The National Register.
London, England, 1822-05-13 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

Sir K. WILSON mimed, hiausalf tatinued with the
amendments. The bill, Its Rowdier!. ordered to be printed.
Mr. P. GB EN FELL. in the ithaence of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, vk idled to know whether there would be
coy nhjection to produce the correlonolence between the
Bank and the Government remedial the renew:Al of the
Bank Charter?

Mr. 1.1.18111 NGTON wished flint the que,tian should be
post; d till the Chancellor of the Est Arguer nap present.
NA•AI. AND MILITARY PRN,IONII.--:111% IIUME said,
he hail in vain looked into the accounts to totes lain how
the five mill' dead weight charge for pensitans was •ade
up; he therefore moved for returns of pensions, Ibilf-pay.&c.
cons) it idiot the five millions charge, for which the Chancellor
of the Bseliegaer's 'dim purported to providr.—Ordered.
Mr. LUSH I NCITOIVI introduced the spoiled Stamps' Bill.
--Itead n first time.

M►. HUME asktd when the returns respecting public de-
faulters mint hr expected ?
Mr. LUsHINOTON said. many of the accounts had been
drnwn from different and distant depArtiaients ; but many of
them were ready.
Mr. MARTIN obtained leave to bring in a bill to prevent
the ill-treatment of mute.

Mr. HUME asked when the Superannuation Bill was
likely to he discussed /
Mr. LUSH INGTON replied, that it bad stood on the
orders nine or ten dillareot days, and that other matters had
prevented it from being brought forward.
Mr. U. RENNET remarked that when public money was
required there was generally found tine to mention it to the
House.aud liedid out tee why this bill might nut be discussed
in the rominittee of sapply.
Mr. WELLS presented a petition from occupiers in Kent,
complaining of agricultural distress.
Mr. P. GRENFELL moved for returns of the different re-
new als or extensions of the Bank Charier since 141.2. fir
said he moor d for this account to •hew that there had been
but one histamine., that of 1810, when It was proposed to
renew the charter eleven years before its expiration. Ile
considered the Bank " monopoly"—the noble Nlorquis had
called it a monopoly—to be most mischievous; and he should
take every opportunity to resist its renewal. Ile should like
to know why the untioopoly was to be enjoyed for the limit
within a/ miles of London. if the monopoly were preju-
dicial at the distance of 85 miles, was it not equally injurious
nearer the metropolis. He cuocluded with moviug fur the
return.

Mr. LUSHINGTON had no objection to the 'notion,
which merely regarded a matter of tact.
Account ordered.

Mr. HUSIE moved for retnrns of consular fees, the
authority by which they were ordered, /se. ; fora return
of the consuls' duration of residence, absence, rc. He
adverted to the conduct of Mr. Chamberlain, our consul
at the Brazils. Out of 75 English merchants resident
there, 72 had complained against his conduct. His re-
ceipts for tone putt, within seven years, were 35,0001.
exclusive of his receipts out of the civil list. Mr. Cham-
berlain cost this country between 4 and 5,0001. a year.
Were not these extravagant expences? He was sure that
the subject merited inquiry, and called for revision. The
charges ought to he greatly reduced—at least a half, if
not two-thirds. The interests of British shipping required
such reductions.

Sir R. WILSON said, that the Brasil. was a cheap
place to live in.
Lord LONDONDERRY replied, that Mr. Chamberlain
had stakd the ipsartern loaf to be 3.. 104 d.—poultry and
wine very high.
Mr. HUME .aid, the noble lord had only read part of
Mr. C's correspondence; his lorthilip should have gone
further, and then the house might have had a different
view of the mutter.—Motion agreed to.
Lott! A. HAMILTON presented a petition from owners
and occupiers of land in Lanarkshire, complaining of
agricultural distress.

Mr. MAXWELL said, there was no hope of relief, ex-
cept from a reduction of taxes.—Petition ordered to he
preuted.