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EDINBURGH
Printed by Aernethy & Walker.
THE
ANNUAL REGISTER,
FOR 1819.
VOL. TWELFTH.-PARTS I. AND II.
EDINBURGH:
PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE and co., EDINBURGH; LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN; AND
HURST, ROBINSON, AND CO., LONDON.
1823.
CONTENTS.
PART I.
HISTORICAL.
CHAP. I.
OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.
PAGE.
State of affairs at the commencement of the year.-Meeting of Parliament.-Prince
Regent's Speech.-Debates on the address,
CHAP. II.
WINDSOR ESTABLISHMENT.
Custody of the King's person vested by bill in the Duke of York.-Message from the
Prince Regent.-Windsor Establishment.-Reductions proposed in consequence of
the demise of the Queen.-Lord Castlereagh moves for a Committee to examine and
report on the expenses of the establishment.-Debate on the Report of the Commit-
tee.-Resolutions founded on the Report of the Select Committee.-Sir A. Hope's
motion for continuing the six equerries.-The bill passed the House of Lords,
CHAP. III.
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FINANCE.
Lord Castlereagh moves for the appointment of a Committee of Finance.-Finance
Resolutions.-Debate on the Report of the Committee.-Resolutions agreed to.-
Army Estimates.-Navy Estimates.-Ordnance Estimates.-The Committee of
Supply, and Annual Budget of Ways and Means. Debate on the Budget.-Excise
Duties Bill.-Army Extraordinaries.-Sinking Fund Loan Bill.-Sir Henry Par-
nell moves a series of Finance Resolutions, which are negatived by a great majority,
CHAP. IV.
RESUMPTION OF CASH PAYMENTS.
Introductory remarks.-Bank Restriction Act of 1797.-Effects of that measure.—
General principles.-Necessity of returning to a convertible currency.-Safe method
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for effecting that object.-Mr Tierney's motion on the Bank Restriction, as it affect-
ed foreign exchanges, and the state of the circulating medium.-Bill for restraining
the Bank from paying in specie notes under L.5.-Opinion of the Bank Directors on
the Reports of the Secret Committees of the two Houses of Parliament,
CHAP. V.
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STATE OF THE CRIMINAL LAW.
General Observations.-Petition of the Common Council praying for a revision of the
Penal Code.-Sir J. Mackintosh moves for returns of Forgeries on the Bank of
England.-Petition of the Society of Friends.-Mr Bennet's motion relative to the
Transportation of Convicts, and the State of the Colony of New South Wales.-
Lord Sidmouth's motion for a Committee to consider the returns relative to the
existing state of Prisons and Crimes.-Motion of Lord Castlereagh on the State of
Prisons.-Sir J. Mackintosh's motion for the appointment of a Select Committee to
consider so much of the Criminal Law as ordains Capital Punishment, carried against
Ministers.-Report of the Committee ordained to be received,
CHAP. VI.
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CATHOLIC CLAIMS.
Petitions for and against the Catholic Claims.-Mr Grattan's motion for the appoint-
ment of a Committee.-Resolutions to the same effect submitted by the Earl of
Donoughmore.—Bill for abrogating the 25th and 30th of Charles II. lost on the se-
cond reading,
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CHAP. VII.
MISCELLANEOUS PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.
Legal Reforms.-Abolition of Trial by Wager of Battle.-Insolvent Debtors' Act.—
Bankruptcy Laws' Amendment Bill.-Game Laws' Amendment Bill.-Bill for re-
gulating the settlement of Paupers.--Mr Tierney's motion on the State of the Na-
tion.-Cession of Parga to the Turks.-Foreign Enlistment Bill carried through all
its Stages.-Charitable Foundations' Bill.—Sir Francis Burdett's motion on the sub-
ject of Parliamentary Reform.-Prorogation of Parliament,
CHAP. VIII.
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RE-ASSEMBLING OF PARLIAMENT AND STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
Apparent cause of the disturbances in the manufacturing districts.-Re-assembling of
Parliament in November.-Regent's Speech.-Debates on the Address.-Report on
the Address.-Measures proposed by Ministers for regulating public Meetings, pre.
venting secret military training, searching for arms, and restraining the licentiousness
of the press.-Bill for preventing seditious meetings.-Motions in both Houses of
Parliament for the appointment of Committees to inquire into the state of the coun-
try. Mr Bennet's motion for a Committee to inquire into the present state of the ma-
nufacturing districts.-Bill for preventing training passed into a law. -Mr Hobhouse
sent to Newgate for a libel on the House of Commons.-Lord John Russell's
resolutions on the subject of Parliamentary Reform.-Sir W. De Crespigny's motion
for a Select Committee to inquire into the practicability of Mr Owen's plan for re-
lieving the distresses of the lower classes.-Bill introduced for the disfranchisement
of Grampound. The arms' seizure bill, the misdemeanour traverse bill, the seditious
meetings' bill, the newspaper stamp-duty bill, and the seditious publications' bill,
passed.Adjournment of Parliament,
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