Star. — London, England, 1819-03-04 00:00:00

r t t I;~? f~ i • L~ ~. ~'~ ,i s. ~.. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH S. The Lord Cuter Baaosr officiated again as Speaker this day, acrd no judiciat business was transacted. • The Duke of Newcasmi took the oaths and his seat. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY reported the names of the Lords choSen as Commissioners on the part of the House to compose the tribunal for the trial of offences committed in the East Indies, pursuant to the Act of the 24thof his Majesty. An Officer from the Ecclesiastical Court presented at the Bar a copy of the proceedings, before the Faculty of Peculiars and the Court of Delegates, relative to the divorce case of " Donne v. Donne;' which was laid upon the table. The Bishop of SALISBURY presented $ Petition from the City of New Sarum, and Lord KENYON one from the town of Wrexham, in De nbighshire, against the revival of the Insol vent Debtors' Act.—Ordered tale on the table. The further consideration of Trelawney's Divorce Bill was postponed until Monday se'rmight. Lord KENYON presented Bill to amend and extend cer tain provisions of the Act of ttse 44d of the King, for tke better preservation of the health and morals of Children employed Cotton Manufactories. Hls Lordship observed, his intention, in the present instance, was to propose that, the Bill should be printed and Ue on the table for ulterior consideration, when the Lords' Committee on the subject should make their report. — The Bill was then read the first time, and ordered to be printed as moved by his Lordship.—Adjourned till tounorrow. 110 USE OF COMMONS. Mr. Hurameos, from, the Bank of England ; presented an Account of all Bank Notes and Bank Post Bills issued each day from the 25th January to the Ist Mirth, 1819.-.-Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. ' Sir J. COFFIN presented a Petition from the inhabitants of several parishes in the County of Monmouth, praying that no alteration might be made in the Duty on Coals carried coast wise. —Read, ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.. On the motion of Mr. P. MOORE. the several Petitions pre sented to the House, relative to the Poor Laws, were ordered to. be referred to the Committees on that subject. The order for referring to a Committee the Petition of D. E. Dalo, F.st . complaining of an undue Election for the County c' Gal A•ay, presented on the 2d February, was Ordered to be di.chargedd the time allowed for entering into the recognizance, having expired. Sir W. GUISE presented a Petition from thd Agriculturalists or Gloucestershire, praying that some higher duties niight be Lid on the importation of Foreign Corn.—Re .id, and ordered to lie on the table. Colonel PALMER presented a Petition from. certain Inha bitants of Bath, praying that the Insolvent Debtors' Act might nut be continued.—Read, and ordered to lie on the table. _ _ Mr. TOMS presented the Report of the Committee of the Penitentiary at Millbank, pursuaitt to the Act 56, Gco. lII. Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Mr. BR AND presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Hitehen, in the county of Hert ford, praying for a revision of the Criminal Law.—Read, and orderod to lie on the table. 1113.5ipt :WRY lIMISEe BILL. Mr. BROGDLN brought up the Report of the Committee on the Husbandry Horses' Bill, and mov ed that the Bill be recommitted. i'qr. BRAND said, that if they were to impose a duty on every Steam Engine, in the same proportion as oa every employed in husbandry, there would be a great clamour fiorn , the Manufacturers, and they certainly would have reason to complain. Natwi;lissanding that he was far from concurring v.itli . the sentiments contained in the Petitions whi c h Lad been presented on the subject, he thought it was the duty if Goverment to look to the Agriculturists, and nut to lay a Atk oa tkokimplements of husbandry any more than ca, tho implements employed in ma nufactos-iss. .'" " • Mr. BROADEN said; that the Hon. Gentleman who had bioeght in the Bill, wished it to be discuss. ed in the House, and the object of his motion was only to put off the discussion.. Mr. CURWEN perfectly agreed with his Hon. Friend behind him. The tat operated most heavily %where its pressure conld be least borne, for the worst land required the greatest number of horses. . Mr. W. WYNN understood that the reason why the Bill was not to be printed now was; that some clauses had got into it which Ministers did not like; it was tberefore intended. to recommit-it, in order that these clauses might be struck out. After a few words f; otn Mr. BROGDENT, the Bill wag ordered to he re-committed on Tuesday next. turned at all, but pot into the pockets of these pea'. sons. There were several °thee eases of a similar nature, which made the whole defalcation in that parish amount to £1,968.55. 2d. One . of the Col 7, lectors had been allowed to collect arrears, and to' main them for fifteen months in his own hands, at, the end of which time it was found necessary to sell the furniture of his house to pay his debts. Under such circumstances, was he not justified in bringing forward his motion, and in claiming the sanction of the House to stop this system of peculation? He hoped the Right Honourable Gentleman would assist him in purging this Augean stable. The Honour able Baronet then moved for an immense number of Accounts, and other Papers, relative to the collec tion of the Assessed Taxes, and other 'fAxes, in the district of Seven-Oaks. The CHANC,ELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that if the' Honourable Baronet had done him the favour to call on him relative to the circumstances I now brought before the House, he would have found that there was no occasion for occupying the time of the House with the subject. Undoubtedly, frauds . had been committed in the collection of the Revenue,. but whenever they had been detected; (and no pains had been spared to detect them), they had been rigo rously punished. There could be no objection to the production of some of the papers which had been moved for ; but he would suggest to the Honourable Baronet, tliat instead of persisting in a motion sogt traordinary, he should withdraw it for the present. It was undoubtedly true, that two years ago alr. Wilkes had called on him, complaining of these frauds ; and on that occasion he had directed that the circumstances should be inquired into. He thought that when the Hcinourable Baronet had com municated with•him on the subject, he would be sa tisfied either that his motion was unnecessary, or that he ought to bring it forward in another form. Sir E. K N ATCH LL thought it unnecessary for him to say any thing on the subject after what they had heard from the Right Lion. Gentleman. He gave the Honourable Baronet credit for his motion ; and if there was any fitundation for an inquify, he should he disposed to sift the matter to the bottom; but he hoped that the Hon. Baronet would see the propriety of withdrawing the present motion, and bringing it' forward, if necessary, in another form. Sir W. DE CRESPIGNY said, that with that un derstanding, he should withdraw his motion. Since an enquiry had been thought necessary two years ago,' and since the same abuses still existed, he could not see bow the necessity of an enquiry at present could be denied. Mr. LUSHINGTON said that in the case of which Mr. Wilkes had Complained, the surveyor had been osecuted. The Hart. Gentleman read a paragraph from the Report of the Board of Commissioners, in which it was stated that their attention had first been directed to the abuses in that district, by the infor mation of Mr. Wilkes. Mr. TIERNEY said, he understood the lion. Ba ronet to withdraw his motion for the present, on the prospect of receiving the assistance of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. lie hoped the Right Hon. Gen tleman would refer all this to a Committee, because it was a matter of great importance, and required minute investigation. Unless the Hun. Baronet, on investigating the subject farther, and communicating with tie Treasury, should be satisfied that his mo. tion was unnecessary ► he hoped he would persiit la bringing it forward. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCH EQUR did not say that the Tatter should not be referred to a Corn-I mittee, when brOught forward in a proper shape. The motion was then withdrawn. IRISH GRAND.TORY ASSESSMENTS. Mr. SHAW moved, that there be laid on the table the memorial of the citizens of Dublin, relative to Grand Jury Assessments; and also a letter and other 'documents concerning a new jail. Mr. LUSHINGTON asked if the Hon. Gentleman had communicated his intention of moving for these 1 documents to the Secretary for Ireland? 1 Mr. S/I A W said he had mentioned it to Mr. Grant, and he thought there could be no possible objection. Mt. BENNET took this opportunity of directing the attention of the House to the fact, , that there was no regulaz Clergyman appointed to attend the jail of Dublin. lie was told, and he believed it to be true, that legal proceedings had taken place in December last to compel the (iraud Jury to appoint one, but as late as the 25th of last mouth, be knew that none had been appointed. They at present trusted solely to any Clergyman that might be disposed to volun tcer his services. They had first selected one who was disqualified by his own religion. The next two who had been appointed successively, resided abent fifty miles from Dublin. One of them was a Cler gyman in Limerick, and this man was to officiate in the jail of Dublini Then a fourth had been chosen ; a man who had been cast by accident on the coast of Ireland, having been shipwrecked on his voyage either to or from America, and whose total ignorance of the Irish language disqualified him f o r the office. ooci l e He could not refrain from saying that this was h . t y discreditable to the muni c ip a l au th o riti e s of the . Mr. SHAW replied, that he h a d underst that some dispute had existed between the Grand Jury and the Magistrates, respecting the Chaplain ap pointed, but the Sheriff had now made an appoint ment which-put an end to the inconvenience. The motion was agreed to. • __ _ WOOTTON-21A88I? EfACtION. Sir JOHN ST WAFT brought up a Report of the Committee, which stated that Ann Hall, who had been ordered into custody for not having attend ed the Coinznittee, had, been prevented from giving due attendance by infirmity and old age, she being ,86 years old. The Honourable Baronet ne x t move that Ara Hall be' did, without payment of Ms.—Ordered. MSC LAWEOUS. LUBLITNGTON stared, that the Hasse resolve itself,' IlaulabilParw, Into a Cemmitsef on the Assessed Taxes Act.-1 eniered. .Slz JOHN STEWART nude several observations on the hi. veavenienge of an accusation hanging long over the bead of the 'Learned Judge Maclellan v oad wished to second emotion by the Measurable Geatlentaeler **col a / a tlas the byplay. Mr. MARTIN eapreued his wily- e- IS *5'S for an earlier day. The SPEAKER rensarik4 thee the ix*, vii laud for a certain day ; it • might be peitpapad b Nth Piet be mei.' Mr. MUNE iestllearraler Army in I,‘ • The CHANCI4 4 O4 . .0 .14 - isaila as' ~ 1 COAL TAN. _ . Mr. WIWTTESLEY presented two Petitions from the County of Salop, against any alteration in the Duties on Coals. 'lle would take tills opportunity of saying, that he was conyinced, from the knowled'e he had of that part of the country, that any new tax on coal: would be attended with the most tijtirious consequences. -After what had passed, he hoped that all intention of urging such a measure had been. • r.notinc.cd. Mr. E. LITTLETON said, it had been declared ca the part of Ministers, that they had no intention cf proposing any alteration in the.present Duties;— but he wanted in unequivocal answer, whether, if a Bill were brought in by any other person, and a Committee moved for, the Chancellor of the Exche quer would oppose the measure? Till he received an explicit answer on that head, he would omit no , opportunity of agitating the question. The Petition was laid on the table. • DEVALCAIION OP_AS6ESSED TAXES. 1 Sir WILLIAM DE CRESPIGNY said, that in the motion which he proposed to submit to the House, wis convinced the night Honourable Gentleman , cy,sosite (the Chancellor of the Eitchequer) would give him his cordial support. If the Right Honour a';le Gentleman had consulted his own private feel he no doubt would have sifted the matter to the bottem,• tor he must be convinced that it re quired the minutest inquiry. The object of his mo. was the detection of fraud practised by Collec ter;, Assessors, Surveyors, Commissioners, Clerics, &c. to an extent unknown before. Ile would do the Houotirable Gentleman the justice to say, that when these abuses had been submitted to him, he had appointed a person to inquire into, hem, but he had not been able to accomplish what his inclination prompted him to attempt, and the •system of sur charges, which had so long disgraced the country, was still continued. If he succeeded in getting the inquiry for which be was about to move, he hoped • they should be able to put an end to that system of surcharge and defalcation which had so long existed. In the little parish of Westerham, in the district of Neven-Oaks. the gross Assessment; in 1814, was t:1,438, but the returns artiounted only to £1,115. . consequently theie w as t h at year a defal cation lls. Id. In 1315, t h e A ssessment v t a ilbeitsjan f ;ittlt only IVEIO. 10s. were returned, A n te . ..ir!A Alba of t 158: 10s. In 1816, the , a rri' - mv 1 ,04,4 e same, but the returns were only ,rio l ess i N that year a defalcation of 4579.65. 1 0 ' ir moie f fklut liptt neighbourhood paid LVSO. ass ;7,_ l t, fo r tytt. this sum had not ' heft to -4 ..~ Neisia Frilled was not in the Ifouse. It would be more cem ent to give notice of his motion.. replied, thatlte had Written on the subject to the Kahle Secretary at War, /trio had answered that he might move when he pleased. The HanoerabSe Oeitleman then moved for a Return of the-Number of °Seers who had catered the Army in India, from the 25th January, 1816, to 25th January, 1819 ; distinguishing those who had been educated at the Royal Mili tary sega, andthose who had obtained their rank by purchase; also the Number sof Half pay Officers 4uring the same period.— Ordered...-The House adjourned at a quarter before six. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. LAST DAY. Early yesterday morning the neighbourhood of the Hustings exhibited much more than the usual bustle, Not, however, among the Voters, for very little was done in that way, not more than 357 votes beht polled throughout the whole day, among all the Candidates. We say 'f all the Candidates,' because it is a fact that Major Cartwright actually obtained another vote I The apathy of the electors, however, was amply counterbalanced by the party spirit of the multitude. Soon after the commencement of the poll, a strong body of the Tothill-fields Gentlemen, , headed by Messrs. Crib, C4deb Baldwin, Dolly Smith, Paddington Jones, and other pugilists, marched into Henrietta -street, and took their station along the pavement, from Mr. Lamb's Committee Room to the Hustings. These worthies were each armed with a shillelah, and wore in their hats the sky-blue and straw-colour cockade of Mr. Lamb, with the addition, of the word " Lamb" on a paper label, stuck also in front of their hats. Between the double rank formed by these persons, a party of butchers, with Mr. Lamb'i colours also, incessantly paraded from the Committee Room to the Hustings, .with mare ow bones and cleavers. The assembled crowd very soon began to shew a decided hostility to this exhibition, and some rude jokes were pl iyed off upon the indi viduals who composed it. They, on tl4 other hand, nppeared by no means disposed " to do their spiriting gently," but began brandishing their shillelahs breathing defiance; and the consequence was, that a general row ensued, in which the Tothill-fields men were eventually l lt to the route, the Police Officers having previously :pond it necessary to deprive them of their weapons. The crowd, however, were now gi fleshed for the sport," and uproar was the order of the day. Many persons of both parties were hurt in the repeated skirmishes which took place, and the windows of Mr. Lamb's Committee Room, in Hen rietta- treet, were broken. At length three o'clock arrived, and the thoder of the High Bailiff's hammer announced the total close of the poll ; and the time was occupied till. the final scene, in placing an additional platform, which had been previously prepared, for the accommoda tion of the the new Member, the other Candidates, and their friends.—After the lapse of about a quarter of an hour, the poll-board was exhibited, and the numbers appeared thus: Mr: Lamb 31r. Hobhouse 11ajot Cartwright This was received with loud cries of "...Shame ! shame!" and pome partial shouts of " and general clamour. The limit BAILIFF now came forward, and de clared Mr. Lamb duly elected. !lovas assailed br the most determined and inveterate expressions of disapprobation.—After some moments, Mr. LAMA presented himself, and the storm was , renewed with increased vigour. Not a word - that he' said could be possibly heard, but it was understood, that he thanked them for their exertions, and con gratulated them on 'the result. Ile did not remain many seconds, and then withdrew, with his friends, Mr. Macdonald,. Mr. Lambtor, r. Wish art, Ecc. Mr. Hostrouse then came forward amidst loud acclamation, and expressed himself as follows : " Gentlemen—l come to bid you farewell. The Election is lost, but I trust we have not lost our ho nour. Of one thing lam sure, that we shall find Mere consolation in such a defeat, than our antago nist will derive from such a victory. The combination of almost the whole Aristocracy of Great Britain, the union of the two great political parties of the day, have been too much for the people of Westminster; and the nambers of those who, from a false view of the question, or allured by promises, or terrified by' threats, bare been brought against us, has been greater than that of the Electors who have had the intelli gene to see their duty, and the courage to perform it—not that I mean to impute base motives to the whole body composing the majority; many may have been conscientiously persuaded of the propriety of voting as they have done; but I do not scruple to say that delusion and terror, and influence of every kind, have been the powerful agents that have seat , red the triumph of the coalition. Gentlemen, let'us see which of us has the most reason to be contented with the event of this contest—on the one hand, we see a Candidate fairly chosen froth amongst the pea, ple, by the people, and for three months seeking every' occasion by which he' might collect the wishes and intentions of the . Electors with respect to himself and to his cause ; we see. dig dame , person rabouri ng w i t h a large body of the Electors in expelling a Court Candidate and succeeding in his endeavour. The peo ple otWestmiuscer seetn to avow, that his cause is casso..that he stands upon principles solely ; shatite : is an, honest advocateof that principle ; they to entrast hirli'wfth their rights ; previously cheice, 'the Electors connected with his no atination, a large body between three and four hun dred; think, itt AO lay close& the principle on which late? have Proceeded, their exposition involves the censure of a, praserful political party. That party take the alarm, their pride is wounded, their resent ment roused,lhei resolve on a conflict, and forget that tl:eir antagonist most be the people ; that people whose rights they. affect -to defend, whose miseries' they pretend to detain; they.forset that, in order to spew that they ha nqt apnAtatised from the cause of 'Reform, the most Cu/ions of all measures was to at.: tack the Reformers or Westminster. - They forget td examine whether, even if they had tante for resent- I i ment t it might not be unseemly to indulge their auger, and run all the risks of exciting more than civil.war, between the various deneminkioni of the popular party. They alloW thC resentment to pre. vail ; for, Gentlemen, Mr. Lambtion haocertainly told 'you the truth; and all that we see in Mr. litatilo nald's requisition, and. Mr. Lamb's address, about the , general call for a man of different principles from mice, was merely , the %tense—it was Got Ihc carac r the opposition. Tie 'Report ef the. General cc was the cause, and. the sole cause. 'lb, then came into the field against the mers; they chose a man to whom no party likely to make any objection ; they dubbed ltim a former, and a friend of the Revolution, •is rude: catch the people ; they instructed him to a!,l l ‘, as a Revolutionist, in order to make him Court. Tay succeeded to a miracle; and in and twenty hours the coalition between th e pat i, of the Government and of the Party was ( 0 ,,1 The whole organization whi c h h a d done :itch: ders at the commencement of the last Lectioo, l Maxwell and Romilly divided 2534 Tot ", h err, act against the People; but the Whip w ere 6 , anxious for every little that might help Ebel; ; did not refuse the good fellowship of any ear had the solitary merit of hatred fo the Westminster, and of the man whom the Per/;, 1 chosen. Not only the men, but the measure.. sanctified, in their eyes, by the end in virw. species of cajolery, and the menaces, and ft: which could operate upon the weak and Cy,. were brought into play ; and, to crows, endeavours, they concluded their struggl e currence to downtight violence and force. It surprising that these-efforts should - have over,.. those proceeding solely from rrincip. le; • again, is it possible that an honest man 91 !can derive any consolation from the taunbe t have been brought to vote for the lie; reset. such a Coalition ? Will any .upon the :old principles of his party, leA a triumph in a victory obtained, not by the V.V . by the retainers of the Court—ow. by thc. by the Plunderers of the People? 1 douhtn). ever, that we shall hear of the victory di the in IVestminster ; that we shall he told that Ole have returned to their alleg . *lance, ;Ind will be With corresponding kirolne:s; but the truth another victory. ss ill rain them. Gentlemen, tagonists may have the idle hollow!, but I le that the Itfoinieis will have the title glor contest. A great good has been, I)4:sdes, achieved; it has. sliewit that there are in jieit 3,k4G1 Radical Reformers, who, against every vantage,'and at the risk of eery sacrisce, have to record their names as supporters of a great principle—who have niantully looked dank, corruption in the face, and have soup,;ht no reward, beyond the satisfaction arising In fulfilment of their duty. Another great good h. been obtained—the modern Cal ins bare b.er pletely. ur.maskeJ, tae PuLlie can bine , loog taken as to their real character and I, , retensio:: increase as to the Aristocratical power, the diate satisfaction of their own selfish passions, in henceforward be the acknowledged motives c. their conduct ; fo.• the attainment of which no free of princile will he thought too great, no ciates too vi le and unworthy. INsceforreard tie Radical Reformers will learn to rely on thenneivea, tind on themselves alone. Another service may :14 b,ave been done to the People by this corset; the geformers will . have shaken off from them these to phase I have scarcely once. alluded during the whok of this contest. What those persons have been rlrage.i yp .say of me, was all in their lawfnl ;by have, have been sgAlxn from the Refornie:s ; but tlcy ve stsiek, like the vile straw, to any thing else tit .rt nzgets--, " Coach'd, carted, trod upon. now 10ose, new fu:, " And carried oft in some ii . 4;,;'s hot last!" —I wish the Whigs joy of their new friend. As for myself. Gentlemen, I have to express a nice sincerely . grateful sense of the confidence which so large a eot tion of the unbought, unbiased, free Electors of 'A est minster have been inclined to repose in me. That they should have thought me a fit advocate of their great cause, is to rue a sufficient repayment fin what ever exertions I may have made in behalf of the liberty of my fellow citizens. Our intercourse is to end water perhaps than might have been expected; but the actor who leaves the stage in the first act, may play his short part equally well with him who stays upon the stage until the curtain falls. I have done my best to justify the good opinions of those tvlictselec:ed me for the choice of the People ; but as I was selected from the People, and have laboured for the People alone, I shall not be surprised at finding that what ever approbation I may receive will come from the People only. For I did not enter blindly into this career; I knew what I must expect; I knew that by declaring my sentiments freely, I was entering my name upon the list, net only of public, but of social proscription; but I repent not, and like Dean Swifts girl, who ran away with the footman, would do it, were it to be done again. Agiin, Gentleman, I bia you farewell! I re:its into the ranks whence yea called me forth.. Whether I shall be again in thet.a. depends upon yourselves ; but depend upon it I shall never be found far behind in the great cause of pub' tic liberty."—Mr. Hobhouse then retired an :id the • . loud applause of the multitude. After a short pause, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT Care. forward, amidst the most vehement exclamations rt delight from the crowd. Wh en s il ence was obtained, Sir Francis said; it appeared their Opponentsweic Dr: so proud of their triumph, as to be very animas display their ho ours any length of time before t . Electors on this the last day of the contest. It was vaJ' great satisfaction he had witnessed the exertions (if° large a body of the Electors in favour of Mr. Ho house.—(Laughter on the Hustings.) He was not?: all surprised that there. were persons to be found 1 ' estimated a coupe by its success or want of succor`! he, however, who had devoted nearly the whole ' t his life to the cause of the liberty of his couctryi i. N i ; joiced to mark the progress o f th os e sentimeirtv'''.' induced the Electors to participate in the feeling . ti : A all power emanates from the People, and front I_l l. o alone (Cheers.) He wa s no t disheartened by , 'had occurred during the contest; netwithstanihng 4A , that had linen done by the Ins and the Outs, and by hired ruffians, whom the . People had swept ai . ul, before them, the cause of Liberty had been . even by the present struggle—(...icelamations.) efforts of the Reformers, though appirently tual at the moment, would, be trusted, he eventa .. .• beneficial to th e country. Mr. flobliou,e. 11.4611-It! them farewell, but there was a hope. that the urns':: would not be a long one. The contest those who had brought forward Mr. I lobliote; there'couhl be littlehesiuition. in again placing before them as a candidate (Cheers.) It was >C11 . .-•: . i)(Atibi.o th4t they could ever again have to cell."' • • 711 :::•• ty Sar 11 a !de r to t ie lot ayetr`ent , a4l . 11 . v 00 . bt a 71. 1 re t • Lh • Y jre. I:. '• tr. i 4 1 71, :4 Ofr eel .. re I ) rem de en wt. 43 '1;:t n; :0 asiis• aril the tseive, ;;:y ;14 ; the these P 1 e whok rltalea r, • tIIOT Lit cF As for ncerely a pai- l' 11" their r what- 'r ;`, It ;.