petits ate not characterized R 9 1111106 by Folly as by Faction. e have olten attempted to prevent our C olin : tiymen from engaging in the pct ilous servic e ut rij c ry yolked Colunies, tod ever! LICCOII9I was convinced that there world be ate objection trade to such a measure in any quarter. The Bill went through a . Cimimittee, the Re port was received ism! agreed to, am! the Bill W. 15 subbequently read a third time and passed. Lord A. ItimiuroN presented a Petition from the dry of the Borough of Stirling, prlyin4 to he :Allowed to elect their seven burghers themselves.—Ordered to lie ou the table. The Expiring Laws' Continuance Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Irish Election Polls Bill, rafter a short conversation, in which Lord Castlereagh, Sir 11. Parnell, and Mr Hutchin son participated, was read,, third tiate, and passed. Lord PALMERSTON presented accounts of the sums re ceived for and paid to Half-pay Commlssioners.—Qrdercd to iic on the table. • The utIANcELLon of the EXCH EQUER gave notice, that lie WOll id to morrow move that the House on its rising should adjutirn till Pridity.—Adjourned. THEATRICAL ItECiISTRIt. Per Armed Last Night: TOEA I'RE ROYAL, DILORY-LANE.--. CoriolaWlS : Cain, Marrius, Mr. Kean ; •Voluninia, Mrs. Glover. After which, Jack and the Bean Stalk. TNhIATRE ROYAL, CovENT-GauDEN.---The Antiquary: Lovel, Nir. Duruset ; Miss Isabella IVardour,Nliss St ephens. 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