The National Register. — London, England, 1822-07-28 00:00:00

248 ( Imperial Parliament cJalmied from pays 2.1. - s) taxes to the amount ef lir e millions per annum, will afford • most important and essenthd relief fr.ris those but - diens which at present press so beastly 4111 the industry of the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER denied the ac curacy of some of the statements. Ile would not, Itowever, go into a detailed examination of the resolutions. As the bon. gent. contemplated some ulterior proceeding, it might be unfair to the subject to go into the discussion of it, till the complete pieta was before the house and the country. He should theicfore wove that the debate be adjourned to this day three months. Mr. GRES FELL oak 60111 C remarks on the charges of ma nagement; after winch the amendment WI:14 but and carried. Mr. WILBERFORCE brought forward his motion on the subject otpreventing the extension of sl•tvery at the Cape. of Good Hope, and moved resolutions and all addrees to the Clown ou the subject. Mr. NV. SMITH urged the necesaity of using all the intlaence of this government to keep this %ratite under. lle had 'casein to Lnow, ou the best information, that facilities for carrying out the trade on the Western coast were as great its ever they (( ere. After a few words front Mr. )loner, Plollamere, Mr. C. Buxton, and others, the 111141011 Mai agreed to and the house adjourned. _ _ FRIDAY. JULY 26. Mr. Quartile, the Yeoman Ushei of the black rod, sommoned the house to attend in the House of Peers, to Iteur the Royal Assent gi. en to sundry bilk. (See Lords.) The Eschequer Hai, the Militia Pas Bill, the Militia Clothing Bill (Ireland) the Appropriation B.tl, :Sr, Were sere rall s committed. Reports to he recessed 011 Mouthy. The rrports were presented and marred to of the Brimstone' DI donde!: 1341 -the East India Sugar,' Dutie, U II —the Spirits E%:ioristion Bill (Scotland), Ac. They were ordered to be r e ad at tird time. The Isle of Man Postage Bill, the Commercial Credit Bill ( Ireland ), the Greenland Fisheries Bill, Sze. were severally read a third time and passed. Mr. LIS It IN GTON moved that the house at its cis ng should adjourn to Monility.—Agreed to. Gott MITE tc—Mr.lll; ME adverted to a petition that he hail presented ua a former tiny limn Mr. Bradfield, complaining s.' the deceptive sy stein of coal metage, nod of the inetliciency or Mr. Tulloch and 11 r. Lushingtun as principal coal oil ters.— t was the:, said, by the secretary to the 'ft eastory, that the complaints to the Treasury L irds against Mr. Tunnel' had not succeeded. He (Mr. Hume) concluded with moving for the following returns ou this subject, aril wits of so touch inlet est to the public : —A copy of the charges preferred against John linker and Alesander Toilet+, principal meters ; and of the et itietice iu support of the said charges ; and of the answer of the said principal meters to the saiae. A copy of the peti• linos of John Clayton to the lands of the Treasury, 17th Sept. ; and of hi...petition to the (tight lion. the Larl of Liver pool, dated 31st Get. ISIS, and May IStli,lts22 ; aid also of the petition to the Lords of the 'Fre:l:wry enclo..ed therein. A copy of a petition of 'rheum Bradfield, containing the char,, , ,es preferred against 'f homas Bigg, principal meter 14 the county uf Sorrey, in April. IS2I. A copy of the et itlence taken respecting them ; with the order of the court upon the wane. Alan a copy of the charges preferred ag,inst the said .Francis ltigg, by Mr. Hickman, to the court at ltycgalc, ii, the said rouuty of Surrey, in June last. Anil also a return of 141 e cumber of principal coal meters in the ouunties of Nliddleses sod Surrey, their mimes, whether they follow any other and %bat trades, professions, or employ trieut ; and by whom the said principal cud meters have been si.pointed. A return of the amount collected for metage of «soli in the CO end lehes ties of 11 estusinater, under the ash Ceo. 111. etasin the amount collected in each year up to Jan. 1822. and how the sane had been appropriated ; stating the same and d-ste of appointment of et ery person who has receit ed in each y tar more than one hundred a year in solar, , conr, , ensation, or 41 , 411:11.1. _ _ The severe, retnrns were ordered, u were the like returns for t..e coi.aty of Strrey. rOAT Urn :E.—Mr. HUME presented a petition from an Individtml rained Atkinson, late of the post office, complaining of the Post Master Gerertl. in tl.e moi tl. of November he oas dieuissed for some ctleged misconduct; and all enquiry had been refused to the petitioner. While in such office, he hail contributed during 20 years 41101. to the supertnnuation fund ; and ell relief from that fund had been constantly denied bins.— he thought this &peculiarly hard ease. Mr. CAM:RAFT slid he was nut acquainted with the parti culars of .his ease ; but this was an instance of what the clerk► were to expect, who after having served for years, and have given up portions of income to secure provisions in old age, should their superiors think lit to dismiss them. - The case merited investigation. Tue petition was read and ordered to he printed. Mr. HLME than morcd for returns of the authority under IN bleb contributions to the post office superannuation fund were to be raised. Ordered. Mr. lit tIE presented a petition from the late captain of the brig Cluides, complaining of severe treatment from the Spanish Covernment. lie bad been seized and carried into Teueriffe, an.L where he was long imprisoned, the vessel sold, &c. Lord LONDONDERRY said the case had engaged the pe culier attention of Government, who had made representations to the Spaiiish Authorities. Ile admitted that the case was one of difficulty and hardship ; the petitioner ea: innocent, and he knew him to be poor. The vessel, however, had been con demned according to I!, Spanish laws, Or not having gone into port aher a Spaniard had fallen 01 - 0 hoard and had been tiro% ord. 'I Le Spanish authorities gave the answer that we should give ; they said that there were hi,;lier tribunals that might he appealed to. Mr. HOME said, es the indixidunl was adinittitd to be poor and innocent, be was a fit object fur some consideration out of the Ad...iralty Droita. The petition was read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. S. RICE presented a petition from St. Michael's, Dublin, complaining of the Assessed Taxes.—Read, and ordered to be ',rioted. Mr. G. B ENNET moved for returns of the manner in which the money, fees, &c. for the maintenance of the King's Bench Prison, bad been expended, in 1821, and 1822; as tar as the &awe could be made out.—Ordertd. The Barrack Estates' Bill was reed a third time, and prised. SUPERANNUATION 1311.1..—Mr. BROGUES appeared at the bar with the report of the Superannuation Bill. Mr. CALCRAFT opposed the report. If the bill were op- tional on those at present in °nice; and cuinpulsory on those who should take other hereafter, he should not object to the bill. [No answer from the Chancellor of the Excliequed— lie must then state his objeltion. According to on accuu.,t that Lad just been produced, the amount of the Superannuations was 234,000. Upwards of 2.00 U persons Lad b: en super annuated. His objeotien to the tar., for it was sa.A., was, that it ovzsated parti dly—tlal it was cauipulsory uu Loose a Lu L rd ~~ _ .. - - THE NATIONAL REGISTER entered into office when smell regulations did not exist ; an I that it ellected those who, by insuring their lire or otherwise had made other pros isien for sup,rannotatiob. To the principle of superannuation, as prospectively enforced, be should have no ()hie lion; and to enforce it in any other way would be cruel, herd', and usij.ast. From ivaurences, where they had been b, gun, there was no retreating; and the parties were com pelled to subscribe to the Superanuation fund. The noble L ord had said that the clerks would has c this fond under their peculiar care. Vt , hat was the fact f They had that es ening received a petition from a Post-ollice clerk, who had been dis m.ssed, properly or improperly he would not now say, w ho hail for 211 years subscribed to a Superannuation Fund, bat whose family was now rel i ned all relief, although .1001.1 lad been subscribed during 20 years. lie thought lie hail made out a cane strong enough ; and if it Caine to a dot isiou, he thought he should base t =e feelings, if be were chided the votes, of the II ties. Ile was the suture confident in his opposition, be cause he Will SUI I I/01teti by Lord Sidniouth's letter to his Ma jesty on this subject, his lordship Isaldiag„ that the principle was. tusjest, that it was siolating faith with the public servants. Ile (Mr. Caldron) thought the bill ought to be withdrawn.--lt would be a curious thing to behold the Chancellor of the Es ehe•gner and Lord Sid month at issue on so important ■ ' , obit, and so soon after him lordship had left office. The Chancellor of the Eselrequer, it was to he hoped, would take home Cie documents and read them ; he could toot hiv e seen them ; and it' he would only peruse them and reflect on Bobo, the bill would !tat be heard of again. The 8111 proposed to inflict a species of emirowation ; it was to I• cut the proloecta front under the feet" of those who had relied on a particular system for years.— , Sorely the Chancellor of the Lschequer did not imend to turn his hark so stem ton Lord Sidnioutli and hit opinions, nittor leis ' Lordship had left od.ce Lordship and the gentlemen op posit.: had gone on together for seats, and surely they ought not to separate. Mr. CANNING said the bill was most obnoxious in its prin• ciple--it went to impose a tax on a particular class fur the re lief of the stale. This was ninA uninst. The details were equally ohnosious. He dil not deny the power of the Crown to reduce salaries ; but to convert a plan of economical regula tion into a measure of perliamentery taxation, was Moat oihjoist. The details were unjust by their partial propositions. They violated that faith on which inviduals hail entered office ; they defrauded theta to a certain effect of those prospect• on which they had calculated. Su strong was the act of Drill • that lie questioned much whether the principle of this bill would not be considered by Courts of Law to be unjust and illegal. The Bill wan of such a character, it was eeidently so direct a tax, that nothing hut the severest necessity could warrant its adop tion, lilt were adopted, it would autlior.se a species of pillage. Out of one diliantoia he saw Ill) means of escape, except by in troducing into the bill what sort of dismission shall authorize the individual to continue his demands on the (mid. And to continue his right on the fund *mild re lac the force of official contront. The principle of the bill was bad, and the v;ctails were of prejudicial operation. Ile would much rather 'cave the regulations as they now wore. Ile was glad that lie loud this opportunity of speaking, for the bill had been postp.oceil 27 times, so that he lead attended the house a good many limes without effect. Ile thought the bill ought to be abandoned al.ogether. The CIIANCELNOR of the EXCHEQUER said that this bill had been deemed expedient ander the peculiar eircum stances and difficulties of the country, and that it arose out of all address of last session, requiring his Majesty to promote all possible reshot:6mi an eimnromy. Lord LOA DOS DElts:Y observed, that it was his duty to support Vie bill, though lie wan free to ethnic that he did so with considerable pain. II hail not originated wills the wriuiaters ;it resulted from an address to that houso. 'the address bating been agreed to, it wan the duty of the goveromicot to endeavour to carry it into execution, and it was rattier peculiar that 11ie house should now turn round and endeavour to defeat its own principle by attoickilig its ditnil. The clarets recommended a revision of all profits of places, with the view of reducing the salaries to the pelisel of Ilttl. A ficr some ftullicr remarks the report wu brought up and agt aed to. btamp Duties Bill was afterward.' withdrawn Ad- the present session. - The rentadnin4 bu.iness bating been disposed of, the house adjourned to Blood'''. FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS. B. Rig Lind, Liverpool,mercllani. Solicitor, Mr. Chester, Staple Inn. .1. B. Capon, Bishop's Hull, Somersetshire, woolstapler. Sol. Mr. Welts, maple lon. J. Steven , on, Boston, Lincolnshire, grocer. Sols. Messrs. Stocker and Co. New Boswell Court. W. shannon. Whitchasen, Cumberland, draper. Sol. Mr. Falcon, Temple. I'. Edmunds. Cnstell Bugged, Cardiganshire, tanner. Soles Messrs. Clarke and Co. Chancery Lane. C. Feainley, Crutehedfriars, wine merchant. Sole. Messrs. Pears and Co. St. Swithin's Lune. .1. baker. Crutehedfriars, wine merchant. Sols. Mews. Pease and Co. SI. ewithin'h Lane. DIVIDENDS. July 50, G. IlarGisty and J. Cowing, Bedford Court, Covent Garden, woollen drapers—Aug. 17. J. Smethurst, sen., and It. Torkington, Cheshire, calico printers -19. J. Moore, Kingsbrompton, Soinersetbliire, dealer -14, S. Crossland, Liver. pool, ship chandler -29. W Cable, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, baker —l4, 11. Beithe, hecklingg, Norfolk, shopkeeper-24, W. and it. Barber, Cheepside, ware lost:seinen-14. lt. and H. Wharton, Little Crosby, Lancashire, joiners -13, D. Buchanan, S. M. Smith, and F. Ashley, Liverpool, merchants--IG, J. B. Player and J. Keen, Bristol, bottle liquor merchants—July 27, J. Hassell, Richard Street, Islington. printseller. CERTIFICATES to be granted Aug. 13. J. Chetham, Stockport, money scrivener—J. Burgess. Liver pool. dealer—F. AVancer, Ripon, Yorkshire, money scrivener— G. Munroe. Mincing Lane, wine merchant—E. Mathews, Col. lege Bill, Upper Iltinnts Street. merchant. Among the crowds who were recently viewing the statue in Hyde Park, was a Scots Lassie, who heard many curious remarks made with respect to whom it meant to represent. On being asked her oi)inion, she said, " it was intended to repreesent some gaged and breve Belatukr win' cam up to Lon don, but who left his Feekbegs at Aberdeen." A terrible conflagration took place at Baltimore on the '2.3d ult., which destroyed numerous stares and dwelling houses. The whole loss is estimated at 30,000 dollars. Sev.nal persons perished. - - - Zosv 3)ffitltigtn:e. ESSEX. CHELMSFORD, JULY 23.—The Summer Assizes for this COOIIIV CO tttttt enced here to-da%, before the Right lion. the Lord Chief Baron Richards, in th•• Crown and the Hon. Mr. Justice Park, in the Nisi Prior Court Olt the Crown at le the Calendar is unu.,iially light for this county, containing but 32 commitments, Inv of which are for capital crimes. The Cause List in the oilier Court contains 24 entries out of 25 venires brought down. - CROWN SIDE. ItippingdaleWa:iMleied under Lord Ellen borough's Act, fur cutting and 111:11111ing TIIOI. Noakes with a knife, with intent to kill and mom( r hint, at Billingdon, in this county, on the 14th of :tlarelt last. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, that on the et ening of the 13111 of March, he went to a pith lie-house at liallincden, where be met the ritioner. There were several other persons in the room. lle en gaged in 114nr.e al:creation with the prismier, who struck Liu wilt a stick and knozkeil him down, and the blow deprived him of his senses for the moment. When he recovered, he gut up and struck the prisoner. Tire latter then went out, and after two or three minutes absence returned, went tip to the witness and ripp d up his ab domen with a knife, producing a wound of nine inches iu lenutli and a 6 reat part ante vi►cera obtruded into his hands. In his cross•exainittetion by Mr. Broderick for the prisoner, the witness contradicted himself in many particulars of die previous transactions which led to the unlOrtuitate act of desperation imputed to the prisoner. lie der led that lie had first taken hold of the prisoner by the collar, but afterwards admitted that he had. Ile dented that he had es er called the p risotter a d—d liar and challenged him to fulit. A wi tens named French, who was present at the t ansaci ion, d •posed, that the prisoner and the pros, cotor were very violent with each other, abusive and pr. vines• g !align hte I on both sides. The altercatton lasted for about two hours The prisoner ()tiered to fight the prosecutor ; upon which the latter went up to the funnier and took hold in him by the ciollar, and on the instant the prisoner ripi cd brut tip with his ►wife. The prisoner had not left tile nom as the prosecutor had stated, and there was no time for premeditation. Iti this state of the case Mr Broderick submitted that there was enotath upon the es idence fur the prosecution to negative malice. The Chief Baron remarked, that iheevidence, now detailed by the prosecutor, was different f hat gist it in toe deposi . ors before the committing magistrate in Material particulars. His Lordship upon this stops the Case, and told use jury that they must argon the prisoner. —lt was true that the prisoner had been guilty of most atrocious and savage conduct, but unless the offence would have amounted to murder, if death had cowed. the case was not within the mischief of the statute on which the indictment was founded. If ilia h had ensued, the offence could only have amounted to and titerefure the case did slot conic within the spirit of the attune. 'Fite Jury, theiefore, asely found the prisoner Not Guilty. ARSON.—Ttoomis Bloomfield was indicted fur felo niously and maliciously manila fire to certain corn stacks. belonging to Page, iii the pari►h of Great Clack ant, hi this comity, on the 4th or February last. The case disclosed in evidence was this:—The pri. so ter applied to the overseers of the parish of Great Clack toil, to which he belonged, lot temporary relief. Tue us erseers, of Wtium Pave, the ;woes:tow, tv,s one, oat considering him a fit object of relief, leaned to render him any assatance. The prisoner. on the Willie day, spoke to los next door neighbour, a man named 11 . ebster. and complained that the overseers had refused to relieve bins, and said lie would Haze some of them. He was asked by Webster what he went by blazing sonic of 'liens ? In reply he said he should set fire to Master Page's stacks; lie would be even with hint when lie found I from home. It appeared that Mr. Page had occasion to l e ave home about lour days afterwards. namety. on the 4di of February. About six o'clock on the evening of that day the prosecutor's stacks were found on tire, and considerable damage was dune before the flames could be extinguished. To fix the guilt upon the prisoner, in-addition to the threat above mentioned, it was • prosed that he had watched the prosecutor in going from home; that just alter the fire began to blase forth. a Mail resembling tile prisoner was Well skulking under a hedge ruining; from the lire; that soon after Inc fire the prisoner was been standing in a field near the prosecutor's pn•usises, and looking on ; that the prisoner having been taken up oil suspicion, the shoes which he wore corresponded wail the impressions made by the feet of the person who was seen running from the fire, 41+$(1 with tile liot•marks of a person Si a !Tot where a Illider-bUX was found close to the pennies, with tire exzeibioli dial in the prisoner's shunt were souse nabs,, which it appeared he had himself driven in a le iv days after ihe•firc. At first the prisoner was discharged sty the magistrates, it being considered that the nada in ha siiues was a lavouralile circumstance, demonstrating his innocence. inasmuch as the impressions seen on the ground h d no turd mat ks ; but upon its betngdiscoser , d that heliail himself put in the owls alter the fire, and the shoes Oliiersvise corresponding exactly with the im pressions nu the mono& he was again taken up, and up in the evidence now adduced cot 1111 l itted Ihr trial. On exaininattun before the magistrates, use Pr 6 ""er ga v e an iseemint of himself which appeared highly incredible, and which was now contradicted. The Lord Chief Baron su 11111 l ed up the case for the Jury. Considering tile heinousness of the offence. anti the certainly of execution upon conviction, the Jury ought to be perfectly satisfied of the truth of the offence they had heard; and in such a case if there was any rational doutd, the prisoner was entitled to the la, nelit of it. Tue Jury deliberated fur about ten atiutites, awl found taut guilty. ~r