Star. — London, England, 1812-07-09 00:00:00

• ^sa• W . . -- "•K . • . AIM _ ~ - : sity would mite, as the Bank ofr ngland were:awing CITY OF HEREFOR D.—RUNAWAY APPRENTICE. 1 large quantities of tokens c f considerably mote t& AwONDED,from his Master's service, on trinsic value than those issued by private Individuals. Sunday be, the so of July, 1512, JOHN LORD, ; lad I Mr. DAVIES GIDDY had not analysed those ' Oben 1$ years of op, eased), 3 feat 3 inches high, thin pale face. . okens lightly marked with the smolh-pers. rattier a ghtosol look. light Local t ; but he believed, in many instapces, brown hair, light eyes, that read', and has a 'wavering walk. that which was issued Or a ;hang was not intrinsi tie et summed tp have bad uit wben he want off, a brown short cally worth thelzente—at all events, even this sort of coat; retch yellow buttons, a hat nearly new, with the hatter's change he considered preferable to those private ytaaw " Jones and Meredith, Hereford," in the crown, half- - notes which had been disseminated for very install boots or slimes, a coloured neckciods, either nankeen irowsers, a white paten, ;op! breeches. or a pepper and salt coloured small . sums. He begged leave to suggest to the Right Ho. eitttbe*vs-Whoeeer will aperrhend the said lone Loan, and give noprable Gentleman (Mr. Vansittart) that it would eouce to fair wristr, Prinrer,Hereftvd, shall recsive a Reined be highly expedient, before the present system was pt TW 0 PPINEAS, and all reasorable 'sperms, on his being r s * abo i hed that there should be a sufficient supply of Pleasulm,.andsaf.ely eonveyed to Hereford, and any one employ. fps or harbouring the said J. Lord, will be prosecuted with the silver throughout the country. That supply ought utmost rigour of the law. ' not to be confined to London and the principal cities The above 5. lord has from his infancy been indebted to his, a nd large towns, but should extend to the most st ilarter (or various kindnesses, was taken Apprentice without * mote s i tuat i ons. Premium, found in clothes, a ril every neeessary tit is therefore , hoped anyone who may meet with will apprehend him, and they . Mr. HUSKISSON expressed himself hostile to eat) reed* the Reward above stated. ' the Token System. The private Token he conside red as bearing the same proportion to that issued by the Bank. as the latter did to the legal coin of the HOUSE OF LORDS, Jut" 8. 1 realm. When the,Bank Token became a legal ter. The Ilidtop of ELY toot the oaths and his seat. t der, the coin of the realm disappeared ertirely ; and, Mr. WALLACL, Mr. lo in the same manner, wherever Local Tokens were If.IIIINOTON, and other Members the House of Connwions, brought up the East India Loan bill, issued, which contained less value than those of the the Starch Mansfacture Bill, mad the Poor I.aws Amendment Bank, the latter in their earn vanished. In Birming. .. Bill, which were laid upon the table , and afterwards read the s st ham and all the neighbouring countre the lverade, ore tune. of the realm had completely disappeared ; in come. The Lotter, Bill, the Corn Distillation Bill, and the Local Militia Amendment Bill, were reed the second time, and order- quence, bits of leather and pieces of pasteboard were id to be cotniadtted tor tewaerrow. issued for small sums as low as 6d. and Is. This The Soldier' Families BR famed donut' a Committee, and was a great inconvenience and abuse, and )'e had peas reported without any amendment. suggested the necessity of putting an immediate stop The Leather Duty at / was...rad the third time and passed. Tbe Five Millions Exchequer Oils )AR, the Irish Treasury to it. Representations were then made to him by Bells Bill. the Muriadc Aesci pit. the Carnatic comuurnoners persons from the neighbourhood, that there was a Bill, the West !MI A Intereconse bd. sad the Scotch Assessed total absence of small currency ; and if a stop were Tames 80, were also reed the shire! time and passel not put to the system, they knew not what would be . Adjourned till tpuiptrow. come of them.—His answer was, 44 if these articles DISSENTERS. I are put down, the regular silver currency will find PARLUIPIENTARZ PROCEEDINGS. IPlKEritirr ON vs: atlrcTiou OR LORD STAKIMPt'S SILL, IN Tit 110011 Z or Loans, ON TIIpAY, JULY 3. Jimmy, taw toleration hitherto granted to Dissenters by law is ',ban ial and condi its way to Birminghanl" And, without any other assistance than £lOOO, Birmingham very soon found the utility of the mode which had been adi ted.— in - Complete, amounting to melting more ti a pant "local exemption from penalties and pertecutiuns; whereas the Bill now rejected, by recogniteng the right of private judgment kt mitten of conscience, would have placid r.ligioua liberty on mi only mit and legitimate bast% (Signed) VASSAL ROLLAND. NORFOLK. 4741itiors. F.ANSDOWNr. utility Aopteo. Great evils had arisen from the facility of dissemi nating private coin throughout the kmgdem. Every person who had it in his power immediately set to work; and Individuals advertised in the newspapers that they could make money and invited the people of - to purchase it. He could state, that many thnse HOWE OF COMMON. . _ persens paid ten per cent. to agents to distribute, 'Me Poor's Return Bill was read a third time and pasted. . their coin through the country, and to get the Bank" The Report of tire Scoot Bottles Duty }Aiwa, received.—To . , I•okens into their possession. And here it should be be taken into further eorsideration to farrow. Mr. ItIiNRiCK brought up the Report of the Committee on recollected, that these' private Tokens were not issued eke Isle of Men Trodeßill, which was agree d to, an d l ea v e given tinder a promise to be paid on demand in legal coin; ea bring in a Bill in conformity therewith. but they absolutely purported to be coin and money, The Life Annette) , Bill was read a second time.—To be coma f or f 'which no pews, n was accountable. The Honour pitted to-morrow. Mr. WHARTON brought in a Bill for the better prevention able Gentleman then expressed his disapprobation of et arnuesting, by reentries tie mode in which Melees 'ban be sane of the causes of the Bid, which, he conceived, slanted by the Contanis.ioners of Customs.—React a firs, and to called for amendment. By one of these it was enac be reed* second time to-morrow. led, that if any person after the 25th c f March, 1813, Mr. WHARTOV brought in a Bill for the reguhtion of the Coffee Trade in Great Britain.--Read a Mat, and ordered to be sh etild Le the utterer of any Local Token, he should Mild s wcond time to-morrow. forfeit for such offence not less than £5, nor more Sir Y. BURDE 17 presented a Petition from the Inhabitants than sE2O. This, he thought, nould apply to the or oho Parish of St, Mary, Whitechapel, against the Nightly i i nnocent . bona Jae holder ; who, if he presented a Lo.. Watch Ml.—Ordered to lie on the table. cal Token to the person who had issued it, and who Mr. MELLISH presented three Petitions against the same Bin. 'two of these were from the parish of Wapping and of St. ought in justice to return the nominal value, would 'On, Clorkenwen.—Ltd on thetahle. pethaps be considered as liable to this penalty. It. On the motion of Mr. WRAtTON. the House resolved itself should also be recollected, that the Legislature had Into a Conunittee on the Malt Duty Regulation Bill. In the not imposed any necessity on the Bank of England Committee, Mr. Wm/taros. moved several amendments, which were agreed to. The House resumed, the Report was brought to make any issue ofl'okens. Now when there was op, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on Friday a metallic circulation, and the Bank of England were . N peat. bound to pay their notes in specie, every person The Report o f the Commercial Erchequerßills I'll was taken . could get whatever sum he wanted ; and if he pro. i nto farther consideration. Several amendments were amen-ed and agree d to, an d the BM was oree-ed to be read a third utue I cured hull'on, by carrying it to the Mint he could ito-morrow, with the amt ndments if then ergrossell. I have it convened into coin. 13ot, by this Bill, the Two Im p ai rs from the Lords announce dtheir Lordships ascent ! power of converting bollion into specie, by a private ee the Eloise 811, the Exchequer Mk Bill, and several others. I - individual, was taken away ; and, if the Bank made Mr. TIERNEY, from the fax Office, brought the Account of the Prodsee of the Property and several other 'l slam, for the : no issue of Tokens, the opporturi:y of procuring a use three wars. supply of coin, by sending bullion to the Mint, was L or d JOCELYN brought inn Pill to amend thy Turnpike . a b, bled, which might cause great inconvenience. • Road Acts In Ireland. head a firt time and oiderrti to be read The difference between the price of silver now and le second thug on Monday next, and to be pentad. i TOLERATION ocr. 1 twelve months'ago was worthy of obse: vatinn in this Mr. WHITBREAD, adverting to a motion o r hi 4 on the laws • view of the subject. Twelve months ago, it was at iffecir g Dissent• re, which s nod fur to-day, and which he had ss. 11d. per ounce, arid the Tokens were issued at the poaponed, is bop s tl.at a measure to that effect would he intro- rate of 6s. .scl. per ounce ' • there was therefore, in this duced by Gdverrm. nt , wished to know from tie Ri g ht Hon. state of things, no probability that they would be Gentleman opposite (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) whether melted down. But now, from ss. 11d. silver had or not such a measure was actually in the contemplation of Las Majesty's Miniver'? risen to 6s. 2td. per ounce, being within. Sld. of, he 'sue CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re plied, that a valve at which the Tokens wet e issued. •It the price Noble Friend of his (we suppose Lord Liverpool) intended to of silver did not rise in the next year, the silver coin Introduce, in a 'Mort time, a measure to that effect in another would, of COOT*, remain in circulation ; hot if it did, pbce. —Mr. WHITBREAD w i t hdrew his notice in expectation of that Pleanire• i then it would be necessary that the denomination of CLERK 4 IN TN?. NAVY outer.. i those Bank Tokens should he again tai.ed, or perh aps Sir FRANCIS BURDETT adverted to th e s tatement con- no fresh issue would be made. Therefore, it was not nit other improper to conernplate the possibility of Holler s o ;rcsa in a Petition which he had some tine since presented to the Hoer !rum ;hit; ;lass of individuals. It arpvared that how. ,_ . abstaining frOm making apy . fa iSallp. e ven Icng tl.r period of their servic .s, they never voila Wain a P 4 v higher Wary than "(to per annum. They were emitted to Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY W. 15 in favour of the t hi s , after a lspse of twelve years ; but , if they rername.l in the Amendment proposed, to extend tide period of re. , pore for thir y years or upwards, they got-no more. lie would calling the local be glad to know whether Govertiment dinuelt it fit to take , no doubt , 1814. Some eersons, ,- ( rad issued those it to their consideration the situwion of those "-arsons, for the pf forming a sort of wale of ealafiell. in propesrion co tokens for the mere sake of profit, . and had made :;rieso of service, on the same principle that was adopted in , considerably by it in the first instance ; brit there other dep artments ? were others who had no other consideration in view 'no os. Mr. ROBINS0)1 saitl i the Hon. Baronet was not but that of acct mmodating the puYie, and whose correct in *slog Out tfv.bo was the highest salary s p e w. Sos,le of the Oaks in 11-e superior departments, to tokens were nearest to the standard ; and those would w e an eas p o o s ibill.y atmehsd, roomed 6(A ,CIOO per annum.— suffer considerably by any measure reclining the 'Fels revere to ship, prison., who were Inver paid more than tokens too suddenly. sten a Trltr,.tlvir duty consisted in no t h in g more than mere Mr. BANKES thpught, that although some indi pstatieitaboey4 as they were not in the slightest degree respone as viduals might be hurt. the sooner an end wa s put to fibir.Ows certainty did not receive the same emoluments sfres i at i hrid most important dirks to pet form. the system the better. The evil did not, towever, originate with the issuers of Bank tokens, the cause NOW PURDErr eon4dered the situation of tho ro w to whom he hat) anutlfd, as ante of considerable hardship, of rt was to be found in the general depreciation of - ,l s siarriefarei demanding the toterference of Government. LOCAL TOKeNB SILL. the currency. When on that subject he would ad. On the /notion et the CHANCELLOR of the vert to a circumstance which bud created consider . r actirc l unt. the Report if the above Bin was able ernbatrassment in the trading eommnaisy.— .The Bank tokens first issued were suing ed in a pken into further consideration. manner rather slovenly; the die had been since ;m -g. fitßei „averted to the great expence at which proved; to this he would not, perhaps, obje c t ; b u t t h es Tokens had been sect into circulation, and con. the effect of ti.at improvement had been to depre. meted that a sufficient time should be granted for ' calling them bate the tokens first issued, by in— for thic purpose, two years or two making them op pear as spurious. ,His opinion was, that t h e H ouse yews and a half, he did not think would be too long could not come too soon to a conclusio n on t h e a period, He had no objection to private indi vi duars subject. biting Prevented froth issu i ng m ore of them ; but, in justice to ther`n, as well ks to afford an opport un i ty Mr. gosE adverted to several abuses in the i ssue pf substituting proper change in their place , I.e should ing of local tokens, which the Bill went to r emedy. prose, as an an.cm.n ent, that, instead nt 64 the :15111 He had known instances where those tokens were of March, 18l,,," " the 25th M.rch, 1814, should not worth half their nominal value. In a n ot h er cir issued those tokens, had cumstance, people who had lie inserted, as the period by which the Local Tokens ehoold he called io. given notice that they would not red ee m t h em , un less brought within 48 hours—and even then the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, value was to be given, , not in cash ; but in goods. . . aid, i; was his wish that those tokens Arnold be re as Fools as possible, to the persons Irho had After some further observations, from Mr : pus -hated them ; If any eiritkmstance occurred, which ICIPSON and Mr. YDAYIES GIDDY, Mr. Home replied, ',mild render it necessary that they should be con- and the amendment was carried withopt di vi di ng vinnerl longer in circulation, it would be competent • the House r fitted, and the several itt in p , lor the persons interested to apply to Parliament. He, The ill was then recorn 1.6110.7 fr? 04 thin t 410 , that any . nch „., es . amendments introduced. The 'Report was brought ' pp, and atir?ed to a and the pill, with the amend. . . .... t lle met irderect to be engrOssed, and to 1 * read $ third to.nsorrow, if then iingioestsl, ? .., ... NIGHT WATCH wt. • . ' M SYNC; pre pikaad a PetitiOftireal teak the Night 'Watch Bill. ~ MO, WHITBREAD presented a simaarPetition, from the Parish of et. Luke, Westminster. Mi. BROUGHAM took that oppe!tunity of ask ing de Ik!ght Boa. •Qemslessan oppose*, whether or no it was ot their conteniXtion to postpone the Bill 011 trtt . Session ' as such a delay would be perfectly consonant ' . the nnblicriiiing that Ministers had no April, by four men, Will fired at him u, the puir;ic road, in broad day, together With k acts of violence, caused a great and le ant nation over all the district. It may be proper to add, that part a ri l assentb!ed, have, in several instances, dental obtained money from individuals, by th o terror. is Your Committee do not think it m ei describe the numerous acts of out rage t h at , committed, conceiving it sufiicient for th e , the Report, to inform the v of the disturbed parts, withoutll 9 ar; t p the srus with , ptt- Mr. GOULDBURN said. _ - intention of the kind. of specific facts. The object of these lawle ss destruction of machinery : But te r additional -et—, not t bfia be % pre VH s aß in ßE th A e D re h sen op t ed si th a jo at n. the T till im w p o r u e l l d . 44 progress. another object, stilt more fame ' commencement of them, appa r PThee s t t ur a : l ' Lion it had created on the people, was that of a vast additional expense, without any additional PrOteC men having assembled in ths night, e'• and demanding arms with the ta tion. No less than 074,000 would be levied on the public security , has been developed . .- Ibnce. This practice has .been actively people of•the Metropolis by this new Bill, for no use• the pkna e • ; et ful purpose whatever, and it was an object of ridicule , h ouses , lets accompanied both the destnietion of , for all those who were not afraid of expressing their ' real sentiments. and though in some cases Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY observed, that when ' the people for whose protection that Bill professed to and the demanding of arm s , yet it i • ..o Mr.GOUI.DBURN stated, that the Bill bad been cos ma • be intended, petitioned against it, it.was surely ad - ' serve, that in general these t wo n ei eess 2 ,... visable to postpone the consideration of it. 1 sively to have bee* aimed at ; and wen-- Mr. W. SMITH entertained the same sentiments. , been attained, every other species of p within their reach, has, in most insesa ' 0 4 It is anted. that in the n e i g hb oorfa introduced in consequence of the violent outrages' uatouched. , which bad thrown the Metropolis into a state of alarm, and to prevent, as much as possible, the pot- ' dersfield, all the arms have been fr.. . 1 other parts the seizure of them has haute s ta. w lest. dbility of their ecctining again. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT said, that the Corn- and there is reason to apprehend, drat the mittee had been appointed to inquire intothe state of have dfreient sorts of arms concealed. b *. nse i„ the Police of the Meteopolis, which they had neglect- evident to your Committee, that these " 2 l e ed to do. The Bill grounded on their report was an not been committed from any suddeni undigested measure, which required father conside- connecte d i n di v id ua l s , b ut have be ts ration. The Hon. Baronet was of opinion, that it ; organized systems of unlawf u l violentellw . I ought to be postponed till next Session. 1 guage of the most mischievous nava , " ha s Mr.ABERCROMBIE thought,the Bill defective a m c n g t h e lintels, and a sort ofinie t . sl7 —. in many respects, especially as there was no evidence discipline has been established. before the House to justify the grounds on which the ; ~ In making attacks upon ho uses , t h ey Committee had proceeded, to propose a new system appear to have been under the controde• of police. ' and to have acted upon signals. Rolls Mr. HUME wished that the Bill'lnight not be car- called over, distinguishing every nus, se . ned further in the present instance. He had taken a name, but by a number ; rockets and bls, great deal of trouble to acquire information on the been seen at night, which are stated, bye, subject, and the result of it was, that the proposed' making the communications, to have bee system would double the expence, without procuring made use of by the rioters. It is alas any additional advantage. * that there are establishments of • commo ns Mr. BATHURST thought, that the House would the name of local committees, secret not satisfy the expectations of the public, were they executive committees; that they use sips to separate without having come to any determina- tersigns, to guard them against the it . • tion on a subject which had excited so much public formers; and that they carry on their interest. He would, however, to postpone with the greatest secrecy and cateico. the third reading of the Bill to 11 y next, and in is It appears also that delegates for yetis the interval means might be found to obviate the ob- have been appointed, and meetings cithon jections row entertained against it. occasionally held ; that there is a freepost Mr. BYNG observed, that almost all the parishes nication between the several commute:soli of Westminster were clearly of opinion that they not through the ordinary,,conveyarce of the I might be better watched with half the expence. • Office, but through the medium of delete Mr. MELLISH remarked, that as the present Ad. that the following oath has been erase* ministration were not responsible for the introduction nieered : of the Bill, no more could they be justifiable in sup. " A. B. of my nwn voluntary will, do des* WO porting it without farther information. He thought swear, that I will never reveal RI any perwe orreries, that it would be better even for them to postpone it place or places wader the canopy of Rearm, tits moo with a rood rrace. Mr. ROUGHAM thought that the Bill, with Penn°e . w )... h4) , ""P"e ___„ tbe etcret cninmittee ' esatiert i the eeception tithe clause on hackney coaches , ought or °L."' t heft proc eedings, Ibede ' "1 ',.. to be disthissed altogether. He deprecated the idea 121" " e " lll3. ` . "‘""' " 1311E ` wu 'l se say ekbg 6 " .4 to the discovery of the rains; ea Ow peultrO of legislatlng on the spur of the occasion, as in the out of the world by the first brother that llama present Instance . The Bill had been tint brought in name and eheracur blotted out of rilstesee, la under the impression of alarm, created by atrocious r 'membered but with contempt and abhorrence. I murders, which, lit wever, had not been repeated since , swear; that I will use my tea et.deavours to pundh and had originated, as it appeared, in the diabolical - any tr.etur or traitors, abound any rest up swept perverseness of a single individnal. The present state them ; and, though he .tumid Ay to the vete at seat ' of the watch was adequate to its purpose of protecting ,the lives and property in the Mete polis,and Ile tittered "rive bra whit unceasing veDgesece. S° SI" thie Oath inviolable." his most solemn protest against giving the various keep . • , Police Boards, of which the Hnn. Gentleman gave a "It appears that they who were were is, humorous description, any paramount coetrutil over pay the weekly sum of twopence; and tte *the respectable house-keepers, who, without any re . meetings of delegates at Manchester, from muneration, took upon themselves the office of night bouring towns, discord has occasioeally • constables. The Petiti'n was then broiight up, and se - ne of the delegates not bringing ir •111 . ordered to lie on the table. , tive districts the contributions that were le evidence or informa tion, . that has ben bin REPORT OF THE SECRET COMMITTEE. your Committee, rushes the suppositios. M The Hon. H. LASCELLES brought tip the Re. sums of • MOlley have been distributed 21111 port of clue Secret Committee, •vhich was ordered to Ri oters . be read by the Clerk, and is as follows : ; "It appears also, • that attempts have We " REPORT. Ito create a persuasion amongst the pommel 44 The Committee of Secret to to whorl the.cnpies in these disturbances , that their proteediest e_st of the info-mation which has 'Ten received, relative to be supported by similar combination old to certain violent proctediegs which, in defiance of and in other parts of Great Britain. as venal the laws, have taken place, and continue to be car. land ; and that they are countertaisced by isilll tied on, in several Counties of England, (sealed up) of a higher class and description, who mob were referred - have, pursuant to the order of the t hemsel v es at a future time. But tw °all House, examined the matters thereof ; and have been laid before your Committee to saratkolf agreed to the following Report : reports. o Your Committee having examined the papers . and documents m rate to them, are concerned to" It appears to your Committee, that MI casts in which the outrages have beat state, that trim the several sources of information ascertained, it has been loaod nom* . therein contained, it appears that for some months in some instances impossible, to obtain . past serious and alarming disturbances, destructive the persons by wLom they were to property, and highly dangerous to private safety e ' Of the numbers associated in the and the pnbiic peace, have prevailed in a very eaten. or the disturbed district, your COMM.. sive populous manufacturing District, comprising any information that can be &mistime* certain pasts of Lancashire and of the West Riding but that it is considerable. the of Yorkshire, and cat= parts of Cheshire bordering deem give sufficient ground to thin . A - they presume to state, what is the "I apes Dine:Mire. " That the outrages in the above district. brooght the p ersons thus associated, have is live° etAola t to the notice of your Committee, commenced about what precise purpose it is, that. thew the end of February last, and continued, though not in at have been formed. But t whi sea‘l ffed! without occasional variation and tempor thear y abate. object, or w may he az ' meat, to latest period (the 2Sd of June) at which whether these ComUinatiOus are con fi ned Se to t:ade, or whdhor nod, rioters in largetumbers have assembled in the any information has been received. Duri ng this pe. relating exclusively A s ti been taken of the distresses of dr tort pight time; some of them disguised by blackened together, under that pretence, all faces, some armed with guns and pistol:, and others srms, with views hereafter to he deveWidi ell with die implements of their trade, to be used as n - secrecy and method apparent is the . .._ j , alli Pensive weapons, have broken into various houses, mane, the s y stem of terror so industr eauli "" at particularly those of the manufacturers who made by threats, assassination, and attemPt 3 use of the shearing-frames, have destroyed the ma. tion, the oath administered, the eagerne;s sr, chinery, plundered the inhabitants, siod burnt their vies in procuring arms, and the .rai . aint! mentioned, are all tircumstances wlrsc h w houses and factories, exciting and keeping up - tual terror in the country, by threatening letters and • failed to impress uthe minds of yuur tsa, other means of intimidation, occas io n ally executing . a strong sense of t e n d inker arising from s t their threats against proprietors and others, not only lonations, to the peace and smut ity of w e 4. _,T by the destruc t ion of the pr o p er ty, b ut by firin g int o ! The CHANCELLOR of the EX CIi N the houses. It appears also, that ip some instances moved,, that the Report be taken into attempts have been made on the lives of those who on Friday next, when he *add mo ve fora colif had been actively employed in endeavouring to su p. Bills, grounded on the Report. press the tumults; and the atrocious murder of Mr.l Mr. PONSONBrwished to know else' Horsfall, a very-respectable manufacturer, in th e those intended measures. Deighbeltrkooo of Hadderspld, in t he es o n t k of The cHANcEI, I LOR cif the F e ' , . J .= Ala* 7.11 1 • a Co ART