The National Register. — London, England, 1815-02-19 00:00:00

IRE parcel was then opened, and every paper closely examined. It frequently happened that, in ordering the arrest, the Mi nister did not express its cause. If nothing of a suspicious nature w.l then found among the papers of the accused, the examination was then extended to his daily conduct, the description of his acquaintance and his relations with foreign ers, till, lost in the multiplicity of artful questions, he finished by criininating himself. When the examination was over, the report was laid before the Minister, who directed What should be done with the pretended criminal, and either shut him up in a fortress, ban:shed him from the capital, or sent him but of the emptre, &c. &c. From the moment of the arrest to that of the sentence, not more than five or six days were allowed to elapse. Not unfrequently the victim was seized in the prison, without any fbrms of trial, anti disposed of as best pleased the Minister. • AccUstomed to the company of rogues and thieves the of ficers of the Inspector General treated prisoners in the most infamous manner, and always considered him guilty whom they were ordered to arrest. If, however, an innocent per son, unjustly condemned, was fortunate enough to interest people in authority to his fate, which was a most difficult task, and obtained permission that his case should be laid be fore the Minister, the latter proceeded to a new examination and every kind of attentions were shown to the prisoner. The agents of the Minister of General Police, honoured the persons attached to the Prefecture or Low Police, with the appellation of canaille (rogues). We shall in our next describe the power of the latter. BOXING. A baker, of the name Manby, on Monday entered the ring with Croxley, at Willsdoil Green. where a roped ring of t's feet was foreted at two o'clock. Oliver the Westminster hero, seconded Croxley, and the bottle-holder was Scroggios. Maltby was seconded by H. Harmer and Paddington JON'S. Betting 6t04 ou the tar. It wool(' be impossible to give the rounds of this very manly fiy,lit in dt.tail. They con‘isted of 116, which occupied two hours. In the first round the Baker made two short hits and slipped up with out mischief on either side. Two blows were exchanged in the second round, Nat the ground was slippery, and the baker went down by accident. In the third round the baker having got his roper length, he hit out and drew first blood with his left hand on the head, and knocked the sailor down with his right. Jack looked about him, and went in again undauntedly to the fight. The fourth round was also in favour of the ,baker, who planted a heavy bl ow which forced much blood again. Bettiug was. now 6 to 4on the baker, but the odds fluctuated materially every ten mitintes, fur the state of the ground was ouch that there was no certainty in planting blows. The seventh was a good rallying round,,and the sailor re ceived a severe blow on the neck, which caused much blood to flow inwardly from the ear throughout the battle. Croxley turned the odds in his favour again atter this, and kept it until the 84th round by determined fighting, each having made a gallant struggle, l'I)e baker took the lead again fut several rounds after.tbe 84th, and he gave his adversary two very Clean cross-buttocs. In the 180th round both wet , e an exhausted that they went flown upon their faces, and were tenable from weakness to extricate them mitres without the assistance of their seconds. The baker got weak soon after this, and Croxley won at last, .but with much difficulty. Beth men showed determined courage thank) it the fight, and weight brought the sailor through. A iwoopd botelp . was foustit between two hc kney mama. ;14. 1 3 4 R ~~ HOUSE OF LORDS. ..iii. MONDAY, FEL 13. The Earl of Sliairesetaopresiented a Petition from the Common Council of the City of London, praying fur • repeal of the Lisslvest Debtors' Act. Ordered to lie on the table. The Earl of HAT: owtcx E presented a Petition from the landholders in the neighbourhood of Royston, praying fur • revision and correction of the Corn Laws. His Lordship observed, that it seas not his intro• tion to move for a renewal of the Committee under whose consideration that question was last Session ; the great importation which had taken place, decisively proved the necessity of some measure to protect the agriculture of the country withent any farther delay, and had rendered the revival of the Ceruinittee on the 0011 Laws superfluous. fl! was happy to understand that the subject was in the hands of the Executive Government ; and as the matter was in their hands, it was not hisin tention to propose any Bill to the House. Lord G nen vt t.t.e rose for the purpose of submitting to their Lord. ships a motion in some degree connected with the petition which bad been presented by the Noble Earl (Ilardwicke). No man was more desirous than lie (Lord G.) was, that the claims of those petitioners should receive due consideration. No man was more sensible of the 'difficulties under which they laboured; and if he had the misfortune of differing totally from them as to the sources from which those diffi culties had arisen, it was not from any insensibility to the magnitude vf the distress which pressed upon the agriculturists of the country. He could not agree with the Noble Earl, that no necessity existed for the renewal of the Corn Committee. Although many persons bad been examined before that Committee, to explain the variation between tpe prices of foreign and British corn, yet the information on that branch of the question was very imperfect; and the evidence annexed to the Report contained a very partial and limited view of the whole subject, and wag net at all calculated to enable their Lordships to proceed with co,.firle , ce to legislate anew as to the means of subsistence of the com. tiy. He had not tort with any thing which had et all varied the strerig opinion which lie had entertained last year, that the measures which fot two years past bad been prop .std to Parliament, were not only unjust, hysiiihilig the weight from thnie who ought to bear them to those who onoht not to bear them, but had a tendency to aggravate the evils under which the country antlered. He'had been induced thus early to express his opinion on the subject from' the apprehension that when argument might be supposed to have a weight there would be no time allowed for debate. His Lordship thought the measure wuuld have stood a better chance for fair discussien when proposed by an individual, than when brought forward, supported by all the influence of the Executive Government. lie 100 k no interest in the question. but that which as an Englishman he felt in the peace and welfare of the country ; .and lie was convinced that if the measure in question was taken up by the Ex ecutive Government, they never had proposed a law more calculated to injure hott-. His Lordship then moved for an account of the Input.- tatioti and Exportation of Grain between Great Britain and Ireland, in the several years from 1807 to the latest time to which they could be made up, according to the books of the Customs of England and Scot land. The Earl of L.tenrnoste defended the conduct of the Corn Com mittee. His Noble Friend (Lord Grenville) had regretted that the business should have fallen into the hands of the Ministers ; but lie could see no impropriety in the Executive Government co-operating:to produce a great national good. Lord Greuville's motion for Papers was then agreed tu.—Adjourneds TUESDAY, FEB. 14. Lord Walsingimm's Annuity Bill was committed and reported. Lee's Divorce Bill was read a first time.—Adjourned. WEDNESDAY, PER. 5. The Duke of NORFOLK mooed that Ilia average prices of grain in the maritime districts for the last quarter be laid before. the House. Ear! LAUDERDALE said the returns from those districts were en• tirely wrong; and so also was the manner in which the Inspector- General struck the average. Suppose 100 quarters had been sold at 80s. ; 200 at 705.; 300 at 6os. ; and -100 at Slls. ; the usual method tri make up an average would be to divide the sum for which the whole .had been sold by the number of quarters, and take the product. But the Inspector-General's method would be to divide the sum or the tour different prices by lour, and take the product as the average price. But as it most frequently happened that the greatest quantity was