The National Register.
London, England, 1818-02-08 00:00:00

SLAVE-TRADE.

Dr. Pm u.ttmotte moved for a return of all vessels engaged
in the slavc•trade captured by British ittips, and brought
under the view of the Court of Admiealty in this country,
since the Ist of January, ltlls, and also the nambe► of those
vessels restored, the number of Condemned, and the number
still pending;.together with an acconnt of slaves found in
each vessel. Ordered. The House adjourned at half past
ria o'clock.

THURSDAY'. •
REVENUE.
In answer to a question from Mr. Curwen, the Chancellor of the
Exchequet stated that on comparison of the debt incurred last year
and the debt paid off, there was a balance of inure than .3,ouu,udo in,
favour of.,the country.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR, preparatory to a motion, which he should
submiton the 17th of February, for holding .tssize, in the Northam
Counties twice a year, moved for copies of the calentlets of prisoners
in the counties of Wesunoreland, Cuinbcrland, Northumberland,

and Durham, for the last 40 years, with the dates of their respe five
commitals, and the number.of acquittals; as likeseiseollie num 01'1
causes during the bailie period. prdered. 1..111
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Mr. GRENErLt, on occasion of Barbing by the eports...of the
Committee of Supply, rose to make solne observations on the trans-
actions with the Bank. It had appeared, that its the year Isl 6 the
Bank had if,000,0001. of the public money. For that sum they lent
3,te50,0001. They indeeeljent 9,000,0001. 44 per cent. lie would sup-
pose:. that the raw of int.:felt wets' titenee per cent. The ► percent.
then comittitedt bonus of tetaissol. The trouble and expense of the
Bari: were said to be entitled to remuneration. Was there a banker
who would not say that he eitould he well paid for all this trouble and
expense by eseroote.? But we allowed snore than half a million.—
(freer, hear.) Were the.tinances of the country is a Aide to warrent
such profusion? Was the condition of the people, groaning ;under
the pressure of taxation, such as rendered this subject, as unworehyiof
consideration ? (Hear, beer.) Ile trusted the Right flonouralile
teentlewati would not limit his arrears against the Bank to the paltry
sum of 3.(0),0001.
The l'elesteELLOß ef the Exc iIECatER replied, that at present
the rate of intere.t wive higher than the Honourable tienthened had
stated. 'eihe sum now in question was employed to prey safe debt
they owed to the. Bank.
(1./MNII'I"fEE ON THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
Lord CesTeEREAGH,in moving tlietsthe papers laid on the table
by command of his Royal Ifighnees be referred to arfiecret Commute.
lie reheated that a bill of Indemnity might be necessary, and would
he called for ; bon ifolid we arise, rind was not intended to arise,from
the papers on the table. it was not consietent with the ;subtle safety.
and with the security of individuals who had been called upon to act
for the public safety, that the reasons and circumstances of tneir con-
duet should he disclosed. It was, de:refine, noxosary that Ministers
should have a bill of indemnity. to prelude them from being obliged
to deteud themselves u. its Courts of Jo,tice against every individual
who might complain of the conduct which they lied felt to be neces-
sary fur the public *afety. An lade:minty was therefore necessary
on abstract ground.
Mr. Ti i:lts EV ridiculed the course whicVs Ministers were persn-
ing. Ile contended that the wanner in width tee paean belt been
brought into the House was altogether without a purrallel. 'to Nies-
sage had accompanied than to whom the Hutu: on the name of
their content-I.—lndemnity, lie admitted. might Ise suinetinies neves
eery. But in tee prevent instance. the Secretary ihr the House the.
purtnueit. or rather the aelmisistestioe, for lie was only their
organ, had been guilty of utiwarruntelile severity. (Hear, hear.)—
'f ney had taken up nu leaders, no persons connected with any his,
tinguislied or opulent families; but they-drew' aelreg-tret over certain
counties, and seized all within their grasp. tic owl read every went
of the I)erby trials with the gr. retest care. and hie labour was 'lidded
amply tea-meted by the great and splendid atoditice of one of the
counsel for the prisoners. his I.eatned Friend Ale. Doman. 'There
it appeared that Minister*, to speak in the gentlest wrist, of their
conduct, had let the thing go too far, whets it was in their power to
stop it. 'filere was some alarm last Year; hut the alarm never did
require a Suspension of the Habeas Cumuli. But if soy on: thing
disgusted the nation, whatever unglot have been their ideas of danger.
or of the suspension—if any one thing disgusted the &swami more titan
another, it was the public Wiest white) referred us the agency of inter-
nal sewaadrels who incited the people to rebellion: elinieters had a
right to get information ; but to employ per.ons who. by their inda-
mastery language. excited to die v. e y acts ought to lILIVt been
prevented, and then to dreg the unhappy victims of their delusion to
the seethed, formed a MSS:, of atrocious villainly which never stained
the annale sit dm country before. (ii !rear.)
:Mr. 11. BATHURST begged to remind the Right Honourable Gen-
tleman that he lied 1 elf been one of the administration that
brought thrward a similar nwasure in Dios ; and although a Right
Huimerable Gentknian then opposed it. it paseed. 'foe Committee
were not boiled to report aceseeliag to the pleasure of Ministers ; the
word, ware •• to report as it shall molest to them, to the !louse." The
Bight Houourable ISe:ideate:l laid resent= again totlie old argu-
ment, that near of tic higher ranks had been implicated in etiepicion.
This ha.l not teem pretended. In the reports of both !forams they
were described as middle ranks, lower cla-ee, or orate sueli ter ms.—
. had a right to rater to We sit had been preveeted, as well as
what had been resisted. A, to vies, the Gueei niacin might throw
the odium upon inferior magistrates who sent their informations to
diem. 'flier.; was a great 111.4,4 of people whose object was not only
any particular retimn, but the overthrow of the Government. Tine
was extol:tined mid proved in several instances; but the Right 11011.
Gentleman had tee other memory of these but the abilities of one of
die counsel. All were convicted upon trial, or confessed their guilt.
'rimy hielexpectetl support front vetiotoo part-. of the country, and
that support was prevented by the Sitspeneon of the Habeas Corpus.
Those taken up in other places were the leadere, wording to the in-
formation sit' do e locally best acquainted with tlmus. It had been
mid that a Committee by ballot was appointed by the 'freassury. The
Right Honourable Gentlemen had tnalticed perems alluded to, in
language not Parliamentary, and particularly if he alluded to a per-
sons to whom he supposed allusion to have been made. That persons
had excited to no improper act, and done no liana, but lie had done
much good to the public.
Mr. DOUGLAS entereithis solemn protest against the form of' pro-
ceeding which it now appeared to be die intention of Ministers to
adopt. He held it to be equally dangerous wet disgraceful us due
character of the House of Comintens, aid he censured in strimg terms
the whole conduct of Minister respecting the late disturbancee.
Sir S. Ito lILLY believed that the proposed mode of proceeding
was quite unprecedented, and though at times adopted witliont any
direct tueasage from the Crown, never, except in contemplation of
soute precautionary legislative measures. Now they had the highest
authority fur knowines, that no such measures were intended, for they
had been declared to-be unnecessary in the speech of the Lords Cent-
missitoners, representing the Crown, on opening the lument eso-sion
of Parliainent. The only °Noe, then, of appointing the Committee
must be to lay the ground work of a bill of Indemnity, whirls it was
felt must neceesarily be preceded by at least the appearance of an
inquiry, in the present state of public opinion. 'fhe hose: should
recollect the responeibility which itself owed to its constituents, and
not be deluded into a belief that a ballot was proposed for any other
putpoie than for securing a bill of Indemnity. The common mind
decent fern's of die !loose were abandoned, when Ministers, whose
conduct alone was in question, were themselves to s.:lect the judges
of it. lle Wag surUsx-14.0 hear the 'tight Honourable (send, man
assert, that the trials Derby had fully established tile tiece..-ity of
the Swornesion Act i for. if tbe;v was vat citing more recruit-able than

another in the course of those trials, it was, that tiro counsel for the
Crown studiously avoided, although challenged to it by the prisoners'
count:. I. to ,ay one word al out the mien) ut the conspiracy, or in ells-
proof of the allegation of lb teasing been caused by the Agents of
Government. In adopting the proposed plan of proceeding a most
dangerous example would for the first time be established under the
regettcy of his Royal Highness; and if its evil tendtncies were not
corrikted by Parliament, it might, at no very) distant day,
materially change the constitution, and with it, the character of
Englishmen for ever. He should only add, that there was no reason
whatever for secrecy at present ; and that the only object, therefore,
of a Secret Committee must be to procure a bill of Indemnity.
Mr. PHILIPS observed, that one of the charges against the dis-
affected was, that they laboured to bring the ! louse or Vommons into
contenu t ; but nothing could so effectually reduce them In th,,.pub-
lic opinion as the partial elation of a tribunal which was aunsututed
for such a purpnie as that under consideration.
Mr. C. W. Wys N in an able speech defended the Conduct of
Ministers, not only under the Suspension but in the course now pro-
posed io.ne adopted.
Sir W. 811 I[IIOI7GUS anadmadverted in strong terms to the con.
, duct of Ministers, and intyrixised Limself decidedly hostile to the pre-
stmt measure.

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Sir J. SLURP:IIIT thought there was no discontent or disturbance
in the country, which might nut have been checked by the ordinary
powers of the law. and the ordinary vigour of the magistrates. The
events, in his opinion, did not at all justify the extraordinary remedy •
which had been resorted to. (Hoat.)
• Nr. ELLIsdN, opertink td• ram had been said shout the con-
' feksion of one of the her conviett, slid,' that what (handrail 11;4
rhentioned about Oliver jn his dying moments, was a gross false-
hood put into his mouth,vwhiell • was Delieved to he false by all who
heanl him. He could state, that in the quarter from which lie came or
emissaries had been sent from Derby snd Nottingham to disturb the
quiet people of hiti.neighbotirhood. The suspension act was, in his
opinion, perfectly instinct!: but if Ministers could not now make cut
• egost case of justification as to the exercise of the discrethinary pow •
ers intrusted to them, he pledged himself that he mould vote Against
them. When every thing pious and religious was atevihed, he
could not but protest against such stalr, sue* traslii midair& non-
sense. . 1'
rik,u •
Mr. SawiLLE censidered the4cohn as ch improved since last
.Itettr, in its commercial. agranaural, and manufacturing interests.
but he could not altogether give the ministers credit tier its ainclioni-
lion. The hints. the strong hints which they had received (ruin par-
liament, induced them to adopt the measures of economy and retrench.
ment, which had bean so successful.
Mr. FunlIES did not think that the measures which his Nlajesty's
ministers had adopted had been fly any means uncalled for or unne-
cessary, though he consitiered that Wine different use might hays
been made t.f them.

The question was then put and agreed to, ii.e.ivere the questions
that C;e Committee should be one of semen, and sltduld consist of IL
members.
On the question that the Committee should bk. appointed by ballot,
Mr. iltiounnast again opposedthe course of pr, weeding.
The !louse then divided. For the ballot, tere.—Againir it, 29.
Majority for Minters, 73. Adjourned.
Fittnar.
WAYS AND MEANS.
The CHANCELLOR of the ERCHELIVER moved the order of the
day forgoing into the Committee-of Ways and Means. Ile Aster.
'emote moved that the Speaker should leave the chair. on which
he •rose tu propose the:usual and annual grants. and a to Wier
.eraet
fur the replacing of 'Exchequer Bills. He moved a Re...halve ri
the Committee to grant the mutual duties all land and malt, au lowa.
ing to :7.000,0001.
Nlr. TIERNEY remarked, that it appeared that the Grant requa-
stivtofflel amount to 330.0,0001.
'lite CHANCELLOR or the Feet' Erie': IT Cilia he should propv;e
a Ariake of 30,00nmoul. to replace Exchequer Bills.
Mr. TILRNEY iv/Mlloooos to ktOr what were the reasons for
considering that the suni of 30,0115,utAil..trould be tiatilcient ? Also
wherl‘er the 0410,0001. to the Bat* were to be ptfid elf in niobey
'fbariassierxxon of the Ezeitieravea had not the smallest
hesitation in deducing, that it was the intention of his Majesty's
Ministers that the repayment to the Bank of the loan of 6,000,000,
should be made in inonoy.-.cod not tri 'Exchequer hills.—(hear,
hear.)—Upen the other more general subject had been ;A-
verted to, although nut now before the House, he was desirous of
making one or two observations. If it should become necessary to
propose to VA:humeri t the postponement of the resumption of calks
reyments, it would not be from any purpose of consulting the con-
e enience of Government but would be submitted on grounds per-
fectly distinct.
Mr. TIER "St:Y thought the Rt. Hon. Gentleman's explanation
perfectly sati.factory as faros 'related to repayment M the 6,tani30.1.
in money to the Bank, because it would enable the Bank to do what
in his (pinion they ought todo--reduce the amount of their issues ;
but he had wiinviied with great dismay, the sort of levity tents
which the Right lion. Gentleman treated the very serious question,.
whether the Bank was to return to its regular payments this year or
the next.
Mr. F. Letets,nid, he must avow himself to be extremely an x ions
to see the circulating usedituu of the uountry replaced as b[loll 'as pos-
sible on its only secure basis.
Lord Cagy rite Lacit staid. that it would afford the utmost so-
tisfactim, and, he be allowed es say, it amid constitute a
triuniphto his Mitie•tv's Ministers., t t witness the resumption or
cash payments by the (tat k but they hail another ditty top erforni,
the duty of defending and proaaming the commercial interests of the
country.
M. flaststelig.l.EY thought it might prevent much delmion.tutd
serve to che.k those tmnsw.tion4 which were now going on to an
alarming extent. if the Noble Lord would distinctly declare that the
provision of the treaty of Isl 4 constitutal no guarantee to sup ee-
quent speculators in the funded propevy of Frame.
Lord Cawri.eituanst said, the debts which were due by the
French Government at the period of the treaty of peace of I sl4 to
British creditors 4rerstagtot a confiscation of British property early
in the preceding war, In aletravention of an article of the treaty of
Amiens. The case of those creditors was entirely different from
that of persons speculating in the public. funds of another country,
who Lad not the remotest claim upon the kcurity of this governa.ant.
lie was anxious tliat it should be under-toil mat the interests of
such persons could not be made a national object without the most
ruinous political consequences.
The Resolutious were then read and agreed to; the Report to be re..
calved on Monday.

B A 1.1.0 T.
Mr. Bit riont:w brought up the report of the Committee which had
been sprinted early in the evening to scrutinizo the lista of names
for serving on the Committee of Storey. then it appe.:red tl.at the
election had fallen on the following /t numbers :
Lord Milton. I .onl G. Cavendish, Lord ('astkreat.h, Lord 1.
Right lion. C. B. Bathurst. Iloti. W. Latube, Sir A. Piggut, Mr.
C. %V. Wynne, Sit W. Scott Sir J. Siclin.l. Tne Attorney-(:L rol.
The Solicitor Getieral, Mr. Canning, Ron. C. Yo-ke. Mr. W. Eger.
ton, Mr. Willarthree. Mr. Bootle Wilbraham. Mr. W. Dundas,
Sir R.reel. Sir W. Curtis. Admiral Frank.
Sir M. 11'.1111)1.FY remarked. that his noble Friend, Lord G.
Cavendish, was at a c.msiderable distance, and in circoroßt•olo.ltwi'ich
made h impowible for him to attend. Ile wished to know whether
any oLtsjection was felt to the nomination of Slr. Tierney in his place.
1.0111 C L CHF. AGII apprehended that this would be a pro-
ceeding perfectly inconsistent with the tiottire of a committsw eltoken
be ballot. noble lord, whose absence hetet:Tr wts it. every
point of view a itio.4 plots r pawn to be in the committee. and pros
nobly ae. sod. had been ...keted.
The question, that the committee should meet tomorrow, (,ester.
day), vios Ott:tie:uric& as were several od,crs relative to the h..: it,c,a
of the comm.:gee. Tile colter (mitts of the day were shut disposad
of) and the bouo akkjeatial,

I 'um the LONDON G4ZETT4, Saturday, Feb. 7.

HAMM:I'TeI( ENL ATIGEn.

APMICHAEL W. iiri;ol.:4erel;ni; frwn l7. to April 7.
BANK/U:101TV SUPEItSI7. DLO.

II ix W. Tydd St. Mary's, Lincoln, wool dyer.
BANKRUPTS.
PROCTOR W. Shefficli. optician. Feb. 16, 17. March el, at Shef-
field. Att. Mr. Blakclock, Scrjeant'e Inn.
Rost. S. Swam*. dealer. Feb. 23, 21, March 21, at Swanwa. Att.

Mr. Price.i.inColn's
ViAan J. Milton Abbott. Devon. cattle jobber. Feb. 24. Z 5. March
el. at Tavistoek, Devon. Atts. Alexander and Co. New
terza It. New Woodstock. Oxford; ironmonger. Feb. 13. 14.
March SI, at Oxford. Atts. Robinson and Co. Charter Hons.:-
square.
Two tt y J. Plymouth. mariner. Feb. 17. 1 a. March 21, as Plymouth

Dock. Atli. I).rke and ('o. Clianccny-lane. ,
SPLNCER T. Nfanchester, commission broker. Feb. 40, 21, March
21. at Manchester. Attt. Hurd and Co. 'Temple.
It. Aberg.ivesny, Monmi tub. victualltr. Feb. 111. ID, March
21, at Aberkircnny. AtL. .Icnkins and Co. Nov Inn.
s.,irecas M. late of AMcrsgatc-street, victualler, March 17. 18, CI,
at Guildhall. Atts. Clutton and CO. Iligh.strect, Southwark.
1: t.t.:88 T. late of Fulham, dealer, Feb. 14, 21. March CI, at Guild-

nal/. Au. Mr. Shater' Millbenk,treet, WesttriAster.
1! v. H S. Angel-court, TlinKrnortor.xtrevt. broker, Feb. 17.24,
:tiara', 21, at Gui1.11:311. Au. Idr. llueklc, Sise-lane, Bucklers-

bury.
oeuE J. S. S. lstz of Golden.7anc, checerniorger. Feb. 14.41.
March 21. at (;tuldhall. Att. Mr. Conat4ble. Symoncre
Xvettt•rr .1. and S. ard F. Nash. latr of Westntinat.sr•rvad, Frh.
to. I. March 21. at Cuildhall. Art. Mr. Dian. Clifford's Inn. ,
‘motox T. Wo.t flans Abliey. F.sscx. tin ier. Fch. to, ;.+1
March that Guildhall._ Att. Mr. Argil!, Wititcchapcl•road.

DIVIDEDg.
11..1. and .1. Vmmett, Garrard-wee, Soho. tailors, Feb. es.
Trevor mid .1. Richards, Whitchurch, Salop. bankers, Miadt 2.
5. and U. Boardman, Liverpool, merchants. March 7.
J. (tooth, Wib.ey, YOrk, cotton manufacturer, March 4..
W. Bonham, Exeter, ironfounder, March to.
J. White:wad. M. Howard, and J. Haddock, Cnteaton-street, bank-
__

ers, March 7.
11..antl J. J. Battier, Goahl•uquare, Crutched Friars. merchants,

F'di. vl.
T.I bhnea, J. Harris, and J. D. Inglish, Long Acrc. coach makers,

F,A). 14.
S. Amherst, late of Market-street, Westminster, brewer, Feb. t:S.
H. Aloore, I roatnonger-lane„ merchant. Feb..m.
W. Hodgson, Playhouse Yard, Whit

paper stainer,

Feb. 26.
IL Payne, LieerpooL linendraper. March C.
J. shepherd. Moorton, Gloucester, nialtster, March 4.
C. Blt'i. ISishopweannoutii. Iturinun, ship owner. March 2.
7.. Bailey, SelwoixL Somers:A. shopkeeper, Feb. '2K.
11. Chestier, Sitt;nglansi I:, Rent. miller, Matell 2.
.1. Routh. T. I.e Mesor;er, told 11. 1.. Routh. inkschants. March 4.
W. Lowe. F fields, Larica,ter, machine rt alter, March 4.
.1. Toinkimon, late of Northwich. Chester. salt merchant. March 2.
T. Martin. Chielicqter, collar maker. March 7.
T. Rose..l. Richard% and R. Jones, -Liverpool, tailor, March 5.
IL flaini..s, late of Scolt's Place, Lower Road,l,lington, wine cooper,

Feb.
W. Knight, itagshot, Surrey, miller, Feb. Q.
A. M•Larldan and .1. Galt, t:t. Helens, factor% Feb. 24.
and J. Hurry, late of Nag's II esti Craceciumli-street„ iner-

chunts. F.. 1).
.1. and T. Harker, Helmsley Blackmaor. York, grocers, March 4.
Peacock, Lincoln. watokmaker, Atarch 2.
eI.:ItTIFICATES, Fyn. 28.
A. W. Sorgcnfrey. Savage-gardens, Te NOT Hill, merchant—Fl.
Wylie and W. 3. Richardson. Abchurch-lane. mtrchanti--C. W.
Walker. Briglitelm,=totte, stationer—.l. Word, Liverpool, grocer—F.
Hodshon. Strati, Kent. .hrcwer— L Paean.% Whitechapel. vie-
/ ttaller-3. staler, Wakefield, linendraper—J. and J. Goodchtld. Low
Nihon, Ilurhata, J. sad W..lackson; Hotsgr.e.:i wharf, J. Jackson,
Epplcton, and T. Jobe% sen. Greener tit, I:urliant. bankers.