The National Register. — London, England, 1822-08-12 00:00:00

260 . smptrial Varitaintnt. .. 1 11 0. " . HOUSE Oil LORDS. MONDAY. AEGUST 5. The anent was given by commission to the Exchequer Alas aill.-...the Barilla Duties Bill—the Stamp Dutiesllttl—the Buperannuation Bill—the English Militia Belt—the Smugglers' Preventien Bill—the Brimstone Duties' ravrback Bill—the isle of Man Postage Bill—the Hard Labour Bill—the Scotch Spirits Hill—the Greenland Fishery Bill—the East India Sugar Bill —the Irish Cornishles' Bill—the Irish Militia Bill—the Irish Coroners' Billthe Public Works o.ll—the Irish Registration )sill—and the Orphans' Fund BilL The commissioners were the 1.00 Chancellor, the Earl of Shafteabury, and the Marquis of t:holruondeley. Mr. Mason. from the India House, presented copies of the resolutions of the several governments in India. in 1821 ; also a return of the salaries and pensions granted by the directors, during tae. last month. A gentleman, from the Irish Secretary of State's Office, pre t comet copies of all correspondence between the Government of lrehisd and Alderman Sir B. King, reiating to the stationery supplied to government. I.ord HOLLAND presented a petition from Robert Gnuilay, complaining of having been sent home by the Government or L'pper Canada.—The noble Lord said, lie had no heitatiou in baying, if the lam stated by the petitioner were cot rect. that the individual lid been sent from the colony in a summary manner. —He was not disposed to make any motion on the subject, but should merely lay the petition on the table. The E - ..r1 0. , LIVERPOOL, then rose to move the third read ing of the Tithe Leasing Bill. Lord HOLLAND adverted to the impartance which had been atttachtd ts the question of tithes in Ireland, and expressed his disappointment at finding no better relief than the bill Define the house afforded. He considered it rather an obstacle in the way of a proper commutation of tithes. The noble Lord could not ovoid declaring his satisfaction, and he expressed a hope that ministers would turn their attention to the sulject with a real desire to do something beneficial to the people of Ireland. The Earl of LIVEII POOl. did not wish to take up the time of the house in discussion upon this subject, b came the bill hail had been regularly introduced, upon the second readiag, to the notice of the house, and he did nut anticipate any objection on tile third reading. The question which relates to tithes in Ire land was really important ; but certainly a mistake had Gowned in considering the tithes of Ireland and England upon the same footing. The operation of tithes in Ireland was governed by circumstances which did not often occur in England. It was a subject of infinite dlieulty. inasmuch as parliament must inter fere with the sacred rights of property. The measure before the the house was not introduced as the only measure on the subject so far from producing any obstacle to any other measure, the noble earl considered at a stepping block to a more beneficial measure. The noble earl was persuaded, that if there was a borer Ale disposition on the part of the Wet) and clergy of Ireland to make an amicable and useful artangement, something might be dons so benefit all parties. The bill was then read the third tints and pitied. Mr. Brogden and other members from the Commons brought upthe following bills, with the amendments made by the Lords agreed to, viz.—The Tithe Leasing Bill—the Engli.h and Irish Insolvent Deleon' Bills—and the General Turnpike Bdl. Toe hoses thm adjourned. TUESDAY. Are. 6. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. This being the day . fixed for the prorogation of Parlia ment. the usual reparations were made to give Mai to the osemenya Tile house opened tu an early hour. and was sees aid with depot imaipany. We never observed a finer atirbewail mil magnificent females. The fashionable swas biumbaux admits's& and plumes of rose, white. ware, ma other odours. Semeal reeresees were their hair in yid ash silver wet work, which produced a truly noble and egdepdi# This assemblage seemed the court of Maw. rows in their peeikansentary robes added to the iiisq ad wham width mask the eye in every direction. The Mobsmaises hoes Fen* States attended in full dress, and many dimbriebed fessigmere were admitted to be spectators of the grand nauettal ft:easy. At two o'clock the diethespe of announced the arrival of his Modesty at the ealsease efthebo me. Soon after, the King entered in his parliamentary robes. seating the crown, aid took bin net ea the throw. Ihe Duke of Wellingtoo carried the sword of 1118111. Ihe Sad of Liverpool, as Prime Minister, the Lord If Cheeseller, nod the Archbishop of Canterbury, took their Naar the throne. The Duke of York who appeared in p NI S I ee aedsphils. wore his parliamentary robes. The Otmensas hawing been summoned to the house. the Speaker sod a number of members attended.—On their approacii to the bar, the Speaker made a speech in substance as follows : •• Maple plasm your Majesty. •• We. yew Majesty's faithful Commons, present our last Bill of Supply, and we Mg Man to state that in the course of the prestos sesimts eilMinetenees ef the greatest imyottance have emptied rwer leeseitiem Your llfitieery was graciously pleased, at the INIMININIMIIt of the session, to suggest tor our early osolideroths. the difficulties under which agriculture laboured ; and those distresses which had unfortunately taken place in Ire land. Their weresuliaos on which Paliainent could not expeot to legislate with much advantage. It was obvious no immediate relief was to he obtained ; but on the other hand we felt that such a refined( n of our public expenditure ought to be made, as was conaistinit with the services of the state. •• Si at.—On a moat scrupulous inve,tigation of the finances, a remission of tsx...tion to a large amount has been erected by a new mode of meeting the public difficulties, and principally by the reduction of the 5 per C.A3lt. annuities; a measure not only advantageous to the public, but one effec.i.ol with less delay than could have been anticipated by the most sanguine expectation.— In considering the distressed state of Ireland we lost no time In iesoreng to such measures as seem-d best calculated to restore peace and tranquillity. These tueasurer, harsa as they are, have . ceimpied the attention of the Legislature. One has been renewed, s 110: 1111 has not, and whets the time comes thr more mild and cor.coiatory pioceeddigs, they win eloubtiess be adoat.i. •' ei a e.— We li.al scarcely finished our pliniLlit rieraberaiion on Or:: disqess of Ireland, when a demand was made upon us to meat time horrors of famine, which operating with malignity, threaancal death and desolations We lumina tnere was uo due for deliberation. There was but one course to pursue, namely, to atlopt whatever supply your Majesty's conhi's real advisers might recommend. We have pialtionrd our duty, and we hope we shall tins 1 nate approbaion. •• 8111 M.—It would ill become me to derail the • ,rious other rohjerts which have occupied our attention, but I ma 7 be per mama.' to espies& a hope that your Majesty's tailful Commons hill be ullowrd cr dot tor sinceme and zealous exeerinus. nude in oiler to carry Mai effect whatever might appear moat desirable, and that by so thing they have ent.tlea tin:mach ea to tour Ma jcsty's most gracious approbatiou. .• slue.— file Bill I hold in my hand is en:itlal ' An Act,' &c &c."—((tend the :i:le of the Bill brought up.) The approinalion Bill then received tile Royal Assent in the usual %oats pro-on:need by the clerk or the Ctuwo open a Money Bill, viz. ** Le Rai reniercier sea lot aux 'alien accgte leer ts.nevolinice et aussi le 'milt." Tue , iicierei Tterroke lI.U, being of a public nature. received the royal asamt :u rite l'ullawiakg wo.i.---•• i.e Itra le await." The Fa.gdai lawitvent Debtors amid the Ir sli Insolvent Debtota' Hills receives tue loyal assent to the same worcia flie irlsit T.the Leaai-ig ILL, eat, the C4...toeian As ) I •.m Tial 41.10 reetived t!.: to; al as-::r.:. • THE NAT: INA I, REGISTER The KING, in a clear. addible tone, then &Beefed his most gracious speech from the throne. •• My Lords aisd Centime's. •' I cannot release you from your attendance in Parliament, without assuring you how sensible I am of the attention you have paid to the many important objects have been brought before you in the course of this long and laborious session. '• I continue to receive from Foreign Povrers the strongest assurances of their friendly disposition towards this country ; and I have the satisfaction of believing that the differences which had unfortunately arisen between the Court of St. Petersburgh and the Ottoman Porte are in such a train of adjustment as to afford a fair prospect that the peace of Europe will not be disturbed. " Gerd:emelt of the Howse g," Commons, '• I thank you for the supplies which you have granted me for the service of the present year, and for the wisdom you have ma nifested, of availing yourselves of the first opportunity to reduce the interest of a part of the national debt, without the least in fringement of parliamentary faith. " It is most gratifying to me that you should have been enabled. in consequence of this and of other measures, to relieve my people from tette of their burthens. •• My Lord: and Gentlemen. The distress which has for some months past pervaded a considerable portion of Ireiand, arising principally from the failure of that crop on which a great body of the population depends for their subsistence, has deeply atikted nic. The measures which you have adopted for the relief of the sufferers meet with my warmest approbation ; and seconded as they have been by the spontaneous and generous efforts of my people, they have most materially contributed to alleviate the pressureof this severe calamity. •• I have the saiisfaction of knowing that these exertions have been justly appreciated in Ireland; and I entertain a sincere belief that the benevolence and sympathy so conspicuously mani fested upon the present occasion, will essentially promote the object which I have ever at heart, that of cementing the connec tion which subsists between every part of the empire, and of uniting in brctherly love and auction all classes and descriptions of my subjects." Then the Lori Chancellor, by his Majesty's command, said— " My Lards and Gottlemen. " It is his Majesty's Royal will and pleasure, that this Par liament be prorogued to Tuesday the Bth day of Oetober next, to be then here holden ; and this Parliasnent is accordingly pro• rogued to Tuesday the Bth of October next. HOUsa. OF COMMONS. MONDAY, ArG. 5. The house resumed its sittings this day. Soon after the Speaker entered the house, The SPEAKER was summoned by the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod to the House of Peers, to hear the royal assent given by commission to sundry hills. (See Lards.) A new writ was ordered for Clitberoe, in the room of Mr. Cost, who has accepted the office of steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. LUSHINCTON p ted papers respecting the excise in Scotland. Ordered to lie on the tattle. Mr. COURTEN AY presented papers of the number of men suit prisoners, at Benayhuary, in the East Indies. — Ordered to lie on the table. The Lords' amendments to the General Turnpike Bill were agreed to. Mr. MARRYATT moved an address for returns of the names of the emigrants of the Spanish Main to Trinidad in 1815, and subsequently, and who had been committee to prison. Motion agreed to. Mr. W. SMITH moved for various returns respecting stares in the monies, their numbers, the births, deaths, &c. to the latest posithle period. A person from the East India company presented copies of regulations passed by (be government in India, &c. Ordered to be printed. A person from the commissioners of sewers p ted ac counts of the Tower-hamlet district rates. Mr. LUSHINGTON moved for returns of the first parlia ments of King William and Queen Anne, the offices, held, tkc. Ordered. Gen. CASCOYNE presented a petition from a noinerous and resptheable body of merchants o; Liverpool, complaining of tie non-acknowledgment of Columbian independence by the go vernment. He lamented the absence of ministers, and the thin attendrace of members, but it was nevertheless his duty to ad vert to the petition. He was also sorry to see the government represented as it was in that house, but be trusted that the government would make some efforts. The Columbian autho rities bud intiaosted to the Courts of Europe, that unless their independence was acknowledged, their ports would be abet against the refusing powers. This had the effect of esteusively suspending the commerce ; but he trusted that the government would see the policy of acknowledging the independence of Cefuuthia. He hoped the trade of England was out to be. sa crificed to pot:licit etiquette. Mr. LUSH INGTON said that the question was one of great national importance ; that it was desirable to proceed with all becoming precaution ; and that the government had most anxi ously attended to the question. He trusted that the hon. mem her and the country would soon he convinced that our govern ment had been mindful of the diguity of the Wiwi, and watchful of the interests of our merchants. Petition reed, and ordered to be printed. Gen. GASSIOYNE presented I petition from merchants and ronfactorers of woollen cloths and worsted stuffs in Leeds.— Ordered to be printed. Mr. LUSH INGTON presented the report of the committee on the hides and skins act. Read and agreed to. Mr. R. MARTIN postponed his motion relative to the coro ners of Ireland. Mr. P. MOORE gave rotice that earls in the neat session he s;aiii.ld more the repeal of the 31d Geo. 111. commonly called the Cen.biaation Act. lie hoped he should have tka support of ge. tlemen in Are. Mr. LLSIIINGTON presented the report of the commis siuber • of enquiry iota the stale isad eollectioa of tile revenue iu Ire tad. Ordered to be pawed. ; A m image from the Lords announced that their Lordships htli a ,reed to the Lti.b "lythes Leask' s ; Bill, with amendments, rale •If %greed to A sp:ircird• TUESDAY, ACC. 0. The members began to arrive about half-paat one o'clock.— At &quarter before two o'clock the Speaker emend the boobe and took his seat at the clerk's table. Soon afterwards the Marquis of Londonderry appeared in his seat. He was dressed in dark ecioored clothes, but wore his I orders. Mr. Lushington, Alderman Wood, and some few other members were present. Sir T. Tyrwhit, the Gentlemen Usher of the Black Pod, at two o'clock summoned the House to attend in the House of Peers. The Speaker, attended by the members present, immediately obeyed the summons, and proceeded to the bar of the House of Lords, attended by the officers of the Louse. The Speaker, on his return, read a copy of the King's speech. [See Lords] after which the members separated. FROM TU2SDAY NIGHT'S GAZETT LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, Atm. 5. The Lord Chanibetlain has appointed the Hon. W. Pole Tilney Long Wellesley. Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to bis Majet;ty. CROWN OFFICE, Ave. 3. MEMBERS returned to serve in this present PARLIAMENT. Borough of Stockbridge.—E. G. S. Stanley, Esq. commonly called the Hon. E. G. S. Stanley. in the room of .1. F. Barham, Et.g. who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. CROWN OFFICE, AUG. G. Shire of Wigton.—Sir W. Maxwell, of Monteith, Bart., in the room of J. H. Blair, Esq. deceased. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. R. B. 11. Ridgway, St. Alban's Place, St. James's, wine merchant. BANKRUPTS. J. Wilson, Ply, Cambridge:lure, miller. Solicitors, Messrs. Pickering and Co. Staple Inn. M. Joseph, Liverpool, woollen draper. Sols. Messrs. Ad lington and Co. Bedford Row. %V. Walker, Bolton, Lancashire, shopkeeper. Solis. Messrs. Hurd and Co. Temple. W. Marshall, Kingsmo upon Hull, miller. Sol. Mr. High moor, Scott's Yard, Bush Lane. J. and F. Stodart, Carlisle, cotton manufacturers. So's. Messrs. Young and Co. Charlotte Row. Mansion House. J. Cornforth, Whitby, plumber. Sol. Mr. Grace, Birchin Lane. J. Cowell, Torquay, Devonshire, wine merchant. Sol. Mr. Hine, Temple. W. Jones, Bristol, victualler. Solar. Messrs. Clarke and Co Chancery Lane. • V. Wortley, Henry Street. Hampstead Road, grocer. Sob. Messrs. Cardale and Co. Gray's Inn. W. Roberts, Oxford Street, hosier. Sole. Messrs. Reyna! and Co. Austinfrurs. DIVIDENDS. Aug. 27, J. Marsh. Gracechurch Street. hosier-21. T. Tur ner, Stock Exchange, broker-27. J. Edwards, Vine Street, Spitallickle. silkman-27, T. Edwards and S. Haslock, North ampton. shoe manufacturers-27, %V. Colyer, Middle Row, Broad Street, St. Giles's, boormaker-ii, IV. Goodall and J. Turner, Garlick Hill, merchants-27, J. and J. Brickwood, .1. Rainer, W. Morgan, and J. Starkey, Lombard Street. hankers -10, W. Cobham, jun. and T. Jones, Ware, Hats, bankers -27. S. Hould, I.aytonstone, butcher-27, D Campbell, B. Harper. and A. Baillie, old Jewry, merchants-30, H. Coates, Bradfield, Essex, fanner—Y9. 'W. Cable. Aldeburgh. Suffolk, baker-Sept. 6, P. Grove, Cardiff, Glsmorgansture. straw hat mimufacturer-A, J. Ilealington, jun. York, grocer--- Nov. 12, E. L. Cox, Idol Lane, Tower Street. broker. CERTIFICATES to be granted Aug. 27- R. Upperton, Petwortl., Sussex, banker-IL Henderson, Lowthian Gill, Cumberland, corn dealer-J. and W. Dodd, Kirkoswald, Cumberlaad, grocers-S. Cater, Ratrlorden. Suf folk. grocer-R. and T. Hanspeos, Liverpool. corn merchants- M. Westron. Wellington, Somersersbire, draper-M. Sampan. Dorset Place, Clapham Road, Exchange broker. StairaonnismittaThiaCtstiiiratit-Ai the QOAfirf Sea. shins fur the county of Stafford', held on the It ilt of July, a person mimed Thomas LA e, a farmer of considerable, property, was tried fur stealing a casting net, ander the following circumstances :—The • tit of a Mr. Jagga, il had been going the net, and had left it lying iu a field which did nut belong to his master. On his return some time afterwards the net was missing, and it WAS found three months afterwards in the house of Lee. who, betide it was 'mod, denied having it, but afterwards said lie had bought it limn a man :Awed Jones. Jones was first nit d fur stealing the net, and Lea was the principal ohne.* against him. Jones made no defence, but the presiding magistrate directed the jury to acquit hiss, and desired the prosecutor to prefer a Intl against the witness Lee. 'fine bill was found, and he was tried on the 18th: the 0::4 evidence against him being, that the stet was found in his possession, and that he had presionsly denied all know ledge of it. He was convicted, and the Chairman sen tenced him to seven years' transportation. The severity of the sentence is this rise may probably excite a fecliug oh surprise ; but that feeling null be a good deal dium nished on learning that Lee was suspected l.y the magis trate of poaching; and the Chairman actually assigned us a reason for so heavy a punishment, •• that the i ',Emitter opened Ibil, house as a rentleavotis for poarheis." Whit Hunan their Staffordshire worships may have of the rela tive enormity of es iutes, we do not know ; but it appears to ns that seven years' transportation for taking op a net which a man finds in a field. is a dispropOrtlONate punish , mem, even simposing the 'deuce to be clearly muted, AS in tins eat e it certainly was not. The to low mug paragrarti I on the subject is front the J'o:tery Casette:—" Plus sen tence has excited some surpreite, it out its appa ie rent se least ve rity. Mr. Lee is a man of l ar g e p ro p el ty ; lis at I said to be win Ili 3,00 M., and ma so welt respect ad that the 1 c o nstable of Hastilswortli, and other persons hunt the ncighbonhood, us hearing of his being taken into cus tody, expressed great conceu4,and- went to visitltim, and ' offer any services in their power --observing that lie was one who • never refused to do a man a good him.' does not appear to us any thing in the cooduct of Lee a hick might out be accounted for front his desire to s i,..t_ ter, Jolley, with whom he appears to have an a egnailiterre, and whose genets' (+Wader seems to bare been gcod." Ustrelsing Occurrence.--Tlie mother ul a large firt ily o cliiitlr. n, and the si tied a most respectable get the watt or York, au Suild..y, album min o'clock in the Is oruiug. vied , : got nut of her house and threw herself lido the liver. She seas discovered about ate hour ant!' wares. aml when taken out she was quite warm, but all mu mins to restore animatiou were med . ctual. The uutortumte lady had been preciously sotely afflicted with mental ii.tirtnittes,atid was at the tit h e owlet the care v , mow. but hoeing lately much rec , tvereti from the dreaulul ma• lady, the restrictions intrard upon her were not SO ei t id , is Ili , . y had heeti, whicit isivortittiately wag the vecasit.tt of the latnereat•le c‘ cut taking place.