Star. — London, England, 1812-05-15 00:00:00

~~. . , - , - - - wiiiiiti fei %i il'fi A: Wm - die. li.ttaLmAriterot PROCEEDINGS. . " Lord CLIVE give notice that he should to-Mote row inoee an humble address to his Rord Rightism ROW be ORM MAY It, . - the Prince Regent, humbly praying . that be would, ASSASSINATION OV MR. PERCEVA,Le be graciously, pleased to give directions for erecting I a monument to the, memory of the late Right Hem. Seen ,after nne 'o'clock, the LORD CHANCRIttaIIy with his full suite, and various O ffi cers, came down Spencer Percival, in the .Cathedral Church of St. to:the House. Ageeat number of Peers also attend- Peter's, at Westminster. ed. Most of their Lordships who were of the mill- MRS. PERCEVAL'II FAMILY. Lord CASTLEREAGH moved the farther , awl or naval professions, appeared in their respee. sideration of the resolutions of the Committee for Con -Pre- tive uniforms, either as Flag. Officers, Field Mar vidieg for the family of the late Mr. Perceval. . shah, General' Officers, or Colonels of Militia Regis : Mr. C. ADAMS wished to make a few observations ments. The temainder were full dressed in mourn- I upon the subject. • The Hon. Gentleman stated, that ' - lug. with weepers. About a quarter before two the he had not the honour of an intimate acquaintance House adou rn ed till half-past three o'clock ; and with the late lamented Right Hon. Gentleman whose their Lor dships proceeded in procession to Carlton. house, with their Address to his Royal Highness family were the objects of the present motion—the the Prince Regent, on his Gracious Message on t h e public and private virtues of that distinguished man above melancholy and afflicting occasion. . I had been so ably pourtrayed by Gentlemen more ca -About a quarter before four, the LORD CHANCEL-' pable than himself, that he could not add any inn ton' with a number pf Peers, returned to the House. . gunge which he could use to the testimony so justly ' P Prayers were then read: After which bestowed. But it was impossible to recollect the The LORD CHANCELLOR . formally stated, tragedy of Monday without emotions which could not easily subside—a tragedy which had awfully that the Mouse had,purluant-to special order, wait snatched away from the scene of life, a man sci erni -04 upon his Rbyal frtghtieei • the Prince Regent, at neatly qualified for his public station, and borne him Cerltein-Hituse with tide A ddress unanimously voted . to Tuesday la s t: - . • • to the silent grave. With respect to the grant, and to that he principally rose, he thought the House • ' The Noble and Lea Lord then read the Prince would not act up to the professions which they so Ititgent's answer, which went to express the sense en tertained by his Royal Highness of the cordiality and unanimously evinced on Tuesday, if they did not promptneisof their Lordships in concurring with re- make an ample and liberal provision for the eldest spect to The measures recommended in his recent son of Mr. Perceval. He lamented that the Noble Memage, by means of which he would be enabled Lord, when he originally brought the provision under to Mike a suitable provision for the family of the the consideration of the House, had not proposed to late' Right Honourable Spencer Perceval,' under the double the grant— (hear.) If he had proposed one Tamest • all calamity. And his Royal' High. hundred thousand pounds, instead of fifty thousand nets'efeelinge of further satisfaction at being afforded pounds, he was sure the House would have acceded an • opportunity of marking his high sense of the to the proposition unanimously—(Hear, hear.) , Sure cr t t.and private virtue, of that most 'Worthy and he was that the Right Hon. tilentleman (Mr. Pon ted public Pertain* sonby) who seconded the motion, would have advo. ' Theunswer of bis Royal Highness the Prince Re- cated the larger grant. gent was, on the motion -of the Lone CHANCILLLOR, Lord CASTLEREAGH reminded the Hon. Gen ovine(' to be printed and published forthwith. demon, that his observations applied to the third re - caress IN COUNCIL.-.DISTRESSED STATE Or HAIM* solution, and the two first had not been disposed of. '..• • • FACTORIES.' ' The first and second resolutions were then read, On the • motion of the Earl of -ROSBLYN, the and agreed to nest. con. Hour resolved itself into a committee to examir.e On the third resolution being read, 'witnesses on the present distressed state of trade.—. Mr. HUSKISSON, adverting to the vote which Messrs. WEDGWOOD, STEVENSON, and WILLIAMSON, he had given on the preceding night, observed, that of the Staffordshire potteries, deposed to the declining he voted against the previous question ; as it was state of the-manufacture with which they were con- necessary to come to a vote, the unanimity originally fleeted. In 1807, between 14 and 15,000 persons proposed having been departed from. With respect were employed in the potteries, at present there was to the resolution for providing for the eldest son of not more than 10.000. Mr. Wedgwood particularly the late Right Hon. Gentleman, after the decease of stated, that, from an advertisement he had seen, in his mother, that might be very well. But- did the a Philadelphia Paper, since he had given his evi- House see the situation in which a grant of that kind dence before the House of Commons, it appeared, might place the young man, he might or might not that a. pottery had - been established in the vicinity of stand in need of it at that time. Was the House I Washington, in consequence of the trade with this aware that it was likely he might succeed not only, - country being cut off. . t) the name but to the splendid talents and abilities of Mr. JOHN PARKS; a spinner of worsted for the his lamented father — (Hea r, hea r. ) That he was a 1 •, - manufacture of hosiery, and of yarn for the Kidder- young man of the most promising abilities, and that minsterverpet manufactory, stated the great decrease it was intended he should prosecute his studies at one iit his business, which he attributed to the American of the Universities to fit him for passing through life Non-intercourse Act. . with honour and advantage to himself; whether in Messrs. Purrs. DUNBAR, and CooKa , Birmingham the profession of his father , or whatever other shut - i manufacturers in different branches, deposed to the tion, was not now the question. The House must depressed state_ of their respective businesses. Mr. be convinced of the great expense attending a / liberal I • - Potts staled, that Birmingham goods, to the amount 'education, and the impossibility of maintaushig that! of hall a million, were locked up in the warehouses, rank and station at College upon a bare pittance of He knew five houses only to have properly to the £2OO per anrium. The only resource, therefore, he amount of a'250,000 sank in stock, which they could have (unless the House took his situation into could not b -et off their hands, in consequence of the e o psideration), was to dependypon his mother, *ad state of affairs between this country and" America. the deficiency of his maintenance must be supplied All-the eritnesses stated*. that, in their opinion, the out of the income of Mrs. Perceval, or from the pro. renewal of ,a friendly intercourse with America, vision made for the other children. Under these, • would tead, in a great measure, to remedy the evils circumstances he thought' the House ought to make ' ett present felt. . the grant more effectual, considering the age of the The farther proceedings of the Committee wets young man, and give him something immediately. postponed till two o'clock to-morrow. ), ' • Suppose £lOOO a-year from this tune, or from the Mr. SUTKIILAND (Tre,asurcr to the Meets or Via Hew) moment of his coming of age.- • pm, ented _at the Bar, in pursuance of a forme/ Ordet of their Sir A. PlGOrl s made some observations as to the Lordship', as Account of the Nett Erne/mews of the Gentle. • wcrding of the res olution , in order that the Hoise man U.her of rte Black Rod for ten yeas I ending the sth Jan. 1912, whiils wilt ordered.to lie on the •i•nhir. might not decide in the dark. The resolution pro. Mr. Hitt (from the Treasury) presented an AcConnt tif the posed to provide for e the male descendant of Mr. sums annually expended for the Public Service, from the year Perceval being the heir at law." Now the SOD of a 1793, to the lama possible period. Ordered to Be on the Table. daughter of Mr. Perceval might be the heir at law ; Adjourned at half r:lt Nem he thought, therefore, that at should be specifically • HOUSE OF COMMONS. stated " the eldest son of the late Mr. Perceval," to • avoid error. . THE LATE MR. PERCEVAL. General MATTHEW was of opinion the grant Tbe House Met et two o'cloCk. The Members was. not of sufficient magnitude, nor what a great -wen*, with very few exceptions, in mourning, and country like England ought to give—(Hear, steer.) I all- in full dress ; and there being among them a If the Hon. Gentleman was to move to grant et2ooo , number of Military and Naval Officers in uniforms, a-year fur the eldest son of such a man, he should**, the assembly presented a novel and rather splendid think it too* much. appearance. The.Seseeett hiving taken the Chair, Mr. HUSKISSON intimated his intention, for the l Mr. HOME SUMNER rose and observed, that reasons before stated, of proposing to vote £l,OOO he bad heard r after.he had left the House last night, a.year, without prejudic e ' that a conversation had taken place, in the course of Mrs. Perceval. "MO it bad been agreed upon, tfiat on. the present. Mr. 3. W. WA RD thought the argumentswhich the , lag of _the - Report to-day, the two first resolutions Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Huskisson) had used, might • skouldhoesseuted to, and the third, which hO had with equal propriety apply to the other sons. When the honour tea proper,. should be reserved fie' far: he recollected this, and further, that the sums tfist. ther discussion;' be conceived that this mode of Oro- flatly proposed had received the approbation of Seeding would bd.& disparagement to his resolution; friends of Mr. Perceval'a family, be was bound to' and therefore, he eipressed his determination, if the. support the original proposition. arrangement were periistcd in, to press the House to - Mr. WALLIS declared; that, in his opinion, the .I adopt or reject the disputed part of the Report. young man who was the representative of Mr. Pereos ' Lord CAhTLEREAGH suggested,flthat the bet- vat oug ht to have every advantage which the cause' ter way would be to allow tine Report to bii brought try could give him—(Mar, hear, kyr.) Yesterday up anceadjoorn the farther -consideration 'of it till evening he had voted for the Amendment of the live o'clock, when. rite • Ifouse .would meet again ; Noble - I..md, because he was desirous of preserving this evas•liquieseed in, and the Report being brought u na nimity i but as the House had decided by large a up, the farther Consideration yet was adjourned 141 majority against that Amendment, he felt himself :4it five o'clock. - - • : • liberty to give way to his feelings for the memory iif The SPEAKER then informed the House, that his much-lamented friend, and in testimony of the the time was - come which was appointed by his Royal high regard in which he held his virtue and Weenie Uighur-Os the Prince Regent, for their waiting on he was ready to vote for any additional grans that' hint *kb the Addrets, .and having regulated some might be proposed. partiettlers with respect to the order of the procession, Mr. W. SMITH came down deteintined sit to the House adjourned. . . . ppose what so large a majority of the House had The &mineral hawing taken the Chair a woad declared to be then-opinion: He was nevertheless time, at five ° l el**, read the Answer of hit Royal convineed.of the d a nger of opening the door to any Highness the Prince Regent, to the Addles; which extended vote. He regretted that the personal clew. had been presented to him, as follows : ratter of Mr. Percent's son had been introduced into .. csealaisse—.l receive with great Wils!action the suer. the discussion, as it was wholly irrelevant to it. Two sada of your Intention to enable me Willem a suitable provip appeals had been made to the House—the one to eine tor the Widowast Family 44.44 itionceirableSpeaus their feelings, the other to their judgment. They: Percent. . • had answered the first by expressing in weeds; as " The liberality and judge of Parliament am 'net* bemire smog as the British language could afford, theme de benelicially displayed,' nor my - men inclinatims moth used, testauon and abhorrence of the crime that bad been tbm, in marking, to the mits.hilhnitignished . saris, the mane CQMMitted, and their sense of the public and private wine is entertained of gerinSfAfflablie and remise scene., most virtues of the individual on whom it had been cons. atifirtinpar SAllltbitbrlikalle 01 reeulfar toothy f rom t h e mined. When they came to the provision that wael 11100104111e.WiatiTi lS. ' 34 %! ... -S - ' • ' ' .- • . family . v e...,....,-. - ...........41ettiii; .. : . slt ' . ... . . , . .. . . ..,,, .... g e tt; t l was mitewarr, w bt Consulted. For blipitt, it would be wise to postpone the conside =the subject for one week, when the House be more cool upon it. The necessity had been urged awaking a handsome provision for Mrs. Per t:Oval and all the family: there were many differences of opinion as to what was a handsome provision. Under all the ciredutttances of the case, he did not see the necessity. All that he thought the House bound to do, on the spur ofthe occasion, was to vote something, to, shew their sense of abhorrence of the late horrid transaction, without entering into any nice disquisition into‘what might the cost of the edu cation of Mr. Perceval's chat:im. For the reason, however, which he had aidgued at the commence ment of his speech, he sbould.refrain from voting on the present question. The Hon. Member then made his how, and retired froni the House. W. FITZGERALD concurred in the opi .nion of the Hon. Gentleman who had. just spoken. :that the question was an appeal to the judgment. as yen as to the feelings of the House ; but, in his opi that judgment and those feelings ought to be coincident—(Hear, hear, hear.) Hielainessted Friend had been in office for five years, without having made anypowision for his family. 'On the contrary, Is had [eft them poorer than they were alma he entered upon his career of public duty. No one could dray. that had hit- Right Honourable Friend continued ie the lucrative profession from which he was with. dram n by his sense of public duty alone, he might have attained to the highest judicial offices; and with those great talents, and with that kind disposition of nature which he possessed, must have acquired of &tenet. Did the House recollect the disinterested.' Jaen exhibited by his Right Honourable Friend? Did they recollect that when a valuable office, (a Teller. ship of the Exchequer,) became vacant, after Right Honourable Friend bad relinqidshed -that pro fession to which it was impossible that he could re. turn, he might have advised his Sovereign to give it to his son; And would any man say that such ad: vice could not have been justified ?—(Hear, Hear.) If Mr. Perceval had followed the example of Lord Badmouth, his family would not have been left in so destitute a state. But Mr. Perceval was a singular instance of a man whose family bad been ruined b his self-devotion to the public service—( Hear, hear. —Of the nature of his services, he (Mr. Fitzgerald would not speak ; otherwise he was as much disposed 'to indulge in the warmest' eulogium on these as any man could be ; but these were not the queitiena. The question was simply this, Whether the family 01, a public functionary should be allowed by the State to be ruined, because that public functionary had ably and zealously and disinterestedly discharged his duty? (Hear, hear, hear. —Conceiving that this would be die height of national injustice, he should certainly vote for an extension of the proposed gran. The advantage of unanimity he was as 77111C11, ovary d as any man could be; but on the principle of.the rote, the House had already unanirmiusly i.r , ,rour:ced their sentiments. The only difference ot :.pi-iioti was with; I respect to the amount'of that vote. On that clues. Ilion every man was surely at liberty to decide which I way he pleased ; for otherwise the agreement of ces. Min parties out of the House would bind that which by the division of last night was abeam to be a mast lusty in the House beyond all comparison—(Hear, ,Mar.) —He ridiculed the idea of the grant, as °risk. nally proposed, being considered as an act of libels. lity and munificence on the part of the Empire of Great Britain to the family of the feet Minister et the Crown, foully murdered in the servicecithe state. ( Hear, he a r.) — Let the House picture to themselves the young and interesting individual, son to the uses t who when living was beloved by all ' • let them pic ture him as heir to his name; let theskpicture him bearing the appellation of Spencer Perceval; indwells picture him full of ability and- enthusiasm, add anxi out to follow his fatheet profession and his father's footsteps—and let them then consider to what a state of incapacity for doing so he had been reduced by that atrocious act which at once deprived him of an affectionate parent, and his country of a patriotic Minister—(Hear, hear.) Well had it been said by an Honourable Member of that House, that no one who bore the-name of Perceval ought to be allowed to lament his fate in poverty. It was a sentiment in which be cordially concurred, and he had no doubt that the House would shew by their decision that they ' were animated by similar sentiments,—(Hear, hear.) Mr. TIERNEY lamented that an occasion for a discussion should have been introduced which made it necessary for him to take a part extremely painful I to his feelings. The present was, he must 'say, a very unusual mode of proceeding. It was certainly very unusual to give an annual grant to one child during 1 the life of a parent in possession of a similar g,at. when a provision had been alleady given to the witch' 'of the children. He thought the present was alto. gether an improper time for the discussion, of this question. He thought that some time ought to-bias been allowed, previous to entering upon the considee ration even of the first proposition s but what look I P that case out of the general rule, 'was the universal acquiescence of the House is its propriety. In his opinion no business whatever ought to be proceeded lin for a week at least. In the course of a week ha .snight satisfy himself, by conversation or as to the propriety of acceding to or voting a this new proposition. He wished to have this time. for the satisfaction of -bit own feelings.—(A eisethee o f dirafrieratatist frost Me ebbs:rite pert trans Hsrx. ).. Surely belled as good a right to gratify hii, as the Honourable Gentlemen had to ..—(Hter.).Could any Gentleman state as when a proposition for a gnat of public tomtit**, submitted to the House, at a time when there wasno rust Lord of the Treasury, consequently when country was without an Administratiou ?---LWas it polies in this House to avail themselves of such an interval to vote a large eum dl the public money merely under the influence of feeling What harm, he would ask, could possibly result from this delay? Could the Honourable 'Gentleman who made the proposition entertain a doubt this the merits of *. Perceval wonld survive one week in their recasts,' lions? There did appear whim soimething wrong-is voting away the public money in the present situation' of the House. He was aware, when he said this, that the First Lord of the Treasury's opinion was not as, infafl ble rule to guide the opinion of the House • but it would be allowed that it alweys had been tem sidesed decorous to entertain no general busing% muclt4ess to vote ittay the public 11104.76 ja hit'sb-' p .. • „I'll's': I vnee, He should therefore mote that the fonh t consideration of this Resolution be postponed to o at day se:might, and if; after dee rows, be should fag himself compelled to vote against it, it would ta t satisfaction to his own mind that he had not doge % without the maturest consideration. On this Amendment being seaweed, Sir GEORGE WARRENDEIt said he mai only consider the Resolutiorsai tonight as eateesinl of the original grant of the Muse ; and the pri nt ,* of the Right Hon. Gendenauf, therefore, lit his nion, applied equally to the original measure—W m . Mr. Peoceval had left his family in a worse situat e - le : than if he had pever been the Minister of: the e aes He thought the situation of the eldest son was sam e be pitied than that of any other person of the family, Possessing, as the House were told be possessed, t h e most nromising talents, was he to be precludetfree k *ering that House, if he was to inclined, luau ad, I pendent . man ?—{ Hear.) He had 'hemp is that Houie voted against Mr. Perceval; but he waeld ent low do'justice to his own feelings, if be dad mot re, bis approbation of the Resulationnow ender de. Moon. This was the expression of his own foe di eL s o d he was mire be Was only expressing the mi ele T s i feeling of the country, when he wished to seedie st* of Mr. Perceval placed in such a comparative Stlte a f lidependence as would enable him Ustread lathe sup Obis father—(Lesidefieser Mr. TlERNEVesplained.—He would have al. beted to the original vote, if he had not f e w t h e • oose unanimously disposed in favour of it. Mr. WHITBREAD said, althou g h be en ; R i t i ll a division vote in favour of the postponement, t, sot the smallest hope that say additional Pow widi alter the adverse opinion which he env ev e reh i ne4 of the Resolution under discussion. He meld net ; help adverting to the allusion which had he, nude la what had ban called an understanding smog smite 'Members of the House, and made in red way as to insinuate that something like an insp eepie interference had been used by those Members. H e owned a communication had been made to him by. Noble Lord opposite, of what was intended toyto. pose to the - House, tor the family of Mr. Petted, aut . this could not be considered in the light of ity arrangement on the subject. He believed h e 1 . 0% have credit with his political adversaries, wi se s e said that it was with great pain he entered Wm de present discussion. He felt, what he believed was strongly felt by all, an abhorrence of the fate ans. cions and disgraceful deed, and he thought it sou the duty of the House to manifest their sentare= On such an occasion, by making such a provision fie .the gamily of 'Mr. Perceval, as 14.1 been otie e eay submitted to the House. But when it w as pl;peak to go beyond this, he could consider it in no As light than as a reward for political sersices.--(Na •ao, feces leveed Ilfersters.)—A thl indeed 1 e siaald a trutor to his country, and be declaring toadish" all the opposition which he had always waded to the measures of the pse.ent Adminisratioa, es nothing more than mere empty prolession, d Infad *Rot loudly protest against such a reward. Widget wishing/ tp say any thing unpleasant, he welded , it it w ilt not reward, what was it ? What wet the career of Mr. Perceval I His career was shogetko ti his own selection. He obtained a seat is that Horan by honourable means • but if he teaks ran is the House and afterward; set e e r d of the *Wag Prime Minister, ad* II might have accepted it e m Mn refined it his coda" be eolnpe ll ed to quit the Bur. They had hand l,* deal said respecting the lucrative sundae whiff& Peet-real quitted. His informatics sae able satjat I was somewhat different. Ile had boat snit dens cretin judicial situadess bad been offered to MI Percevat, and that be chose rather to nuts Ikeda. ' Lions which he no4cl at hiss death. jle die* tl! I mention which had been made that alblst I lities of the eldest son of Mr. Perafea4 if 000 Hotta could know nothing bet from report ;W. intentios of making him insifposispt Sr* Il e were ady calculated to injure she ponegia:ll this was not a reward for poiticalhileviews entitled to enquire intd the amities of &oil* He was told out Mrs. Perceval posissedsa ban of £2OOO per annum independent of the pus or_, Parliament ; so that ass interest of the pall sr £50,000 whit this private fortune, and thelllllo l , grant of £4OOO, would constitute an ineelleit £6500, for the purpose of maintaining end sagit this family. Would any country gentlest^ such an income, consider it inadequate to edealso family to any profession or situation in lite He understood that the House was to be telkdeps I to-morrow to vote a 4 nsonument for Mr. Petersti• 'These things grow upon us very fast—(Rae) I would eoneascte with solemnly protesting agi additional grant. Lord BINNING . said it was too late now ton* gret that propositions should have been brought!!! ward to interrupt the unanimity of the Houma W propositions had already been made; the"' entered on the Journals ; and be would • ash. House, if they would negative them ? He that the acceding to them could in any wise be v" dined into political approbation; there was altiit jingle word in the Resolutions which couN bear, Ktilla into LW such approbaties. Mr. HOME - SUMNER was not cassia:od hot of the arguments urged by a Right Hon. Gooliof (Mr. Tierney) foe .postponing the coosiderstiml the Resolutions. The Right Hon. Gendmal‘r, asked foe a precedent. He really calif sect" difference in principle, between propeesj ar i d, the public mosey fa the absence of the eat the Treasury, rand voting_strah a Bras ia his as was done by the Right Hon. Gentramakk of Colonel Pan.. It had been said by saMsit= g tleplas (Mr. Whitbasd), that Mr. Per: 0 ' 11 T; volt tpeply into his situation, and dot _ : , 6• 1 :1;4 0 compile to accept it. Undoubtedly existence could atop! him to =Spa 1 !`"' might have accepted it, of he firmly an eminent sense of duty, although?- interest might be affected by it. • • . Lord CABTLEREAGH was desolikr a few weals upon the • =ai n ' 1 " 1 :lot do justice to the • aflarlises sbswn as veneers site'(lir.Whithgesd a 000L if s b o s s dil d i st a a a2l6"idighli currence, as it was possible for sal C al but that Honourable Godeassa i which perfectm eeprestutatioo ab le _ Air kis Me sit Hamork 714 . 14 M.P 7 : . : . . _ S