Star.
London, England, 1823-03-25 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COJIMONS.

The Stamm tame down to the House a few minutes before
eleven o'clock, and was soon Sifter summoned to the House of
Peers, to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to several
public and private Bills, for which see the Lords' Report.
On his return from the House of Lords, the Srasittta ad-
journed the House duling pleasure, And a few Minutes before
four he again took the chair; and this being the taut day for re-
ceiving private Bills, several were brought Mend read a first time.
Sir T. LETHBRIDGE gave notice that he would, on the Ist
of May, submit Resolutions to the House on the subject of Agri-
cultural Distress.
Sir J. BOUGHEY brought in a Bill for the better recovery
of Small Debts, in the Borough of Wolverhampton, which was
read a first time. _

Bills were brought in for lighting the towns of Paisley and
Chesterfield with Gas.
A Petition was presented from Owners and Occupiers of Land
inlthe county of Strathmore, complaining of Agricultural Distress.
Sir G. HILL brought in a Bill for lighting the town of Bel-
fast with Gas.
A Bill was also brought in for lighting the town of Notting-
ham with Gas.
Mr. S. WORTLEY brought in a similar Bill as regarded the
city of York.
The Woolwich Gas Light Company Incorporation Bill was
brought in and read a first time, and ordered for a second reading.
Sir W. LEMON presented a Petition from Falmouth against
the Hawkers and Pedlars' Act.
.A similar Petition was presented from Truro; as also were
Ththions from St. Ire's, against the Coal Tax ; from Leicester,
against the Hawkers and Pedlars' Act ; and faun renzanco,
against the Coal Duties. On presenting this last Petition,
Mr. D. GILBERT said, be feared ads tau could:maim taken
off during the present linden, but he trusted .it soosikeadmately
be repealed, as it was calcidaid to have no other Salatithatte
make coils, where dreadydar, still dearer.
Mr. GREN FELL also expressed his tope that tide eseashife•
one of the Mt taxes taken oa •In the next Session e.bet, libe his
Hon. Friend, had So expectation that ablest testi be dad
daring the present Session. • -•-
Mr. 0. BENNET presented a Petition Br* Mk;
ilikbardCa
at present a prisoner in Doteltesterjail, pr ieft theflotrie to pot
an end to Corporal Punishsropt. The Hoss:Mor.pe notice
that he would, soon after the holidays, substal taNstssicata to the

House on the subject. , • •
ARMY EITRAORDTWARIEL ' ' ~' •
The Report of the Committee of Supply **Oben
brought up, and on the 'first tresolutioit for the ektm-
ordinary charges for the Army and the Colonies,
Mr. HUM said, the first item of the Colonial Ex-

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pervieVissll9,oool. for- the Capeof . Geed itiMmi- r* altland'and:Mr. Gourlay, he entteated•the Iforil
Theie'wa 3 in .fli.is charcee an item.ofesoo/. for th. I
Icirdil,Agent ; there vies ilso.a clivage of la .
the Agent of Ceylon, and 5001. far the. Mauritius...-. IN°
clotti
, wait until the papers were before the:n, and then
0 was confident the statements of that Gentlernati
old be proved. He complained that the lionotr-
able Gentleman opposite had made free to say that
Now those Agents, he..eontended, ought to be •paid
lrythe Colonies, and not he charged as part of the he made allegations against individuals which be
'tnilitarry eipenditurc • There was• also an Agent could not afterwards support beeviderice. %M alt*
rimmed for Mahe,' and to that he had the same ola- had said of Sir Thomas Maitland was, that he wet
tyraestical and oppressive in his Gevernmenr of tte
'lot: lonian Islands. These allegations -he •een.;idervielei
fri,gtibton. Hon. On
Gentleman this subject
who lie mustheld the notice,
Age thatncy te
' Ceylon, am. was now Treasurer of the Navy ; and he have been' pecivedisiy.tbe dOernisentseuthich he pm,
tae. dileediandltid on-the Eiisie of the kull." Theife4
ficer ought not .to .havebneusalletwed m verreainals
Aiviiiseheticeiy,toas,knino‘irlisifolpleiniostnil,loilnetetnwdoedsittucratihoonlsdwere
incompatible in tire hands of the same person? In- commend, where belhad disgraced the 'name ofam
deed, he considered these Agencies unnecessary, they Englishman, .and rendered it iramd 'and Aisessiedmc
ought to be done away, and these four sums saved ; The Honourable Mombernught to ansuibitt het**
and he should prOpose to deduct the amount from not charged these tramattions upon Air Ti,,:enas
the Estimates. There was also a sum of 2,44E4 Maitland within the last four months. limdmitied
charged for prize.moriey paid io Lord Keith. He that since that period there had •been a clumgeof ro-
considered the thus delaying the payment of prize. licy in the Governor; but .he would say and .z: eat,
money very wrong ; he wished to know, if this was that the documents which he•formerly lai.l before
the last prise-money remaining unpaid? There was the House proved, him. to be.a scourge and a tyrant
also an item of 9,4001 to Baron Langsdorff, said to to the islanders, and showed that he ,had committed
be paid in satisfaction of the subsidy of MS. ik
acts of iniquity
to this country—(Hear).
and injustice which were a dishonodishonorerl
•
thought these circumstances required explanation.—
There was also an item for an allowance of 10051. in .Mr. -WILMOT said, the Hon. Member had already
lieu of Coals and Candles to the Governor of ,E,lin. been told thatif:Mr. Gourlay's Petition iv ii-brinight
.bargh Castle. He thought this was a large sum, and forward, he pledged himself to refute any vase lir.
;
',required explanation. Ile should now move, that in- Gourlay might attempt to make out. Could "he sae
stead of 620,0001. the suns should be 618,0001.
more ?—(Hear, hear).—As to Sir T. Maitland, die
Hon. Member adverted to cases long since disposed
of by the House. 'The Hon. Member then said, but
Mr. WILMOT contended that it was not correct .to
infer, because the military expenses of the Colonies
fell on the mother country, that the Agents were Sir Thos. Maitland had .changed his conduct in the
not paid by the colonists. If the Hon. Gentleman last four months ; in reply to that, he challenged she
Hon. Member to shew any act of the Government
had shewn that the economy which he recommended
were practicable, by pointing out to whom the busi- during those four months, which differed from the
ness now performed by the Agents might be con- acts of the previous eight. According to the Hon.
veniently transferred, there might be some fair gr on nds Member the people.of the Islands were only kept
down by thesword. He would just make ome awe.
fur what he had advanced; but none such appeared
ment to the House, and then leave it to decide upon
at present., The duties of those situations must not
be neglected ; and by whom, if taken from the the truth of that assertion. Corfu was at present gar-
Agents, could they-be performed? He would state
risoned by eight hunched men ; whereas, when in pos.
before that House, that it was impossible for any one
session cl the French, and in time of war, if contaitod
-in his department to undertake them. If the Hon.
twelve thousand troops. These soldiers, too, were all
Gentleman brought' a motion forward on this sub.
stationed in the works, and there were none quartered
upon the country. Would the Hon Member say.that
jest, he would prove the fact—he would shew that
the business of that department had already been it was possible for the whole population, if they were
doubled and trebled, and he would defy the Hon. really discontented, to be put down by such a propos.
tion of force? In .Cephalonia the number of men ca.
'Gentleman to contradict him. While on his legs he
able of bearing arms was
.25,000.; and the English
would offer a few words in reply to a charge made P
troops stationed there 500. In Santa Maum thee
the other evening against the Governor of Upper
'were 15,1000 inhabitants of that description, and 550
Canada. On hearing it he had risen in his place,
and declared himself satisfied that the fact referred to English. In Ithaca and the other islands there was
was untrue. But now having had time to make in-
the same disproportion. It was impossible, therefore,
quirt', he would challenge the Hon. Gentleman to
that the Hon. Member could maintain his proposition
:shew ,that a more unfounded statement had ever Without giving a very bad opinion of the islandets
/been brought forward in or out of that House. The whom be meant to advocate and support. Butahe
Hon. Member would say, the population had been
teroverhor had been described to have sent a Mr.
Gourley " a much injured Gentleman"out of the Pro-
dilarmed ; and allowing that to be the case, the corn.
'
.paristive numbers of the English were so few that they
vince, under circumstances of great hardship and op_
ce.
pression. This was said to have occurred in•conse. could not put down the inhabitants by physical for
quence of Mr. Gourlay having published that the Lie would also refer the House to the accounts of the
late elections. He did not know whether it was is
Governor, after having consented to receive i certain
one of the Hon. :11ernber's speeches, but it had hen
salary in lieu of fees formerly. allowed, not only re-
stated either there or in those remarks by which the
'ceived the salary stipulated, but the fees also. Now
the' fact was, there was not a word of any such accu-
flion.Membei's speeches were preceded and succeeded
elsewhere, that the inhabitants were so disgusnii
sation in the three volumes which had been printed,
with the administration of the Government, as ts
on matters Connected*With`thecise.. After this, what
lake no interest whatever in the elections, and is
became of the charge which the Hon. Gentleman had
brought forward, when it aptieared that the accusa-
the privileges and rights which they possessed.
don for which Mr. Gourlay was sent out of the Pro-
—ln Corfu the tide to vote consisted in the pas
vince, as stated by the Hon. Gentleman who was -session of property amounting in English money to
about- £7O or £BO a-year. Out of 520 electors this
-shortly to bring his case forward, did not. appear
eve, to have been made? The Hon. Member ought qualified, 462 Voted at the last election; and this nit
to be more cautious in making such charges; It was secretly, but viva voce, and in public. In Ceplialonir
Artie they could be contradicted, but in the mean there were 530 electori, and 367 of them voted ; a Z
time.fhey were translated into other languages, andante 340, and 201 voted ; in Santa Mauro 273 voted
'widely circulated, to the great injury of individual out of 341 ; in Ithaca, 127 out of 138 ; and in tie
smaller islands all voted who had the right. Now it
character. On another subject the statement ad.
lioneed by th% Hon. Gentleman was utterly unfounded would ask the House whether these could be Of
greater proof of the confidence they placed in the
-The.alluded to the lonian Islands. He defied the
n.
Hon. Gentleman to bring forward a motion on this English Government, and of the value which they
eat. If he suktacned to their privileges? Yet- the Hon. Member ha
{j
'did so it woold enable hint to prove
the assertion he now made, on documents, the au-
said, that the people took no interest whatever ii
thenticity of which he could not deny. The Hon. public affairs, and never came forward
there
• .
Gentleman had stated, the lonian Islands were net political advantages. Another
„prosperous. He (Mr. Wilmot) could not go into the of the Government was to be'
details while speaking on a question to which they Corfu, without fresh taxa:
were irrelevant, but he could confidently tell the Hon. the failure of the vintage
Gentleman, that what he had asserted with 'respect creased its revenue one seventh
to them, as well as his statements respecting Upper Throughout the Government -
Canada, were utterly unfounded.
tice was better preserved, -
Mr. CREEVEY objected to the agencies on other was better carried on in all
rer grounds, as well as those his Hon. Friend had ad-
e had been at any prey',
vanced. *Three of those agents, Mr. Huslcissen, Mr. the acts of tyranny of which
he Courtney,' and Mr.'Bathurst, were Members of the should always .be ready
'
House, which, in his opinion, ought not to be; and, banishment of those persons
-'
indeed, under the-Statute of Queen Anne they could was fully justified. But
not be. Tree, these places were not given by the and not one native•olahe
Crown, but they were given by the Secretary of under banishment. Sir
' State for the time being, which was the same thing. the necessary force and
After the Holidays he•would bring forward a motion trationof the new Government
on the subject. tions had entitled him to
Sir-1.-YORKE thought these agents, might be dis- the most undeniable proof
peosed with, and he shotdd accordingly vote for the theprosperous condition
seduction, on the same principle as he voted for the vented; but if the Hon. _
reduction of the Postmaster-General and .the Lords' not satisfied with. that proof,
of, the Admiralty. 'upon closer_grptind, he was
Mr'. lILISICISSON defended the 'ipp-ointment of whatever papers he might
Agents to the Colonies as necessary ; and contended sary for such a purpose—Wl
that although, in the vote of Army Extraordinaries, Mr. H. G. BENNET ;,--'
'yet 'they' were in fact paid by the Colonies. The man had forgotten that ,
Hon. Gentleman, upon the same principle, might kept in. the lonian Islands,
deny that any Army Extraordinaries were necessary, Islands from being taker
and therefore he should, instead of moving a miser- 2,000 men were sufficient
able paltry reduction of £2,900, at once oppose the subjection, if we began,
vote altogether." log the population. He
Ur. T.WILSON thought the Colonies 'should pay Thomas iquitlaad had ink,
e Ageattivho were appointed to promote their in- the English name -unpoptst
terests, and ahit they ought not, in any way, to -be it was before revered. 'T
made a. ihurce.of expense to the country. . Colonial Secretary, who
Sir ILWiLSON'w.ished to have an answer as to so to do; but they would
the qttestion Of'Prize.money. Had ,the Government persons in the lobby.
now *tiled the.Prite-strottei di had they not? Mr. PEEL said,. the :
far.',AßßUTHNOrtirld, the money had been paid Member for Aberdeea, h;
bylloieristneot sonie_tinier, ,and been in the hands. of Sir Thomas Maitland, wl
eht,.A.speats. . . . quire his dismissal from
Mr..WlClßAMEakfeitded the claim • set .op by' the apply the terms ~scourge,
A.pt-India Ctartpktity:-Mellonse divided—:
•- .. For the V(nria '"• ' "L ".' -.1. . - • - • • •
. 74 at a distance, incapable of
grace to die British nation,
... - ;.or the ArcAndaspss . ...
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ed "iii an arduous sem,— .
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IZlajaticr: krianut ottitt original tote, . -ist
41i.-HUMX, in riamito, put a,ciestiOe.relitivi gag
sio.
the contracts f.r.w. clotting,..alluded to the previous.. molly
in having this opportunit y
to the merits. of Sir T/T,.--
•
discussion,. and said that he always wishedaolae'liold °RiceP'va•-
responsible for whatever chat ges,ainl statements •11.. a hip the- office for two Governor of .'
made. With regard to the ...t4c of Sir l'cre,,iitis; about Pit' wilm°o a"
0

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he defied th 4
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was? The I

leave off his
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Vie charge
the conduct
by Governm
Mr. PEEL

t sing persoi
scourge and
Mr. WYN
this kind, to
which could
specific rnotic
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Officer a sca
against the
bring forward
land, and the'

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Hon. Friend c
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Friend had m
them distinct
Mr. WILM
ply the Roust
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falsehood, of t
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Upon the gi
National Vacc
Mr. HUM E
_,State for the 1
:shat he would
.:once for all, to
charges again
openly made i
by authentic di
duct. As the
:tent of Marti
sideted it unjui
Mr. DAWSI
Vaccine Establ
the welfare of
90b000 persons
2.0,000 at Ma
`Board had the
all parts of the
Mr. WILM(
from what had
wards the poop
Sir I. COFI
ployed on fore
and a tyrant.
Mr. FIUME
brought before
words which b
agreed to.
Mr. lIUME
were taken by
;reign Officers,
in other armies

Sir U. .BUR(
that they receiv
could receive h
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