The National Register.
London, England, 1821-05-14 00:00:00

THIIISDAY. MA? 10.

Mr. MONTGOMERY presented a petition from the county
of Ayr against the Scotch Jury Courts Bill.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE said, he was ashamed of these peti.
tions. Would the house believe that the bill was to give in en-
minal cases what was now the regulation in civil eases $ and that
it was supposed to cast a slur on particular individuals?
Sir G. CLERK denied that the bill in Scotland was made the
subject of party. Petition ordered to uc isrinted.
BREACII or PRIVILEGE.—Sir R. MARTIN complained of
The Times haying misrepresented him and the house, in stating
that there was laughwr" when he talked of the possibility of •
horse's eye being knocked out, and his sinews injured, without
being able to procure redress from the journeymen inflicting
such mischief. lie cared not—but when he spoke on a benoue
subject, it was licentious to state that the house was convulsed
with laughter. He moved that the parties be ordered to attend
on Monday.
No person appeared to second the motion. The hon. member
looked round SOIIIC time; at last it was seconded by a member
from the lower opposition bench.
Mr. TIEIINEY hoped the motion would not be pressed.
inasmuch as it would go to lessen the weight of that authority
which they sometimes felt it right to exert. (Hear, heatl)
Motion withdrawn.
PRIVILEGE.....IOIII4 Beta. —Mr. G. BENNETT moved.
that the Order of the Day be read for the attendance of It. T.
N(reaver, 11. Cooper. Ate.
T. Arrowsmith appeared.—Examined by Mr. G. BENNETT.

110 was not the proprietor of John Dal; he had not been
such since February ; he had transferred it to Mr. Weaver ✓;
he did receive soma money; he did not set up the papers
lie did not pay Weaver two guineas a week.' lie paid the rent
of the house; Weaver paid hint again; be paid himself
out of the proccetiq; sometimes one and sometimes another, paid
the wages; he did not principally pay the wages. His partner.
Shazkeil. employed Cooper; Cooper had three guineas a week.
with the understanding that there was to be an advance if the
paper succeeded. lie gave up the paper because lie could not
superintend it. If there were lose, it tell on bim ;if duo were
profits. Weaver received them all. (A laugh.) Them was no
written or oral agreement about the trancer. He transformed it
soon after the commencement of a prosecution. He was consent
to abide by the loss; he did not look for the profits. Weaver
had never accounted for the profits. The transfer wee upwards
of two months ago. He did not see the article before it *ea
printed; it was not customary to save the manuscripts; he did
not know that it was, customary with the newspaper oiscel *v.
preserve them. He first heard yesterday at ten that Weaver was
ordered to attend; he saw Weaver, but hod no further coerce.
session on them; he was not pr meat yergenlay ; he dad nos
heard the examination.
Wm. Shackell called,

Examined by Mr G;DENNETT.—IIes had waled to bee
preprietur in February, a we.ic after having the honour of seeing
the hon. member. (Laughter) lie gave it up tom the dread of
prosecution; there was no remuneration for the surrenders;
Weaver was then receiving two pounds a week as an overseer g
Weaver rece.ved three guineas a week aspect utptofits forms's%
use; he had seen Weaver paid ; he had sometimes paid him;
he sometimes received the ptoceotis. sometimes Arrowsmith
received then: ; end sometimes he received them in trust for
%Ye:leer. (A laugh.) Thete were two aecount books at the other.
He sornetiniet, taw the manuscripts; he did not know Out 110
hail seen the manuscript of the article in question. Me appointed
Cover Winn; there was no other editor; ho was responsible tie
‘t'eaver ; Co per examined the article—eettainly atler they were
printed. sodwiiines before. It loss bud at te;ided tho paper. it was
ti; have Lams on Mr. IVeavet ; he thou 1 have looked to Weaver.
That he believed to be alas understood Ly .krmwsntiih. lie
had started the paper; he inh:lit almost say he was the tether of
(I.auglitsr.) He paid all the expenses, but out cot tl'eaver's
toonev. %Ve,iver did nut make :try payments. IVeaVor had
bainealllCl, paid Volper. Weever had been employed by him un
.t.lua [lull; Weaver had before been about the office. lie had
employed Weaver previously to the transfer on other matters....
Ile 6.4110.1111 r% lent inert to Wei:seri IVesieer duel nut paid Mat.
lie was neither trustee nor agent to It'eaver; he was merely a
Wand w take ears ut his mosey. He presumed it was eons non
( For con 'emotion see plgt t so.

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PRIMATE CORRESPONDENCR.

NAPLES, APRIL 28.—The Austrians are making
every preparation fur a long stay in the country of
their Neapolitan aides. The military direction of
the army is selecting the troops which are thought
best adapted to bear the climate, and most likely to-
accommodate themselves to the habits and manners
of the inhabitants: the rest are sent off to the north
of Italy. Most of the officers, and a considerable
portion of the soltliets who now remain, can speak
Italian. As many as cannot find room in the clif-
f -rent castles or barracks of the capital are quartered
0,1 the inhabitants fur free lodgings only, but are
de.ired to pay for every thing that they require.
Their discipline has hitherto been very strict, and,
with few exceptions, has given no cause thr civic
complaints. In the meantime the Neapolitan army
is to be entirely dissolved, with the exception of
three regiments of guards; and the Austrians,
while they perform the duty. arc to receive the pay
of the disbanded troops. A decree to this effect
will make its appearance in a few days, though no
formal command was necessary to disband troops
already disbanded by their own fears and treachery
of their Chiefs. To pay the Austrian army of oc-
cupation the necessary funds will ba raised in a
mode the least calculated to create offence, or even to
excite attention. The word contribution is avoided
as much as possible, and the nominal King and Go-
vernment of Naples will apparently conduct the
finance operations, and hand over the money to their
allies, without seeming to act under their direction.
Yesterday an operation of this kind was concluded
between the Neapolitan Provisional Government
and the houses of Rothschild, Haguerman of Genoa
and Paris, Appelt of Naples, and several other
bankers oless note in this capital. These bankers
have contracted for a loan of six millions of threats of
capital inscriptions in the great book at five per
cent. The new annual interest for this newly cre-
ated debt of 6,000,000 will of course be 300,000
ducats. The ducat of Naples is about 4 francs and
/10 cents. For the security of the contractors, and
the liquidation of the debt, the Government has as-
signed certain domains, the value of which is equal
to the capital advanced, and the rents of which are
equivalent to the interest to be paid. These are to
be annually sold in the proportion of 5 per cent. on
the amount of the interest or the annuities created,
and thus a fund will be formed for the liquidation
of the capital. The contractors, of course, know
better their own interest than to proclaim imme-
diately at what rate they have concluded the loan,
or, in other words, what money they have advanced
for the stock created. Report says that they have
contracted for it at the rate of 64 per cent. but this
is very unlikely, u the 5 per cents. are now only
62. However this may be, when we consider the
trifling amount of the Neapolitan debt at present
existing, the small proportion which it bears to the
existing revenue, and the guarantee of the Holy
Alliance for the punctual repayment of the moneyed
interest who facilitate their operations, we have rea-
son to believe that the contractors have made an
advantageous bargain, and that they will sell their
stock at a considerable premium. I have alluded
to the trifling amount of the Neapolitan debt, and
as the finance accounts submitted to Parliament in
Demolisher last are now betbre me, I may, to save
the trouble of reference, mention what it is.
The consolidated debt inscribed in the Feat book of the king-
/loss, consists of perpetual rents and pensions or life annuities.—
In 1813 the perpetual rents amourted to 940,000 ducats.
la the course of the last five year they have
beia increased by

Making in July last a total of 1,420.000
Individuals, and three companies of capitalists. possess
1,0ag,050 of this amount ; the remainder is the profit of various
roblic administrations, and of a great number of charitable
samblishments which lent their capital to the state.
The amount of pensions in May, IBIS, was-1,044,121
The addition in Use last five years 338,654
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Making a total of 1,38:,775
Of these annuities a portion must be felling in
every year. The suppression of the monasteries,
which created 600,000 for the support of the monks
and the retirement of civil and military officers, is
the cause of this amount. The floating debt would
occasion, if funded, an inscription of about 500,000
o: rents, making the Neapolitan debt in all some-
what more than 3,000,00 of ducats in rents, or
60,000,000 nominal capital, supposing the half of it
were not as it really is, only life annuities. The
annual revenue of the kingdom, by the :ame finan-
cial statetpents, is made to amount to upwards of
20,000,000 of ducats.

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In 1819 it is estimated at 20.013,433
And in 1820 at
The estimated expenditure exceeded the income
by nearly a million.
More than six millions of the revenue arose from
customs. The interest of the Neapolitan debt is
thus only about a si.euth Of tic revenue, while in
smite countries that might be mentioned, it amounts
to more shun two thirds. But Neapolitan credit is
not like English ; and the five per cents are at di,
while ours arc dbu,e ;05..