The National Register.
London, England, 1819-12-26 00:00:00

AIX-1.44 IiAPELLE TREATIES.

Mr. HU 111 --- of (vanes
were to be paid by the French Government to the Allies
as restrunetaitun for losses, dm. recording to the Atit-la •
Chapelle Treaty of 1818, wished to know what had be-
come Of the one-Mirth, being upwards of one million
stair hag, which was to beavaiyable for onr public service
for the current year. Also what hod become of 6,100
francs in Rentea, to be paid ander the said Tieaties.
There were vs, ions 1111110111 s on the sob:sect—he wished
to know what had become• of the mites t but if an-
stye' s would inconvenience Government to sta.e• w but hail
bre..lllo of certain Vitoria Secutitiesokc. lie should nut
In • .1 a hie Au suoluala.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied,
that than roe!' recur • a Sluiid ill the names ar Slit Cala.
alloluitHir f,, alai therefore the A trumits would be Haeletus.
As to the luayteutual.4 by fist. French Gusrnmtrut, they had
been applied to I horn: titications in the Netter. lands ; and
but for inch payments we should beer had about a mil-
lion to rake to make good what • •by Treaty this • canutty
had undertaken w'4lo.

Mr. HUME tlimight, as the Rinnies had been paid, the
Noose oneht to knots what had become of iliesn,especiall)
of the tom Itt of the 167 millions of francs payable to
this 4:wittily.
LIBEL BILL.

Lord CASTLEREAGH moved, that the linitae
do go into a Cumulilire au the Warplit mous Libel l'i e-
velation Bib%

Ali. WAN AI. opposed the Dill. It an: ohnotioui
measure, ceoitaining est.jection.tble provision•, p tient:at)
that imposing hunishuient fur Pecand offence v. Li.lnslum•ut
Mid hero moisturise' !tithe common lon f. r inure than tOO
)e.aist and it hadvnly since been resorted to in cases of ver
high offences, and us an ex post facto pun shuient. The 34th
of Elio. had been alluded In in pr.viems eleh.itis, The 37th
of the King after retinas' 'eerie outrages, was passed. lint
only fur three )enit iturutiun ; and he nulled the 'Kmiec to
remember that fact. He feared the • were•at out to
plunge them isigmet ditheulties. There was a 4 ivil death as
aril as it real dyads ; and alien ti 1114111 u.. baw•leed fur life,•
when he way expatriated, would be continue to owe alle-
giance to the English Sus ridge) ? (Hear). Aiiel a hat would
be the fate of such a not'. children (Hear, hear.) The
punishment would he imposed at the option of the • Judge,
and its it was so severe, was there not fear of it remaining ti
dead letter on the statute hook ; but if 1101 •d, did the
limb,' call to mind a lent court circumstances mizitt Attend
she banisiimmt of a respectable mail, When the sedition..
libel of to day might Mily be a political *gulls to-morrow.
- trusted Ike Lew Odicer► would take, these einsiosstauccs
iltlo conbitleratinu.

Mr. DENNI AK objected to the mcdsore being gnaw
into at all. The of perdu acre wrong, and none of them
had been answered x mitred, so far Aunt rile necrt•aity of
the Bill being proved, he thought fart& sie.tmed a contrary
opinion. The dieereet conddrt °Maw °them. aa• uu r•ir
argument either nay--the epteition w.tc, wbeiltrr the ex-
isting lair was not milcient to, pusibh she Imola-mom. non
eons, !dined of. Ho believed it• am, sad the 'eyrie and
dettrill Ott stillerlCCll in recent iied.iiires 'mired :,s
lie lamented that whence so deeply the liberties
of the wry; add had to been loud, fluor )rase ago. (h.'
his Learned Friends (the Attorne).(itmetal aao Selicitor.
General) 'NU Give been wade the ittstiutnenta to br

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forwa.d such Bills, he should have felt disposed to in ill the
in in a Ito ventiord to imiuuati• a, nna•h. (Cheers.) Ile
ridiculed llte idea thot the ineamr.li were ClllCUlatt.d to
improve the bias, and depirraied the idea of
•judyiulc mcu
as likely to commit °Miters before they had a elite,. a Hind,
e,intended that the 11111, if it risscil, %mild be mist
in its tendency r and what ads to prevent Inc uupurtation
of libel,—twit a mild thea be ensicr thus 141 limit them.
Mete ails non cireWaithig for instance, a Noble Load's
BYthies) lines. printed by (Salienaul, la Paris, a inch ue
pruun•r in this country a °old punt.
Mr. lan Lord B many, hi!. J. Smith, WO several
(Sher bleinbris followed, after a hwh the quest nit aas
cart led without any dnuiun, although the gsllc y awl
cleared for SUCII pUrpnbc.
The !louse having resolved it-elf into a Committee on the
Bill, several verbal amendments acre uuade uil the
motion of the Amalie, -G,iieral, but 1111 :uurudm••ut
proposed by Sir dames AClntosh, in a most eloquent aisti
arsuasencit ive spe.•eh Was negatived.
The Rol is 'lli its amendmenis, a as ordered l n be cligrus.cd,
and be read a tiara lime 4111 FrAly.
The lIOUlle adjourned at half-past V o'clock.
vain% 5, ise. tl.

Tlae I)spoty Usher ut the Work 1104 summoned the
Rouse to attend lite Hume ad. ill 'War the royal
4.4sem tzi I 11, iiiiii 1..141,1 111 the Seditmont Nlvelmgs.
evention 13111, amid the hash Elcetiun Act Amendment
1101.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXEIIEQUER observed,
that u he should not bring fore srd any motion on the
subject of Finance till after the leeP3t, lie would move
OM the Co Stec of Supply a ays and Meows 40
1/051110111d till Wetbleaddy, Feb. IG.
Motion served to.
A new writ was ordered fur Dartmouth.
Lord L,V,TLEREACrII moved the Ilitid reading of the
Blasphemous Libel Prevention Bill.
Sir It. WILsO'S; opposed the measure, as eateitlated to
place in dlell•Old, of Ministeis most tmli ... lied power.
Motion weed to, Itill rem' a third time, and passed.
OF'TRADE AN!) comAiLacE.

Mr. iRVING, in presehting a Petition, observed, that
the dish esses 411 trade were great, anti that modifications
of the law of tiatle 'alight be tit sorted to with ad-
vantage. Solve amelioration of the East India trade
regulations would he oseful, especially after the 111,1411.
taget enjoyed by the Americans. He also thought that
moil& atoms of the Haut •neuls Sill. so far as "14"1-
ed payments in bullion, he considered as called for. llot
all these co ramistances showed the nct•sslly of smote
inquiry belt,: instituted. The inquiry, too, ought to be
extended to the Corn Laos-311 1114,Iiry lust would he
calculated to bring the aglicuiturist on a par with thr
ca-
pitalist. Such inquiry would also be usefully extended
to the Poor LIVIs. As to the payment of Cie National
Debt, a subject that had been berme allotted to as practi-
cable, lie tlionAht, if the Chancellor of the E'scliequei's
archives were examined, it would be lound that not a
year hid elapsed without some Iw:bestir b uu 1111.4 subject
haling been proposed. He hosted that the Pe 'llan
would receive the attention of \liniste•rs;.--it %I.IS from
Metchants of London, complaining of the condition of
trade and rotalllCl ce, and playing the House to institute
inquiry into the real causes of the •calamities which
afflicted trade.

Mr. RICARDO expressed his appt °Motion of the laws,
as they how stood, regarding the (lank. It was said that
his views, touckiste, the power •to pay GA' she National
Debt, weir nul new. He claimed no snide Instil; un the
conttary, similar views were .en tAined e lie was
bolo, Thal was mom ious. Si lien prices were high in
this country, and low 10 another, capital would seetorally
go :may -- it vteuhl depart titan lit; that was 44 clear as
any propo•hion in Euclid. lie had complained of the
Curet LAN s,:lllmongst other things; he knew such was not
a popular opiniuti; hat as an honest 111411, ti.rliog it, he
etiirresseil it. The National D. ht had been roost unwisely
contracted; he thought it .'unlit be, awl emild have neon
moult to pity dirk es pertrea as they went no. The
dllficuhy was; to relies e decimetres of sue-libel den. lls
bought they mitten to hike AO account anti mtpital in the
cuontry ; end U.cll all ;iii•i•s•ioii.l,l, to lie freqsiently paid,
'night be let ied fur smell purpose. He knew this teas a
*mantic project, but he we. persuaded it was it praclica-
Ide As to the Adolfo., to lesson'. payments in bid.
I. ,he deemed it most mit iscalele; it torrid break the
tall; and the adoption of rwo metals at stemlai ;Is instead
of our WOlll4 i nit increase their defliculties. •Hc had lo
add, that lie was so far (to fat (Air of the • Petitimi, that he
hoped the dcsii; d novelty could be institeted ; it might
du good, it could do her harm.
Mr. BROILAIHAM sold, as to the:Velhtion not coming
!refute, it %Vita berinise the petitioners had expected that
the autoject wetted be taken up ley the 11-use. He Med
ht.Plittahed whether lie should lei epos, ;moo ; lie ileooglit
there ought to lie 1 hid lit had nu 'mention
to pi opose its itestitnlioh,from his diet es beim c on stmt.
ter subjects, and bechte•c inquiry could slut he effective
without the co.operaliete of Get .1111110111. Heshie•, per.
eminent adcialions couldvott be accomplished without
strung and efficient GOVerallteld, one that would early
'hoer own changes and 'erasures non effect ; but ells:thee
the pie/welt Gave, mores could be deemed' •itcli a one, It
wits Oat her',s,aiV far him to state slow. Ile was wiry
that Mr. Ricardu% scaenie for paying off the Iteaitueal
Debt had agaiw been inciitioned; but, if it arse partially
practicable, tt e told mil) have toe effect of Um:nisei eSt
the propel le, real duel pr rsonal, into the hands of
tars duel others, for 11se or sit, or several years*
Lard CAS'fLEREADII said the Pellicle merited every
respect end (Mendota. He admitted that heed Of
commerce was desirable, but the safety of tuditieluale
property must also be attestileel 40. there leaf term
isimeiry uesited regal-Meg matinfeceseres roily, it noidel
not have bevel ohjecird Is.; bat he must art I ll' ay nwat
and hnJefineel itopitries, ors calculated to pioduce
nothing but doeut, alarm, end witeeiliiiiity. it' iuelmly
were desired or 'newest-el, he linstiAl it *meld be tit a de-
finite character, i—kHeter, hear.)-1 le, thM6eaar, hop' j
urethrae would be dune to the piddle yuletide...se
respecting Ike iiyeaisiii ei* adopted by Ynuusurut regarding
ibe mitrelicy of the comae y. Hear, lover.) 'Ti.. Patter-
men( had agtlittli and prollOrtllCOtt oa that 1114111 r).
Mr. I..LLICE also Joie
tt-mituoil) hi the reMpectiadtly
of tke petifirseera, and Ito Clematis' that was tberefure
due to tits Prink:is.
PetitiOn brought op anti read.

Mr. SCAULLt ..titrlnctl leave for such Itr•
purr, brought in a Bill to .eniedy enit4in leaCthav,,aieliers
local and eselturve jetliildict,uas.—KLAd a us,t
and ordered to be read a arrmid tl.lt• Fru. IS.

114: tiouae then Ailjut.ro,d

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