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as their mtempt who unsuccessful. Mr. Pitt also,
introduced the Haab Restriction, but his Majesty's
hlinisters having kept the bubble entire as long as
they could or thirst, have now at once deserted " the
tight path" us Sir R. Peel c !Us it. and tasty:mini?,
t very opinion they had before told, boidty gone
over to the senti:nents of Opposition, pronounced
their grand culogium on the memory of Mr. Hoy.
ner, and agreeJ to let it burst at once. We have
thus gone through the whole series of the leading
events connected. with our subject, and challenge
the ingenuity of the l'itt Clubs to controvert the
plain statement we have made, and to find out for
themselves any arrangement by which the) can
justify their claims to assemble ender such a name,
a n 4 yet maintain the tenets so boldly and miserably
tuaintained amongst them.

NOEL' ICII-7171:E AN!) CIF-E
OFFICES.

PRESENIATION OF A PIECE OF PLATE TO NR. .11.oste-

MAN PAVIE,ON

Th;s ceremony too'. place on Wcrlnesiay, the 27th
setnno, at the Norio k Hertel, lit Norwich. Mr. Alder-
iii Li iwkes presided at a dinner upon the occrsinn,
and when the Dine, &c. &c. had been given, the
Ch.iirinan rose, and in a short spiscch prevented to Mr.
Aldvrinaii Pitteson ornamented
II h his own mils and those of ilie N•4wich Union
Fire and Life Assurance Society, null the following
tics rildinn:—
_ _

rrovnted the :midi day of May, 1819, by several Gentlemen,
in embers of the Norwich Citioo Societies for Fire and Life In-
surance, to Julia Fri (Mayor of Norwich A.D.
1788. M.P. for Ntinehead 18t3 to i 80G, and M.P. for Nor-
wich IRO& to iBn7, and Itto7 to 18120 as a gratefal acknow-
ledgment of the urbanity, liminess, and impartiality evinced
by him on Josue recent occasions, upon which he stood forward
as the advocate of these valusble institutions, and took a lead-
ing put in nisiatskiing the errroctmss of the princ4.le upon
which they are foundod ; defending those concerned in the ad-
ministration of their affairs against unju,t aspetsinns, and re-
Ftoring the reputstion of the Societies to that rank in the esti-
li.ati,Jll and conadence of the public which they so ju.tly de-
eaVe. _ _ .

.►tier the health of the wor.hy Alderman had been
erank with three times three, he rose and made Inv ac-
i.nowledgments in a long speech, for a lull report of
xv:iich we have not tom ; but for the gratification of
to:st of our readers who may have Lilt Policies in the
()dice, we beg to inform them that Mr. Alderman
Pierson took upoi4 himself to assert that the Life De-
partment was entirely soltrul, an assurance which we
reconl with the greatest pleasure, because if they can rely
upon this independent, unbiassed avaertion, we are Con-
It will allay an excessive degree of alarm which
has been felt by a large portion of the Life lomat rs in
that Institution since the last report was made by the
" London Committee" appointed by the Director!
themselves.

The et ening was occupi • I with complimentary
speeches from A. to B. and IS. to C. •frotti which, we
donbt not, peat pleasure was derived by the parties con-
cerned; and pet haps, a twice perfect exhibition of a gel-
stitific game at battle-door and shuttle-cock was never
witnessed. We 111.1 y 114,W be allowed to examine 11110
tie propriety of the inscription tot this "
Contilestick," which, by the bye, might acquire an
tddition.l value m the preset,' possessor, if, like its
ancient prototype, it hail the power of adding to she
riches of its owner. Bit to the inscription—we do. oat
object to the recording the dillemit civic and podia-
torittary honours, which have been so pompons:),
displayed; and we doubt not their chronological con-
SeettleSS, at probably the worthy Alderman assisted
the Committee to prevent error: it is the latter part
we object to, {treatise it tells a falsehood by impli-
cation," defending those concerned ito the administration
of their affairs against unkst aspersions." IVitat ! wat
Thomas Bignold, senior, then unjualy aspersed? if so,
in the name of justice let the gentlemen who have sub-
a.:rilied for the " Wonderful Candlestick" come forward
to re-instate him in the sitootion froiu which he has
I•,.en (we think most justly) iLsmissed. We heard Mr.
l'ateson, at the meeting at the London Tavern, declare
that " his instructions were written down," and if the
LorecrOrs were his employers, he " became indeed the
servant of defect :" it is not for us to trace or point out
the orisons that prompted the worthy Alderman to per-
mit the 1 )itectors to make him their cat's-paw, (though,
" we could ad if we would," for, wq believe, those rea-
sln3 are well known to its), but we never will knowingly
allow an asserted, nor etell an implied untruth to psis
Uncontradialeil.

Ilefure we close our account of the achievements of
this memorable day, we must observe upon the speech
of Mr. Samuel Bigninid, who, upon " the Secretaries"
being drank, in returning thanks obliged the company
by his view of the increasing prosperity of the Institu-
tion. "By that craft," as the priests of D-mia of Ephe-
sus exclaimed, "he has his wealth." Mr. Bignold's
triumphant exhibition of a fact to disprove Pie allegation
that the Fire Society was retrograding, deserves especial
notice. He affrnued that the receipts of Fre Premiums.
during the last quarter had exceeded that of the cones-
ponding quarter in the last year by upwards of 1,000/.
This is his lact—bat it is a fact so completely at variance
with another within our own knowledge, viz. that in
carious directions the oldest and most respectable mem-
bers are quitting the Norwich Union, and seeking pro.
tection in other Offices, that we must he excused if we
are sceptical on this head. Of course, Ale. Bignold did
wit avail himself of the collection °farmers being greater
during the last waiter than on the currespondiq, quarter
la't year; that would M. a subterfuge unworthy of the
name of Bignohi The real truth it is, however, in Mr.
Bwirdit's power to skew, by quoting the return. of duty
paid to the Stamp Office for the two quarters in toes-
tiou, and this he will, UP ttUlthl, Bice without hesitation..

'rITE NATIONAL REGISTER.

sMzperial Parliament•
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

WEDNESDAY. JUNE 2.

mr. G. Lap, brought in the 1341. to fuei!itate Proceedings
against ate Warden of the Fleet dating Vacation. Bead a &et
tone, and ordered to be read a second tune. . .

ita 4; S raw': mr-11.1 r. BEN KETT moved that the
bloom =solve-itself into a Committee oo the Bill to amend the
laws regarding the Sy.tem of Licensing Victuallers. Ile said he
had many alteration. to make, and nti.ny clauses to omit. In the
Committee he Mouhl move the rulleirdirrentri and alter;Ltiocs pro
fin ma ; 10t1 for the purpme of their being properly comidered,
-he should afterwards 'time that the Bill bere-cononitted.
. . .

Mr. etiolate enquired whether it was the lion. Member's in-
tention to eaten] the provisions of this Bill to Ireland ? Ile held
in his hand a represcnuition of a number of persons residing in
that part of the kiir;doin who wishod the principle of the Bill to
ha extended to Irciand, with soma modifications. It' the lion.
Member h.ul no such intention, he should take the opportunity
of proposing its extension.
Mr. BENNETT had no intention of proposing the suggested
extension, though he wished that it should be proposed ; lie did
not intend to propose such altoration, because he wai nut sittfi-
eiently acquainted with that pert of the country to attend satis-
factorily to the requisite machinery of the Hill.
The House then went into a Committee on the Bill. Several
Atziendusoits were handed iu by Mr. Bennett, which however
were not read. _ _

The Report was t:ien brought up, and ordered to be re•commit-
ted on Wedneiduy neitt.—Tate Bul was ordered to be printed.
NAvY ESTIMATES.—The Huu.,e resolcial Mich' into a Coin•
mince of Supply, in wnich
Sir G. V tiitEYlliin moved, that there be granted 2,482,0131,
to defray the oriiin.try eipenees of the Navy.
Sir I. W. RIDLEY moved asen ainentlinent that the grant lie
reduced to 2,Y83,01.3/. . . . . .

Lord Co:uproar wits against the Amendment. as it rased a
mere party question. and wes only calculated to embarrass toe
Government ; at the same time he thought, after the rising tithe
House, that Ministers wirtld mrke every possible effort to pro.
mote rcteerreinnent.—(A laugh.)
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. The Committee
then divided on the aineadni:mt. The numbers were—Ayes 97
—Masi Wt. The majority against the amendment was 67.
Sir G. Wannest:its next moved, that there be granted
t,6st,fstat. for ships, tear and wear, &c.
Mr. Hume proposed that there should be deducted from this
G 3,0001. tbr works tri Bermuda, &c. as the Estiinates had not yet
been produced.
A Ni.iv LOAN.—The.CHANcELLoR of the EXCILF.QUER,
in the same Conunittee, moved, that there be granted 15,9i.:(40J0L
to pay off certain Exchequer Bills.
Mr. GMENFELL would content himself with adverting to
discussions which had talan place in former years when loan;
were about to be contracted for, he having urged the necessity on
those occasions of appropriating the current produce of the
Sinking Fund to the purchase of part cf the Loans. He had
prmsed such course repeatedly, particularly when that enormous
loan of 56,000.(x)0/. in 1815 was about to be raised ; but he had
failed in improssing the Chancellor of the Exchequer with the
conviction of the propriety of the course he had suggested, and
had now only the consolation of reflecting that, hoed he been
listened .o. there would have been a saving to the Country. of
6.000.0001. ! (Hear.) As they were now on the eve of raising
another loan, said to be to the amount of thirty ntiElons—(llear,
bear!) it might not be without advantage to have said thus
much On the mode of raising loans. Ile, however, had heard
strange rumours is the ('icy—bar be would not believe them ;
they were calur.aaies on the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It
was said that the Hight Honourable Gentleman had enoimuni-
cateil his intentions regarding the loan to a few ir.dividaals, thus '
acting most partially, most improperly, most unwarrantably ;
till he hunt the rumour confirmed, he would believe it to be
nothing but a calumny.—(Hear! hear!)
The CHANCELLOR of the ExcuEgvEß denied having
made any partial communicatioas ; lie hail imly consulted those
whom he had been accustomed to consult, touching finance
matters. 1

Mr. itICAUTIO said, the usual course of proceeding in be-
speakin.l a Loan, was to mention the intentMn to all those in the
habit of bidding for Loans, by which means there was no undue
advantage given to particular individuals. He, too, had heard
extraorthnary statements made in the City, and they were
marked with an much precision, that it was impossible to believ(.
that there had not been some communication made by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer.—(llear, hear.)—lle could assure
the House, however, that no communication had been made to
him ; what he knew, and what he had alluded to, was only what
was in the mouth of every one in the City.
. .

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER immediately rose
amidst criew of hear !—the cotiummications he had made. it'com-
munitudions they could be called, were in the nature of enquiries
He had asked whether it wculd be better to mike the Loan 'o
great as to corer what was wanted to supply the probable wants
of the next as well as the present year; or whether it would be
more adviseablc, as far as expense was concerned, to r.e.i.tire a
Loan to eater only what was wanted for immediate sees
He had also asked whether it would be an adviseable coarse to
appropriate the produce of the Sinking Fund E,r the year to the
purchase of any part of the Loan.—(Hear, bear!)
Mr. GaeseELl, said, he now believed, and he stated thus
mei with considerable regret, all that he had before deemed
mere calumnies. (Hear, hear!)—The Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, in what he had said and in what he toed not said, continued
the rumours, and proved hint to have made partial communica-
tions. As to consultations on Finance matters, were Loan Con-
tractors the persons hest qualified or! disposed to advise the
Chancellor as he ought to be advised ? (Cheering).
The Resolution was ultimately agreed to. Report to-morrow.
FINANCES OF THE rOUNTRY.—The CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUER said, that befurc the conclusion of the ar-
rangements he had it in contemplation to make. ;lc wished to
bring on in the House a more extended discostdon regarding the
Finances of tLe country, than could be conveniently clone when
the Budget was introduced ; in order to raise such a discussion,
it was his intention to propose that the first report of the Com-
mittee on income and expenditure (Oa we understood), containing
the general views of that body upon the subject, be referred to a
Committee of the whole HOUR ; be would move that the House
should to-morrow resolve itself into the said Committee, and he
would then offer certain resolutions, the further consideration of
which it might be fit to adjourn until Monday. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. GRENFELL asked whether the discussion on Monday
would include the Budget for the year ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered in the ;in-

w Mr. TIERNEY Pail a few words respecting making the Income
and expenditure of the country meet. but the object of hi; re-
mark, and the reply of the Clwncellor of tL•e Exchequer. could
not be collected.

ASS Le,S LIJ TA KESI. —The CHANCELLOR of theractteQUEß
gave notice, that Re would more to-morrow that the House re-
solve itself into a Committee on the Assessed Taxes Acts. with
view to consider t:.e propriety of their consolidaion.—(ilea,
hear.)

TV NE 6.

%Ad 1%11 ternli asked Wby oartgo returns of British Offtrers
use serrirs: of foreign states 10 t beets 144 1121100 the table.n
Lord CA•LLIVAGII replied, tat be had inspected such re.
turns *clay or two ago, and did out know why they hod not be,:u
prevnted.
• .

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I ssoLV EN T I/EDT 0 es' BI L.—l ord Ar.l iioan moved the
saeondretistiag of gm &awls 1:121 Debtor's Bill.
%Ir. WAlTtinwt4 said he would state abuetly some of the facts
which had appeared in evidence betine the Columittee. IVithin
the bat lour years persons had been ciseharged under the Instil-
vent Debtor's Act, the aggregate amount of whose debts was up-
wares of 4:10,000,000. f'he Bight Honorable the Giancelloi of
the Exchequer had expressed his asumishinent, that the trading
classN could have sustained and borne up under losses to that.
anemia. lint many of them had not been able to bear up against
but hail sunk under than. The amount of dividends upon this
xio,tioo,uoo of debt was btu A:60,e00. There was another
class of Insolvents who had come to arrangements with their cres
ditors, and the amount of their debts, independently of the
runner class, was 3,000,0001. The commisaioner had, indeed,
contended, that the act had this advantage over the Bankrupt
laws, that it maul° the property acquired subsequently by the in.
solvent, liable for his debts, and this had been called the polar
star of the act. Ile would; however, venture to state, that a cre-
ditor might as well attempt to reach the polar kta, us avail him.
Self of such an advantage under the previsions of this act. The
salary of the Commissioner, who eat only 74 days ill the year,
was 2,1 04 XI and mtlits he added fees which hail never been
ceived by Mr. Sergeant Palmer, his predecessor. Those fe.s
were established soon after the appointment of the present Com-
missioner, and the amount of what he had his received. for
tin:years Isl 7 and IslB, time oldy period tor which any aceouat
had been delivered, was upwards of 1100. Tne chief clerk, who
had a salary of cell, had receired more than ltetel. and the re-
ceiver ut the caw t, his own am, more than 10001. The whole
of the money co leered by the latter was t5a191. 2s. 451., Noon
which he enjoyed a per ventage, having at the same time a ba-
lance in his hands 015,7331. Uie intereat on which he also received.
The result of all the accounts was to show, that the fees and ba•
lances in hand, were equal to the whole sum paid into the re-
ceiver. It was a cruel thing that tees should be extorted from
disterssed persons going out into the world, after hating sur-
rendered their aIL Toe unfortunate debtor was often compelled.
to surrender his lust shilling. Having stated thus much, he
should only add, that if these things were not duct,, they mutt
bring him into disrepate with the Ituase ; and it they were facts
they must convince the House and the public that a system of op-
pression add exaction had been preying on the industry of the
country. Ile aip.essi with the principle of this measure. and
hoped that such a Bill would be pnaluced as would give sari fac•
thin to the debtor and security to the creditor.
Mr-loft S3IITII supported the Bill. He believed that if the
present measure were carried into eSect, it would be ptoductive of
tate greatest benefit.
After a few observations from Lord Althorp, the Bill was text
a second time, and committed prop, Ina.
Time House having vsuined, the report was received, and or-
deal to be taken into further consideration on Tuesday
Bill ordered to be printed.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at one o'cla:k.