The National Register.
London, England, 1819-12-05 00:00:00

WAYS AND ?ARAN!

The CHANCELD tk of the EXCHEQUER moved the
Howie into a ononittee of Ways and Means.
Mr. KENNEDY I:egged to he informed by the Right Hon.
Gentleman. whether it was the intention at government to
modify the Act of last Sei.iott respecting.zne equalization of
Malt bialys in the Highlands of Scotland. The temptations
to illicit dis dlatiun were so numerous, that serious injury
'night he apprehended to the Revenue, if the measure was
continued.

Ihe CH NCELLOR of .heEXCHEQUERsaid,that several
representatiott, upon the subject had been made to him. The
course he pursued was, to lay those representations before
the Commissioners of liacise and as soon as their opinion was
made known, the House should be put in possession of the
determination with respect to the Bill.
The House iiten went into a Committee, in which the
usual annual duties were voted —Report on 1414..ii11ay•
00003 I/APOR rto INTO ',ISLAND.
Mr VE-F.Y f ZUERAI.I) called the attention of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer to a subject which, he said,
caused great anxiety, particularly in Ireland s namely, the
repeal of certain duties established by the Act of Union
upon goods of British produce imported into Ireland. The
situation of that country was such, that it was important to
ascertain whether those Jut es were to be cs-tit.buetl. Al-
ready the Right Hon. Gentleman had made him acquainted
with the views he at present entertained upon the subject. It
would be extremely desirable that the public should be made
acquainted w th -itch intention.
The CHANCELLOR iii the EXCHEQUER said, he was
aw.ire of the imp irtance of the subject which was now under
the serious consideration 01 the 'ere:story. He was convinced
that whatever alight be the result of the enquiry the conti•
miaiice of the duties tor some time would be unavoidable.
lie was not aware how lung it might lie found uecessary to
cunt;a.c •Iteitts

----- .--over nnten We . .inerstood the CHANCELLott ot t c.XCHEs
cIuER who spoke ins wry low tow, to soy that the clues.
bon should co lie before the House as quickly as possible.
Mr PARNELL wi.hed hi know whether the article of
Union by which those duties were imposed would not berio-
latcd by the con tinoance of them.

f he' CH A NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the
duties could certainly lw continued after the expiration of
the act. Parliament had then the power to teconsider the
whole.

lIEDITSOOI SILITINCS BILL
Lord CASTI.FR EAGH •in moving that the Seditious
Meeting,. 13i11 should be committed. sta.ed that he had no
alterations to propose in that stage of the bill. On the
recommittal he should state to the House the meditated
hanges
Mr I'IERNFY asked whether it was the Noble Lord's
inrrntion to make the measure a temporary one
I Ord CA ..TLER FAGH declined an.wering the question,
All a debate which could be of nu pos.ible advantage, might
esisue.

Mr f lERNEY said, the answer was the very tiling that
would prevent a &bate at that moment It was must anxi-
ously wished that the measure would not Le made perma-
nent If that was the determination, it was a proof of wrath
avinst the people.
Lord CASs LEREAGH disclaimed having any feeling
towards the people but that of doing them service.
Mr. lIERNEY hoped the Nohle Lord would propose
on Monday that the measure should be temporary, and not
. . . _

Me LAMB lON took the opportunity of alluding to ■
misrepresentation made in another place, with respect to the
meeting of the inhabitants of the county he represented
(Durham) That statement had given a most erroneous im-
pression with iespect to the assembly. He was convinced
that the Noble Lord, who spoke of .t in such exaggerated
terms, was informed that his authority was correct, but from
the many inquiries he (Mr.:Larribton )'had made, he was con-
vinced there.svas ground for the declaration that 700
,armed men from the forges.attended the Meeting. The re-
ply. twins inquiries was, that not one man came armed, and
a foreman to one of the manufactories from wh ch the
armed men were said to have issued asserted mo.t positiuely.
that it was impossible that arms could have been madt there,
for the metal of the proprietors was weighed out regularly.
and the workmen were in too great a state of poverty to
purchase iron themselves. He denied that theie was any
disaffection isting in Durham. The people were firmly
attached to Reform, but he by no means belie% ed them to be
indisposed to the Government of the country.
Sir M W RIULEY, said, he was requested by the Re-
hab tams of Newcastle to deny that they had tumultuously
assembled the greater numner of those who attended the
Meeting of the Inhabitants felt disappointed when .he _ore-
tors were observed. The Meeting nut only assembled, but
dispersed in the most peaceable manner..and the number did
not exceed 7000, The Hon. n.l unet then read a letter from
the Secretary of a Society iu Newcastle, defying a proof of
tumult or disaffection, and declaring that those suspected of
Sedition were only anxious for Reform.
Lord CAS I.Lr.REAGH, in answer to the observations of
Mr. Lambkin, said, that the evidence that 700 men had not
gone armed, where there were 40,000, could be of little ef-
fect.

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The House then went into a Committee, the report Was
rereived, and t he Bill %Ma ordered to be re-commi.ted on
Monday next.
Lord CAirLEREAGH then brought in the LIBEL
BILL, and moved that it should be read a first time.
Mr..llßoi4cHAm said. this Bill was part of a system
to abridge the liberty of the press. He must therefore enter
his most decided protest against it; but be ►hould not at this
moment enter upon the subject,
The Bill was then read a first, and ordered to be road a w-
coaLi time on Thursday, and printed.
Adjourned to Monday.

Within the last seven or eight days, the vicissitudes
of the weather have been remarkable. On VlTedneralav,
in the last week, at 8 o'clock in the morning, the thir-
inonictor hail sunk seven degrees below the freezing
point ; on Monday, at the same hour, it stood at fifty,
and by two o'clock that day, it hid risen to tilly-three;
and. on Tuesday at ten o'clock, it attained the mean
trio perature of the.wbule year ; or fifty-live.
..iittract of a letter front Ayrs, dated August
20 :--'• Gerwral San Martin has been called .over here
by the Government, in order in talie the command of
the army against any expedition that 11151 S wrive. lle
will reach this it, tom dais, with in the mean time we
are straining every nerve to have our preparations ready,
ane place the country iu a situation manfully to rcprl
the last efforts of Spanish hostility, or perish in the
attempt. This i the "vowed deter' ll ill ation of every
individual here, from the highest to the lowest. So far
every inweinent of the Fortogese appears to be directed
to oppose the Spaniards, and we have certain accounts
that they are dortifying Santa Catalina, and ltio
Grande. The same is taking place witb Montevideo,
which, it appeart, has been circumvalated with a ditch.
The arm of Peru is in cantonments in the neighbour-
hood of Cordova. lii the province of Cikyo, General
San Martin has assembled a division of 3,000 men, with
18 pieces of cannon, intended to ado .tp the general
defence, if not wanted, he will lead them against
Luna."

Extract of a letter dated Manchester, Dec. :2:—
" I have just heard teat Walker and Knight have
this morning been arrested on a warrant of Colonel
Hargreaves, .:11 active magistrate residing near
litiride.y, and the charge against them is understood
to be bight treason, committed in the part they took
at the meeting held ut I-laberghum Eaves on the
16th ult., when a large part of the persens assem-
bled went armed, as is shetvn in one of the last of
the papers laid before Varlianient.".

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