The National Register.
London, England, 1822-02-24 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

The SOLICITOR GENERAL said, the petitioner, If he
had not the means, could take the benefit of the Insolvent
Debtors' Act.
Mr. DENMAN,Itoped that the Treasury, on coolly con-
sidering this transaction, would supersede the necessity of
hi. again mentioning the fact to Parlianielit....Petitioll
ordered to ire printed.
Mr. LEN NAIII) postponed till the 27 tir inst. his motion
respecting the Civil List.
Sir W. CURTIS brought forward his motion respecting
the Orphans' Fund, maintaining that it bail been carefully
managed, as was proved by the fact of the debt Navin.;(
been extinguished four years hr hire such extinction Was
anticipated. Ile concluded with moving for a select
committee to inquire into the appropriation of the Or
phans' Fond.
Mr. Sergeant ONSLO W said, that the orphans of
London had nothing to do with it—indeed the fond was
applied to any purpose but to that ter which it was
intended.
Aft.:,r some observations from Alder man C. Atkins and
Sir E. Harvey,
Mr. SU MN ER stated, that he mast repeat, what he had
before sawn said, 'bat the funds had been most impro-
perly applied; and that either is' the coiarnittee, or berme
the House, lie should, when he had opportunity to do so,
show that such was the fact. The lion. member moved,
as an amendment, that the representatives of the comities
in the neighbourhood of the metropolis be appointed on
the said committee.
The gallery was cleared for a division, when we under-
stand rather a eittiuma scene took place. There being
many members who did slot desise to divide on the pies-
lion at all, they left the Douse; so that eventnally there
were not enough of metirlieta to make a Hasse. If the
division had been pressed the house ,have been
" counted out." The nuttiest was agreed to, and then
members not originally contemplates' were proposed; bill
those pi opositiuns were not uppased. Mr. G. Bennett
thus became s memiser of *tee committee.
Lord A. HAMILTON then moved, timt the report or
the committee no Scotch Burghs, %shirt' sat last session,
should be referred to a committee of the whole House.—
Tile noble Lord, submitting the motion to the House,
said, lie had beets appointed cliab Mail of that committer.,
but having been unavoidably absent for two days, the
Other wrmbrrs had, in the meantime, conti 'sett to make
this repot t. Ile therefore wished it now to nosh:lgo the
comities anon and revision of the Ilouse.
The Lord Advocate, Laird Binning, and Mr. Forbes,
defended the report• Mr. flume, Ms. Kennedy, and Sir
R. Ferguson supported Lord A. liamilton'a motion; and
after a long dit,ctndon the House divided. For the mo-
tion 4b—against it Sl—majority against the motion 35.
Adjourned at twelve o'clock.
THURSDAY, FEB. 21.
Mr. C. W. W:% no took the atiA Mt seat.
Mr. H YAM presented the i.nuad act aunts of the national
debt. Ordered to he pruned.
This beteg die lust day but one for the presentation of
petitions for private bills, sett:tat flesh petitions were
pre:salted.
Mr. 'SYNC; presented a petition fur a bill to improve the
Somers Town paving act.
WEsT INDIA TRADE.—Mr. BERNAL wished to learn.
sr !tether there was any truth in the rumour that had gin into
some of the papers, that an order in council had issued to
open the node between the West Indies and the American
continent.
Mr. W ILMOT was glad of the opportunity of contra-
dieting the sumour—nu such order in council had issued, nor
was any thing of the kind in contemplation. As he knew
that such rumour is as in circulation, lie was glad that lie
could thus early contradict it, for he was an are that it was
calculated to do itijiwy, and tit create anxieties-
Petitions from the Corporation of Londou were presented
fur bil.s to amend the acts regarding London and Blackfriars
bridges. Referred to committees Oh the motion of Mr. Ald.
Mr. %V. SMITH moved for further accounts of extents
In aid issued since December last. lie did this because
sollle extrnordinnry circumstances had intended some ex-
testis iii tad recently issued—CirCuenslances that were cairn-
'MlA to produce disturbances in the country. Ile therefore
moved fur these further 'recounts.
SURREY PETITION.
Mr. DENISON presented a petitioit for reform from the
comity which he had the houuur to represeet—Surrey. It
is as agreed to unanimously. It attributed the distresses of
the country to the wasteful expenditure of the suittister",
extravitgant expenditure arose lions the want of a
plover mines, tit;:tiou of the couutry in the people's House
of Parliament. The petitioners said they would never cease
urgeio all the legal means walnut their power till they had
accamplishe.l a constitutional reform of the blouse of Com-
mow. Tile paltry relief of taking talf the 1.. duty bad c 00...
plefrly disappointed the country; stud Ike tuna. tuettlqer
added, the proposed loan to parishes of 4,000,0001. would
increase the burdens of the country, its the expence of such
Exeltequer II:11s ninth' be 120,0006 per annum.—Petition
read and ordered to he printed.
Su r'PLV, Mimi Derv, &c.—Os' the bringing up of the
rt putt of the committee of supply.
Sir It. lIEUON asked when they might expect the ae•
counts of the expense of the coronae
The CH A N CEL LOB of the EXCHECUEIt replied that
they were nut made out, bat that they soon would be, he
expected.
Mr. cALcRAFr enquired when the one shilling malt
duty was to he tskeit me.
The CIRN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that
the reduction ti as to controctice trues the beginning of the
next July quarter.
Mr. BEN NETT moved for !Reentrant°, the sureties of Mt.

Theodore lioJk, and the stem taken by Government res-
pecting that person's accounts...-Orilered.
RI LIEF TO TIIE COON flt Y.
Lord ALTIIOII.P rose, pursuant to his notice, to Ming
forward his pi (noised motion. Th.• Wail and extent of relict
proposed to the country by the Goveriunelit, In the noble
Lord's speech of Friday last, haul disappointed hint, Its *ell
IF it great iniuuriiy in the nation. II e thuu6lit there might
be a reductional Is XeS-111;it there might be absolute SA% ings
to the country to the amount of of .1),11 4i,0001. Such amount
would operate as relief to the country. Ii that saving could
be ellected, and if the sinking furl acre Julie away, sir as
to operate as further relief to the country, be should enter-
tain hope of beholding some rcine..lj lug the iiistreirses.— lie
concluded with moving a resolution, that the plan of relief
proposed 6y toe ministers hail disappointed the caloct"i""s
of the country, and that it did nut meet the ju.tice of the
case.
'fin: Nun, F ROBINSON ruse for tut: purpose of op•

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posing the motion, and concleded by moving as an amend-
ment, two counter resolutions, stating in siert:ince, that the
execs:, Of our income, now exceeding the 5,000,0001. the
sum recommended by the re:whiten' ul the Morse of June 9,
!Slit, wit lie sum necessary to const.ture a sinking fund, for
the preservritoil of public credit, tiy 240,6001. the period
had now arrived at a inch taxation might be diunuished,
and
the public Icel the Mitt fit of the plan teetliatuesided by the
House iu their resieutioil 4)1 lel9.
Lord J. RUSSELL was decidedly iu favour M. adupthig
the plan recoinmentitel by his noble blend.
Mr. BANKS supported the plan proposed by 'Maine's,
as Coal most Milne to be adopted.
Mr TI ERNEY entered into a review of the sinking fund
(nun its Gist erablislimeat, itud ad vetted to the vat lites
iu-
roads Which bard been made upon it, We had now icIZ4A
the IPA rag a Inch remained, namely, the tong) ttttt td interest,
and try the confession of the noble Lord, nil which now re-
mained to the public was a sit riot, ill 21)0,0001. annually, to
tie, as the 'table Lard said, applied to the reduction of the
burtheits to which the public were subjected.
kir. W I I.MOT dolt-laded the plan of ministers.
Sit It. WILSON opposed it.
After some temervatitnia from Mr. Whitmore and Mr.
Price,
CII ANC ELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. entered at
length into a review of our press nt tinanceal sitnutitin. It
had been contended that we were enoilvern ; if it was so,
that was a stoat) realm fur not paying our debts; but tic Was
prrpa,cd to stew that lie were in a very deferent situ:trim'.
Pictures had been drawn of the flourishing state of our
faunae;, pi evetu• to the late aura but he contended the
country was at present tat a touch mote flotaishme date than
it at ab at the time which had been so oft. it Minded to,
namely, 179'2. The Hilt hon, gent. theta welt' into a review
of the present state of aur cinumerce au -I revenue to ammo, t
hit assertion. Ile concluded by olisert tog that lie ha -1 te.
doubt as to the result tor to-night's debate, taut he felt it eight
to say, that on that result depended alaether he should o•
should not he able to carry on the financial arrangement of
the year.
Loud A ',THORP replied, after which the !Louse divided.
For the otiginal mutton, 120—For the amendment, 234—
Majority for ministers, 108.
Air. CA LC ItA r gave notice that he would on Thursday,
the 2Sth inst. move fur a repeal of the salt lax.
Tan usher orders were disposed of, and the House ad-
jriareed at half-past eleven o'clock.
FRIDAY, FED 22.
Mr. IRVING presented a petition from the West India
Dock Company, praying for a renewal of their charter, and
fur the continuance of their present privileges. ordered to
he on the tattle.
Mr. CURW EN presented a petition from Robert Tayler
Wild, a manufactueer of roasted grain, athich he sold for
breakfast powder. Calculating on the word of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, he had proc..eded to that sale,
hich lie submitted could not but he beneficial to ngrieul-
ture ; but lie was now Ore:armed with the seizure of all bit
property by the Excise. lie therefore prayed the House
to repeal such stets as rendered the sale of his breakfast
powder the subject of Excise prosecution.
The petition was then brought up natal read at length,
Mr. LUSH INGION said he had etiquired into this case,
as lie promised w do, and he found that the encouragement
tat this breakfast powder would he scry injurious to the
revenue.—Pc ordered to lie it, the table.
Mr. JAMES presented a petition from certain persons
couliiied in Lain otter jail for political misdemeanors, (ma-
id:tieing of their letters to mentlitrs of Parliament being
opened by the jailer. The lion. member said, he should
bring forward a motion on this subject on Monday next.
Petition read, and ordered to lie out the table.
Mr. C ALC It A FT moved that the resolution ou the subject
of the salt laws be revrinted.—Ordered.
WAYS AND MEANS.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ntted,
that the House go into a Committee of Ways and Means
fur raising t be supply.
Col. DAV IS noticed the extraordinary variance between
the lininice accounts prothicto on the inns iou of Lord Imn-
dundetry oil Friday last, and the annual finance accounts
usually delit urea to the inembeis. They related to the same
period last year, but some of the items were more, and
others were lets; but the sum total tires ntetl a dilleresice of
1,961,0001. Ile a idled to know how such extraordinary
Mir:truce arose, tPlw,Chill) 3.b the made Lord had laid claim
to toe coats truce of the +fuse.
'I he CHANCELLOR or the EXCHEQUER explained
the vat lOns Modes of Making Up the several art toints. oors
set ins of accounts contained the estimated receipt and ex-
ticieliture ; the other, the actual receipt, and ex pences ; but
he lied no doubt tied tt lien all the acounts came before the
li•suse, they would be Gonad to be perfectly Curl cat.
Mr. II UNIE said, that the Chancellor of the Excheener
ought to shrew how lbws act 'tants Caine to differ; nod he
therefore suggt sted flint the c °minim c he postponed till that
right lion. „ma. recuncile the differ, nee of the two series of
accounts.
Mr. RICARDO said, they were promised a surplus of
I,000,01:01•; indeed they were told that a smith's did exit;
but in the account they found flint n surplus of 2,600,0001.
while for interest of Exchequer Bills there sans a charge of
tipwurds of 2,000,0001. Wes this the way it) keep the poi)•
lie accouats I 11 hat security was there that neat yeet,
when they were to have 5,000,0001, snrplits, there was not
to he a charge deducted from that sum of two or Olive
mil-
t (Ili es, beat.) Tnese (*Wad, nein extremely tires
satishictory in every point of vice. In the actual ex pence s
of the army and net y theie wits a diilercuce of upwards
of
half a mill between the twit at nes of accounts.
Mr. TIERNEY reverted to ti.c qi.estion connected a WI
the surplus available Air the Miking fund. If the Chancelliir
of the Exchequer were permitted tit go to that surplus as he
pleased, it became 1411! more apparent that the idea of a
sinking fund was a mere juggle—a complete delusion.—
The learned tent. further f 4 in:irked, that, fur the 111-t lout or
five years the 111101nita had been so complete ly beyond his
comprehension, that lie had I.ft the budget Moue. It was a
hopeless subject. 'eke Chancellor went on untilushiugly,
promising what he knew could not be fulfilled ; and although
he quarterly talked about a flourishing revenue. lie was every
quarter cuilapelied to slums' leinself an tree homily of 111.,,
Hunk. As to their lin.lllCh.l SlCC.:uhta, there were not
lince 'nen in the lioe,e. aabo could understand tiro ;
ought they then to be surprise) at the didicuiCes a hich every
%here stared them in the facet
Mr. It. SM ILTI I obsc vett, that he sli.mlil he rafter pro.
pose resolutions regarding the Austrian Luau, t.o cameo: toe
noble Lord's demand for its t Curti.
Mr. S. NICE asked, whether the Irish window tax was
to be coati:teed according to its pi esent amount.
(For conliconim see pr,ze CZ.)

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