The National Register.
London, England, 1822-05-05 00:00:00

TM: NATTONA RE STEP

Bf.4CTION OF SCOTCH PEERS.
Tau.
The Earl of ItOSEISEItr; ranob she order of the ,to
all the :Motion of the I;oue .to_jbe election of Scotch rs.
Hg wetheted tut bin which Be bTo*ht il last Milllllitele‘t.
rnent, to rigulate thbelectlllons of Scotch Peers. Su • uent tb
presenting that bill, a communication was made to him, Iging
Vic bill might be suspended until the opinion of the Peenr
respectively could be taken. That opinion had been taken, and
it induced him to bring it again before the house. Only two
Peels di,sented from the bill. It was a matter of no surprise
that the measure should almost meet the unanimous wish of the
Scotch Peerage, because the practices at the election of Scotch
Peers were of a nature to require the interference of the legisla-
ture. Since the Union, many had voted at the election who had
no right to vote. 'lle question, as it related to a regular mode
of conducting the election, was of great importance to the peerage
of Scotland. Ilaving no hereditary right to sit in p..rhament,
they were only allowed to sit by election, and it was a peculiar
hardship to have their right to attend ie house after election
delayed by the irregular practice of suffering persons to vote who
had no right to vote. At the election in two thirteen Peers only
out of sixteen were returned to take their beats. The return of
three was disputed, in consequence of improper votes, and during
three years they were deprived of their nght to sit in the house.
They were then allowed to have a good claim. This was but
one of the many hardships it was his object to prevent in future.
The noble earl concluded by moving two resolutions :-Ist, That
no pesson relating to any Peer or Peeress of Scotland, except the
son of such Peer, shall have liberty to vote at the election of the
sixteen Peers of Scotland until he has proved his right to vote
before a Committee of the House of Lords.—Secondly, It is
resolved, that every person who holds the benefit and right to
vote shall be subject and liable to legal objections, as if We first
resolution had not passed.
The resolutions were agreed to rune. dis.
The noble earl then moved that the resolutions be referred to a
committee of privileges, observing, that if the cominittax should
accede to the resolutions, a bill would be introduced.
The resolutions were accordingly referred to the committee of
privileges to sit on Thurstay next.
The: house adjourned to Monday.

DOUSE Or COMMON 4.
AAORIDAY, APRIL 29.
This being the last day fur receiving of reports un private
bills, much time was occupied in their presentation and con-
sidera t tttt .

Sir .1. GRAHAM presented s petition, praying to be
heard by Ciniusel against the Somers Tuwu New Church
Bill.
Mr. BYNG presented the report of the Somers Town
(toad hill—and leave wits afterwards olituiued to make the
thud report on or before May 7.
AGRICULTURAL I.II:.TRESS.—.iIr. GOOCH presented a
petitiou limn Foxley, Sutlulk, comphining of agricultural
distreie. lie was for a ethic' ism of ta luta )))) ;—(hear,)-..-hut
he did nut desire that reduction should take place till re.
trenciiment had previously been accomplished.—(Hear,
was of opinion that part of the distress had re-
sulted from superabundant produce now eillicting the w lode
would.—(Hear!)—Tae lion. member them adverted to the
labours of the agricultural committee. The last report, he
admitted, afforded no chauce of relief; however, he was of
opinion that a graduated scale olimport duties would be more
serviceable than the present prohibitory price, as he
might term It. The Corn Bill was injuihrus. The gradu-
ated duties were nut what lie would wish; but except
something were done, agriculture must be *holly ruined,
and if agriculture were ruined, how could the country hold
up its head on:Q.4;W nations I The petition also required
reform, but he thought nothiug of it, became it wow(' nut
put an extra sixpent e into the fat Mere pockets.—(Hear.)
Mr. HUMIi expressed his astonishment at this hon. mein.
tier's luct. Where was the use of petitioning; where
was the advantage of expressing leadiness to reduce tax-
mewl, when lie was rthseut from divisions on mullein to !e-
-duce the establishments? The him. member thought of no-
thing—aimed at nothing but " high prices." (Hear, hear!)
'They could nut be obtained. If relief were desired, it
would only be obtained by reducing the expeaditure of the
comm.). Measures to obtain that relief had been pioposed;
but the bun. member was out found on those divisions. lie
might say what he pleated, mid the Noble Marquis might
propose what be liked ; but lie felt satisfied, that there was
Ho chance of ()Wanting ielief except by a reduction of the
taxes, which would be warranted, if that House would
saaction a reduction of the establishments. Opportunities
would soon be afforded for such purpose, and he then hoped
that the bon. member would he bound to support the propo-
sitions for tetreachment. Petition ordered to lie on the
table.

Mr. GORDON presented petitions from Aberdeen, &c.
praying fur the free exportation of spirits, &c.—Ordered
to lie un the table.

Mr. S. woRTLLy presented petitions from the West
Riding of Yorkshire mid Halifax, against the bill tor
4110% log the importation of foreign woollen goods for the
purpose of exportatiun.—Ordered 111 be printed.
YORIII-.141KE POLLS' BILL.—Mr. S. WORTLEY pre.
vented petitions from lfeeholdt-rs of Yorkshire (chidly from
She oei,;libourhouil of Wakefield) in favour of the Yorkshire
pulp —a measure which mid nut his approbation. Ile
should hereafter slate his objections to the bill. 'f he second
trading of the bill was postponed till Friday nest.
Laid NORMAN B Y presented a petit aunt Whitby,
in favour of the bill—a peiniou that lie considered to speak
the sense of the county.
Sir W. CURTIS pi mettle(' a petition ,rom ship-owners
of the Port of London, against any relaxation of the navig.a.
twit taus. Ordered lobe printed.
Mr. Aldetunin WOOD preartited a petition from coal
a haitiagers, &c. against an additional toll being impost il
• fur the passing of barges under Looduia.blid4e. He wished
the petition to be releo-red to a committee above stairs.
Sir W. CURTIS said, this seemed to COlliC Iplute a new
bridge—no new one sans intended.
Kr. AWcriuira WOOD observed, that the petition said
maim% about a new Midge; hut one might be built, for the
bralAe.house estates produced 30,0u01. a year.
Mr. T. WILSON questiotied whether there was so much
properly; it ought to be seen that the bridge could be al;
herded beture it was cominenced.

Mr. M. A. 'PAY LOLL mid, in the struggles to prevent the
building of a new bridge. there appeared to be onmetitiug
very like a " ajob."—Lives and ruin were as molting com-
pared with the money that might be expended., lie was
burr, and be had visitinined at a Ills engineer., that nothing
but a new bridge could rule thy old tsue.—( Hear, hear.)—
lie alto spoke ot• Continuo,the monopoly to the fish.
market of liillingvgate as :mother proof of attention to their
ow., totes eats, and not of tile etarauulty.
leferred to the cumitiouily.
Non ut. AGIt143:1:11111A L PETITION.—Mr. COKE said
lot sewed another petittwt trum the It,mdreds of Norfolk;
all of them had now pttitioned lot 441 it ohms' re-
its,ar awl taugua, Ile czytuttd au stilt( flow till noble

Lord, who managed that and the country sinijets
handed. The people now called for reforus—they VI Cie de.
strous of procuring ices a remedy for the evils now over.
whelmaig tier century ; but he was afraid it would nut be ob-
tained through shut house, though it would come. The
was his upinitia, and he therefore expressed it.--(ller,)
"flint.he should feel warmly on ut s subject could not be Oh,
tonishing,,as he had devoted the whole of his lite to the
noble science of ugricultuie; Maid he now sew agriculture to
0 state of I LOO.

Mr. 1% ODCHOUSE said, that the report oa agriculture
was 11110til I.lll64l.l4aCtilry. (Heart) lie admitted that there
was little hope of relief. except theta was a diminution of
the burdens un the people. (Hear, hear.) Some refusals
had been given to demands made to magistrates to call
meetings. The magistrates could clot forget what had taken
plate it. Oilier counties ; nor could they but recuileet chat
was occurriug in Norfolk. Two wen had been executed.
and upwards of 100 were now in prison for transactions in
Norfo:k—the men who were executed avowed their object
to be to frighten the farmers to raise their wages. Besides
this, Lord King had uttered unqualified praise of Mr. Con-
belt, and the speech so praising Mr. C, had beet. circulate
hand bills through Norfolk. Mr. C. was no respecter of
property, and he had been a good deal in Norfolk, because
there was much ditties* in that county. Wan it thee
derfal Chet niagis.rittes welt hot forward to call ;white
meetings?
Mr. IJLNLSON must flatly contradict the loin. member
in what he reported of Lord King—lns Lordsinp had wit
pronounced an unqualified paiiegpic on Mr. Cohneit.—
fits Lordship spoke of Mr. C.'s peeve's iu waking clew till.
tirult questions, and in being right in the it saarinnain on the
distresses of the country, He (Mr. D.) agreed that 11r.
Cobbett was right on one ; —that toe noble Lied would
nut be able to eo.lect the via—let Lies.
Mr. G. BENNET spoke iu the lake taliect ; also bore Ces•
testimony to the ability of Mr. Couhrtt : unit Said, that he
load ll:treed to the Li/Weenie of Lied King %Ito thdpu.t.
Mr. WODIMOUSE ohs.. t vet, t hat thei c was sonic cause
for alarm when such a m:111 as Mr. Ctiblrett wits held up to
praise, and its the farmers' triend. u lien lust year that 11 r nor
denounced the farmers us mean brutes.

Petition rend, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. COKE presented outfitter p • from a Hollered
in Norfolk, which had beeu unestiiinumly tweed to. The
petitioners said, if the present measures acre pursued, they
expected there would he unanimous demand, tor the dor.
mission of ministers, fur the dissolution of Parliament, and
the 'acorn rut that House. Re hoped this petition would be
at• eroded to by the noble Lord,—Petition read, and ordered
to he priotrd,
Petitions complaining of agricultural distress were also
presented from Sussex, Berl. hire, Holderness, and North-
mulct laud. Read mid ordered to be printed.
AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY (the house having
gone into a c '(tee on the Agricultural Report) brought
forward, at an advanced hour on the evening, his promised
motion on this subject. His lordship observed, that his
opinions on this subject remained what he had in the catty
part of the session expressed them to be; and although
near ten weeks had elapsed /Ante he first brought the
question under consideration, no tune had been lost in
devoting to it all possible attention. The original plan,
that of advancing money to parishes on the security of the
rates, had not met with the support which lie had Wier-
paled. It was thought that to set apart one million to be
advanced on the security of core of British growth, would
afford more substantial relief to the forming interests
the motley was to be advanced on the corn being ware-
housed. That plan lie had now to propose for the adop-
tion of the house. His lordship then went into a variety
of other details connected with the distresses of the coun-
try, as well as relating to it: finances and revenues. 'llin
Oliver 1111 l tint had contracted with the Bank for a loan of
4,600,(e)01. at the low rate of 3 per cent. interest. Of
drat stun, 2,600,0001. went to pay oil the Five per Cent.
Disstutients; 1,000,0001. would be appropriated to re-
deye the farmers, by advert:lug money ou their corn ; and
the remaining 1,000,0001. would be placed in the hands of
commissioners, to be astrauced for the promotion of such
public winks as they might deem to merit loans to advance
them. When streakier; of the Five per Cent. transfers.
his lordship strongly eulogized that proceeding, and said
it was a most gigantic transaction ; that nothing like it
had taken place in the world; that the. Chancellor of the
Exchequer had been enabled to adopt measures for
" paying off" 150,000,0001. of the public debt. By the
" conversion" of the five into four per cents. the country
had been saved an surest expence of 1,300,0001. Illit it
was not the saving alone that was valuable--it was the
great precedent that had been thereby established, by
means of which facilities were afforded for hereafter
making other reductions in the amount oldie debt, and in
the burden of its interest. His lordship added, that such
great ineasine bad been accomplished without affecting
public credit, and they could now contemplate a real
surplus of 0,000,0001.; and the revenue had gone on
prospering—it had nicreased 001001. a week for the three
weeks after the closing of the last quartet's accounts.—
Has lordship next stated, that by the 10411 front the Bank
and which was to be used in the way already described,
the currency of the country v. wild be relieved to are ex-
teut el:4,600,0001. There would be that amount of relief
to the existing pressure. To enable it to be of still mere
perman. tit use to the country, the Guyer 1111 l ent were ire-
gociating with the Bank, regarding country banks and
country bank notes. It was intended to permit English
country banks to have more than six partners—to be con-
ducted, in fact, on the Scotch system. There was to be
an extension of the time relating to country notes—front
152 i to 1633, the period when the Bank's existing charter
terminated. But the change in the constitution of cooliti y
banks was only to affect those that were inure 111411
miles front London. The Bank charter, it was proposed,
should have a limited extension of ten years. (Hear,
hear.) But the Chancellor of the Exchequer would, mu
an catty dry, submit to the house resulistieue on this silo-
ject. His lordship having observed that a reductiou
of
the country's expenditure, to the amount of 2,00,0au1.
had been effected, said, that it was in coutemplat 1111 l to
separate what was called the dead weight on the army,
navy, and ordnance esiimatcs. Ile meant the pensions,
disc. which amounted annually to 5,000,0001. They formed
no part of the cut tent services; they made the estimates
appear to be upwards of 11,000,0001. annually, when dm
actual expence was not more than between twelve and
thirteen millions. Such charges on the country, which
were in the nature of a debt, would henceforth be severed
from the annual estimates. 'This might now be done, 19r
►t was bat kW); that nit: *tumid again be utvolved to such