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' .. . . :1;* - 410V.-: • -. .. .-.4 - • " la _• ....iiiZ ....;:070A ‘.;;. • - •„, . • 7• . l ift(__ . S . t AP's. , k....- ci .; 4 . A • s c 0 V ' •** .X 0 - . / _ /- • . . THIIRSDAV, JUNE 4, 1518. . PRzcn SEVEN-PENC] ___ N I lista :flax . • OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, May 21, 1818. lIRE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of his MA JESTrs ORDX.4XCEd. hereby give Natec, rropoials will be received at their Office, in Pan-mail, t a beto.e FRI U.IY, the sth day of June next, front such Perons as may be willing to undertake the Rupply of TIN 1-.0 7, f,r ;onice of thy. Department, for a period of Three • dPi-ontral,le after the expiration of the first Year, upon tot'..c 'Curse Months, at the opdon of either partT . l'at.co:s of the Articles may be viewed upon application at er'acipal Storekeeper's Office in the Toveor, and farther par sci.h the Terms and Conditions of the Coo ney way be kr.nwn at the Secretary's Office, in Pall-mall :oresaid, any day between the h ours of Ten ant Four o'clock,. where the Proposals must be delivered sealed up and endorsed, " proposals for Tin Wait," but no Proposal can be admitted af ter the said sth of June, at Twelve &Clock at Noon of t'he wme day, neither will any Tender be noticed unless the Party making it, or an Azent in Lis behalf shall attend. Ry Orderoftlis Bond, R. H. CREW, Secretary. _ PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE z. propensity . to and the commission of critne—frettieir were moments in the lives of the most trarderisd tlsl prits, ivhen their minds were so softened by misfor tune, as to be open to the mild inrlaence of the spin; of amendment, when that influence was properly ap plied. They might say, with our great I).nmatist— : Se.eing I have flawed it The smallest wind can tr.-v.l me! —ln order therefore to bring before their Lordakips ; it complete view of this important and extensive subject, and all the circumstances attending :he present state of our prisons : how far the Acts fur their better con duct and regulation had been enforced; and what im provements therein may still he made in another Ses sion of Parliament, he should feel it his duty thus to come forward and to move, as he had stated—" An humb'e Address to the Prince Regent, praying that his Royal Highness would be pleased to give direc tions that there be laid before the House an Account of the actual State of all Jails, Houses of Correction, Penitentiary Houses, and other places of public con finement ; together with an Account of the number of persons confined therein, and also the greatest Ai 'They confined at any one period in the year 1818, itingu' fishing the offences charged ; the tried from the untried prisoners, the sexes and-ages of the same, in each respective prison ; and also an Account of the different allowances of food, money, and clothing, allowed to each prisoner ; and the value of any work or labour which any prisoner might have been em ployed in in the course of the year 1818." • Viscount SIDMOUTH attributed much credit to the Noble Marquis for thus coming forward on an occasion of such great public importance. He de precated, however, any consideration that would ap pear to hold out to, the country expectations to an extent that could not be realized in practice and in fact. The statements made by the Noble Marquis were wee known to many of their Lordships, and they had equally to lament the great increase of crime within the last eight or nine years. The causes which led to that increase may not perhaps be so easily afcertained. Much was doubtless attributable to the causes referred to by the Noble Marquis; but there were certainly others of a temporary nature, as arising out of peculiar circumstances in which the country was placed, which had a considerable share in producing the deplored effect. At the close of the war in 1802, it appeared from calculations which were made, that the increase of committals was nearly double to what the numbers were on an average for several years before that period. The reference to 'this, as one contributing cause, he admitted was, though some, but a solitary conso'.ation ; but it shewed that accidental or fortuitous causes were among those that produced an increase of crime. At the close of the late war a considerable increase also took place, but to that contributing cause was to be superadded, the general distress of the time, the dearness of provisions, and the want of employment, for lahcssr. Viewing the subject prospectively, it cou'd not be denied but the terror of some of the modes of punishment adopted for the more effectual counteraction of such evils ; must have its due share in a diminution of offence ; and he cordially agreed, that any regulations which tended to render tile pri son the instrument of reform, as well as the ~eerie of punishment, must have the most salivary effect.— The improved system with respect to the transporta- Lion of convicts to New South Wales, would, he thought, so far operate beneficially. He joined in deploring to the full extent, the unfortunate and in jrnious neglects which had so long prevailed with respect to the internal management and economy of most of our prisons, which unhappily had proved nurseries of vice, and in some respects the scenes of aggravated crime, under circumstances of deplorable turpitude. After adverting to some documents to skew the increased proportion of crimes for several yl.ars past, and the nature of the penal system, which preponderated at different periods, with its concomi tant and various effects, his Lordship contemplated the superior efficacy of a system, nio;.e congenial to the feelings and-principles of humanity and justice— of one tending rather to stop the progress of crime, particularly by means of an improved system of ma nagement in the jails and other places of confine ment, by a due classification of the i .mates, and the introduction of habits of order and iadustry therein, so as to render confinement a powerful instrument iii preventing the increase of crime. lie again thanked the Noble Marquis for his coming for ward so lau dably on this most important subject. He was satis fied that when-the required information came before the House, their Lordships would see the propriety of speedily appointing a Committee to inquire into the subject, and that upon the Report of such a Committee, such measures would be adopted as would most materially tend to produ 7e those salutary effects contemplated by the Noble M irquis, to whose motion he most cordially assented--( /fear. hear.) The Address was then voted by ereir Lordships. Society Bi rem', I 'Ler consideriadidlds day for The Report of the Prie to be fartlicr considered tbii ins stated, that both Bills Session, in order to give tin reeeivtd that might promot The Inakee Bill war A fdessaae Cron the Lon mcnt to the Alien Bill, will ments were ordered to be u Mr. Fl NILitY presented Rtfor:n in the Royal Borg) The Learned Judges who attended in pursuance to an oraer of their Lordships, and who had declared their opinions on some queries referred to them, arising out of the Appeal Cause of &Witham r. Smith," (the further consideration of which Was deferred till Friday), delivered also their opinions, which were unanimous, on the questions put to them by their Lordships, touching the case of the Airlie, a Scotch Peerage, and which were decidedly against the clai m of --a.- Ogilvie, Esq. of Airlie, to the said Peerage. The Royal Assent was declared by Commission to the Lot tery Bill, the Parish Vestries, the Vinegar Duties', Chancery Clerks' Fees, Navy Prize-money Regulation, and to a few other private Bills. The Lords Commissioners were, the Loan Cnaxceu.oa, the Duke of Moaraose, and Lord Riontarsece- The LORD CHANCELLOR made several further observa tions upon the Appeal Cause of Thompson v. Somerville, pre paratory to their Lordships' judgment thereon, which was fixed for Friday next. The Queens Council Bill, with some other Bills of miner im portanre, were returned froin the Commons by Sir JAMrS GRAHAM and others, with the acquiescence of that: House in their Lordships' Amendments to such of their Bills as were so altered. Bradbury's Patent Bill was brought up by Mr. P. 3fooaz, and other Members, and read the first time. The Annual Accounts respecting St. Nicholas's Bay Harbour, and that of Port-Leven, were presented and laid upon the table. Lord HOLLAND moved the second reading of the Privately Stealing in Shops Bill, which, after a short conversation be tween the Noble Mover and the Loma Custscmula, was, on the question, negatived without a division. The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved Addresses of Congratula tions to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, her Majesty the Queen, and to their Royal Higlinessei the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, on the auspicious occasion of the recent Nuptials of the last mentioned illustrious Personages. The respective Addresses were forthwith voted by the House, and ordered to be presented by the Lords, with white staves. On the.question for the third reading of the Game Sale IY.II, some conversation took place in consequence of an Amend ment, proposed by the Earl of " Lnmetcx, founded on the prin ciple of objection which he urged against the measure on a for mer evening. The House was cleared preparatory to a division, which did not take place, and the Bill was read the third time, and passed. The second reading of the Scots New Churches Bill being moved, The Earl of LAUDERDALE urged some of his former ob jections to the measure, chiefly its being unnecessary, as the he ritors in all requisite cases w zre obliged to do that which the Bill went to provide—at any rate, it was better to 1 :t the measure lie over till another S:ssiom . PUBLIC MONUMENT 10 THE MEMORY OF THE LATE LAMENTED PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES AND SA XE-COBOURG. THE C ENOTAPH COMMITTEE, after ma turely considering the various communications they have received, and in conformity with what they have reason to 'w hew is the wish of the Pabik, beg east to state, that it is their istention, should their Funds be adequate, to ecastruct•the pro-- Fled TEMPLE of the CENOTAPH on a seek sufficiently extensive to admit of its being appropriated to the purposes of ViNt. ORSIIIP, and constituted aFE OIL LRCM. (For the C RE ommittee), BENJAMIN ROTCIL, Jun. TIIE STAR LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, lINSTITUTED for the purpose Of a General Assu ranee on lives and Surr'vorships, the Endowment of Chit -4.-en, the Indents:ley of Persons holding under Leases for Lives 4.Atit Renewal Fines, whereby their Estates arc rendered al .tist equal in value to any Freehold out of which a Quit or Pee brut Rent is payable and for othcr salutary purposes, calculated t, promote the general convenience of the Public, and to meet f.a wants and wishes of every Class of the Community, on terms emu:ugly safe and liberal policy, No. ii, CORK-STREET, BURLINGTON-GARDENS, LONDON, rrint Assurances of every description, on individual, two, or Live 4, upon a principle of facility and encouragement that . presumed no other similar Fstablishment ran exceed. ?motel appearance is dispensed with where it cannot be eon gis en, on a charge of trifling consideration in compar cu.:. with what has been usually paid for non-appearance. e zases of Suicide, where the interest in the Life belongs to, Sas been insured by another, the full sum is paid as in the 4,,rt of ordinary death ; and where moreover the Party shall Lad insured his own Life, and it is made evidently to appear tat the act has been committed under the pressure of mental icroigement, this Company pay the estimated value of the Policy :which it would have been purchased on the day of the calamity OCITS of tar Navy and Army are not required to pay addi itail Premiums, incept during the time of Actual Service. Traveller are on no occasion (Mailed for the hazard of the Fri in passing to and from England and. Ireland. And generally, where any satisfactoiy reason can be aniznctl tr. esemptiln from extra vremiums usually demanded on occasim:3, it is readily granted; in a full di.termina tut that *is C.4npatly shall be uniformly distinguished by a of Liberality in all Cases consistent with the Hosova, and z is. same time with the sarcrr of the Establishment. Lord HOLLAND seemed in favour of the measure, as pro ceeding upon the same principle which the Bill for erectir.g uew• Churches in this part of the island proceeded. Viscount MELV ILLE defended the measure at some length, and answered the ohjeetions of the Noble Fail, who he con ceived had mistaken the law with respect to the legal obligations upon the heritors, and which he argued were not so extensive as to meet the cases contemplated by the Bill. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, made an observation in favour ..7f the Bill. After a few words from the Marquis of Dowasniar, and a reciprocal explanation between the Earl of LAUDERDALE and Viscount MaLvaLe, the further consideration of the Bill was adjourned until Friday. STATE OF THE PRISONS. ELECTION LAW. This day was published, in Siva price 7s. 6d. boards, A PRACTICAL ABRIDGMENT of ELECTION LAW tram the Issuins the Writ to the return, adapted =Ay to the tie of Returning afters, Candidates, and s. Dy JOHN DISNEY, Etep Barrister-at-Law. London : Printed for W. Clarke and Sons, Law BuokseEers, Portviaktreet, Lincoln's Inc. Of whom may be had, price 11. In boards, A Collection of Acts of Parliament relatin to Coatity and Electionsowith reference to Cases, by John Disney, Esq. LONDON ~ , EIDCAL REPOSITORY 7 d., ) , was published, price as.6(l. the 54th Number of TliL LONDON ME D ICAL REPOSITORY; MONTHLY Jouuter., turd Razor. Lately condOcted By Dr. BURROWS and Mr. A. T. THOMSON, and now editcd by Dr. UWINS. C:ctaining, Wilson on Morbid Changes in the Eye Ball, &c.— (1-pman9 Observations on Absorption—Shipman's Case of Pekva—Warsbrough on the Efficacy of Tar Vapour—Robert -1:1;:% Lays Venerea—Alcock on Syphilis. TO-views of Haslam c.:a,saity—Medico-Chirurgical Transactions—Veitch on Yel ka Feve:—Blackadder on Phagedzna Gangrznosa. Sst.r.z.- - .Ar--Faraday on Ammonia—Chornel on Vomiting- -Valentin m Yellow Fever—Orlila on Arsenic—Account of the Parisian i T .H9l3phrOdite. MEDICAL and PHYSICAL INTALLIG=CE. Cat,- ITN of New Books, &c. &c. ?laud for Thomas and Grorge Underwood, 32, Fleet -street. This day Tr.l9 published, price 2s. 6d. B LACKWOOD'S EDINBUItGLI MAGAZINE, No. XIV. for MAY, 1818. - - - - - ':.'iratie—Description of the Patent Kaleidoscope, invent:d . 1 .1 Brewster—On Truth—The Fudge Family in Paris— Yzgle Lanthirn, No. IV.—On the Qualifications of tl3. 2:cl:a of the H— of The Craniolo:!...e's Review. No. I. 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Lord CAERNARVON observed, that he still re tained his opinion that it was desirable the clause re specting the payment of the Poor-rates by the owners of Property might be amended. lie thought the sum should be altered from 41. to Gt. and that cot-. tares under a a-year should be exempted. Lord LIVERPOOL agreed in this opinion, but expressed his fears that any alteration now made in the Bill, might risk its being lost this present Session. Lord CAERNARVON, on this suggestion, with drew his Amendment. On the motion of Earl GROSVENOR, the Order on hie notice for bringing forward some propositions respecting Grants in Reversion, and the Abrogation of Sinecure Offices, this evening, was discharged, and renewed for Friday next, to which day their Lordships, after forwarding the Bills upon the table, Adjourned. 1 ENCYCLOP/EDIA BitITANNICA. This day were published, In Twenty Yob. eta. illustrated with nearly Six Hundred Engraving., price X:56 boards, T HE ENCYCLOPIEDIA BItITANNICA ; or, A Dicticnary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous I.ite- T'` . :ze Waged and improved. Fifth Edition. alrborgh: Printed IMI Archibald Constable and Co. and to lud cf all Booksellers. 6 : The Encycl ,, pmtlin Britanuica forms a general Dictionary, 1 of t only the Arts and Sciences, hut of ev e ry d eir .at men t , • e of knowledge.' The superior utility of its plan has been Inewledged, and the publication of five extensive Editions a sufficient proof that 1 , -Alt in plan and execution it ha; 34 4tl general a:,proiation of the public. present Edition has been corrected throughout, and the ,"Ecreeient of the plates gives it a sup eriority in this capital q7uunent over every former intpression. Tlte Supplement to this work, now publishing in parts or hail liknus, of which five have alreaey appeared, is intended to f: 37 :7•41 and enlarge its stock of historical and misccUaleous ` 43 r.. , ,r., as well as to exhibit the latest improvemons in the tru,lrd Ens :eel ; and, as it is honoured with the sliest asals -11,-t tr. this country, it is hr.ped that the E.ncyclopatia ilritan rh:ql thus be frt:cletva the most complete and tiefutreper kz7(4 Palatal knowledge that has yet been coaled Is the public. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose to bring for- I ward his noticed motion on this subjett. He teh it his duty to call the attention of the House to this most important topic. From the voluminous infor mation upon the table, their Lordships would see, that in the course of the last ten years the amount of crime had increased to a proportion of nearly three fold ; and the commitments to the various prisons and receptacles in nearly an equal proportion. It was impossible any one who adequately thought or felt, with respect to these most important considerations, could suffer them to remain unnoticed either by the Government or the Legislature. It was rational, in one point of view, to infer that the variety and num ber of offence, would increase in proportion to the ia creased population and wealth of the country ; and it necessarily followed, that it became necessary to provide a greater number of places for the reception of those culprits. From the official papers it ap peared, that no fewer than fourteen thousand persons were annually consigned to these mansions of vice and misery. He conjured their Lordships to reflect upon the importance of a system which returned, annually, many thousands into the mass of society ; and how important the consideration was how these persons were kept and employed during their incar ceration. The subject was one which had engaged the most selious attention of the wisest and best men of the age, particularly of that illustrious and bene volent man, Mr. Howard, who haj engaged, as Mr. Burke finely expressed it. in a voyage of discovery, a circumnavigation of charity in the endeavour to di minish the mass of human misery throughout the world ! By an Act of the present reign, it was at tempted to improve and ameliorate the state of our different places of confinement ; and among other modes, several penitentiary asylums were erected, particulary one in the city of Gloucester, under the superintendence of that active and enlightened Ma ' gistrate, Sir George Paul. At-the time of its erec tion it was found much too large for the purpose ; but now from the influx of culprits, it was too small • properly to atcommodate its inmates. From the re , searches of Mr. Nield and of Mr. Buxton, much was to be learned as to the actual state of our prisons.— The principal one in the city of Bristol was unfortu nately in a disgraceful and deteriorated state. From the production of Mr. Buxton the deplorable state of one of the Compter prisons in the metropolis was to be collected. That of the Bristol prison was, to his own knowledge, most deplorable, particularly with respect to the condemned criminals, who were so ill provided for that two or three were often obliged to lie in the same cell. Much, however, had been effec ted through the thoseianthropic exertions of indivi duals, especially of Mrs. Fry, who in a short time had wrought a change for the better, almost in credible ; and still more salutary improvements on the same principle may still be effected, thus holding forth prospectively better hopes with respect to the state in which that unhappy portion of society should in future be placed. The habits of industry which had been partially introduced into some of the pri soas had produced some savings which were of no small importance in a view of economy, and bid fair eventually to reduce in a considerable propo: tion the HOUSE OF COMMt.NS. The Hume were summoned to that of the Peen, where they !Karl the R.Jyai Assent Oven to several public and private Bills; for which see our P..ers Rennrt. Tic 11... t he went ir.tc Coenn.iztet on the nirochirl benefit Mr. LOCKHART Committee on the Pu that it be printed, Mr. LOCKHA liT say a few words on t would he recollected the appointment of price fixed byithe Porter, the inferior qt formerly, the minim and the monopoly of breweries • wider the mittee heal fottnd the ascertaining what ouj but by an examinau hops, the great exper become of opinion eleven great Brewerii profits were too great leave to express no might be put on the public houses by brei obtained by the price on the sums which The Committee did r able opinion of the pi in most cases compe quality ; but they hac having limited or ra to the date of the Pet to find that any of mixed any deleterioa their beer, except ii quantity of beer beii Messrs. T. Meux and a mixture of salt of t 1 ous alticle. The . i ar eri2s had offered to el articles were used b beer, hut malt, hops, X But it had been seen Laws, that such prac breweries as well as ted that the only re that the full penalties of seizures. They al able to make all the wished ; but they beli free houses must i ' amongst such - as we adverting to other re importance, the Ito Committee could se Brewers purellasiii 1 dye one, which, Wii that i. the property Nlagi•:trates to refus after become their pi the mean time, with port, imploring the deracv between Map Mr. J. SMITH ha Brewers were now was not a fiierd ti when the Public kne some malt liquor e wl beverage of English' fer it to deleterious 5 Si: M. W. RIDLI bore testimony to tl Brewers came forwa The former Gentler that books were sent to the Publicans, ins the bcer. The latte mitting a propositio brace the whole sysi Mr. W. SMITE agaitist the cry of against them, and :Iwho had the greatel beer. He hoped the ' I be levied s wherever Genet:al THORN Honourable Gentle; forward a measure exercised in licensin highly indebted to subject helot , - the I been mistiken in so The Report was and to be printed. Mr. LITTLETU Gentleman °ppm itt ing the measure he titer he meant to pr in amount to what Mr. LAMBTON to answer those qui given notice of a r Committee next Se extension of the C 2 Sir C. MORDA' motion for a Corns HORRID Sir SAMUEL Ii which had lately i Christopher's, and than the cases to the House, as hay afford an additions ing some remedy I