The National Register. — London, England, 1823-02-03 00:00:00

iL . NAIIONAL REGISTtn .• - COMET OF IXONMON COUNCIL. 44114.. PARbIAMIINTARY REFORM. A Cost of Common Council was held on Wednesday last, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety Of petitioning Parliament on the subject of Reform: • Mr. Alderman WAITHIIAN, addressing the Ceert said, is the observations he was about to make, he should not ly censure the Ministry for conduct which it was in the nature of the present represeutaitiou of the people to prompt—nay more, to render almost necessary. In the time at 'Sing William the peace establishment of Ole country consisted of only 10,000 sues—and then too, there was a Pretender to the Thione. is GAME LAWS. t•e British nation so in,ensilile to the blessings of'its inesti mable Constitution as to need the meta of its adnithistretien to " Though the Forest Laws are now mitigated, and by he eoforeed by 80,090 bayonet s We cannot meet for the consideration of public grievances without having a n.ilitery t ?grecs le -it entirely obiolete, yet trout this root has force under oar Doses—as at Manchest e r—and in all th ese ac t s sprung a ludard slip, known by the name o f th e Ch ine they are under the orders of the British Ministry. Can such laaW,now earrord to and w outfitting in its highest vigour, Ministers then be considered as acting for the benefit of the loth founded on the same unreasonable rwtions of permanent nation t Ceti they be supporting the stability of the throne ? I property in wild c-natures, nod boat prodaake of the tame sin afraid not—awl being fearful upon that point, I think lam tyranny to the COMIXOPf; but with thus ditletence, that perfectly justified in raising my - humble voice in favour of a the Forest Lanni established one mighty hooter through radical Morin in the Administration of our boasted Coastitu- I out the land, the Game Laws hate raised a little NritiriKl lion ; aad the more so, seeing, as I do, that those very men, in every manor, and, in one respect, the ancient law whose conduct is thus averse to the dearest interests of the was 'h less tinreesontble than the modern, for the people, profess to be actuated in their innovations of our rights, King's Grantee of a chase or free warren isiLlit kill by that very Constitution, whose very features they have rev- • • game i s every pan of his franchise, but DOW , tlim.gh tiered it seurcel) possible to Arecognioe. The worthy Alder- . freeholder of less than 1001, a year is forbidden to kill a mast then entered at length into a cuseideration at the mswoer in which the Members of the House of Commons are returned partridge on his own estate, yet nobody else, not even —it would be found on en examination of Government dove- the Lord of the Manor, unless he hid, a gram of a free intents, that eighty-nine of those Members shared among them warren cannot do it without committing a trespass."— the immense sum of jii3,3721, e s . sui e h, th e produce of the Blackslone's Commentaries, vol. 4, page 416. taxes, wrung from those whom they are said to represent. It As tile evil Of which the illustrious Commentator on was worthy of remark, that this information was collected from on the Laws of Empand complains, is not confined 111 Government papers, end be could not but admire the pinatast any county i I particular, it is desirable that the nation reltitittal fur fractions ; it would further be learnt front the at large snould be awakened to a sense of its exist same source, that ply other Members were brothers, sons, or , eise , eepbews of the first worthy number of eighty-nine. The in- Poiceedings under the Game Laws, have been carried thience of these Representatives (of somebody, it must be sup to such a length, that they have txcited general dositii,t, posed), will necessarily be exerted in support of a system upon , , . , and ha v e ten t he mitiomig entities of society no alierita which they thrive. In the comity of Cornwall 1200 in tsve, but of standing up manfully again's' oppression and dividuala return. d 16 members. There were three paltry iiijustice, or of crouching at the feet of -those who seem places (Cation, Blechiagly, and Reigate, we believe) over ertieli a blanket might utmost he thrown, returned sic teem- i w expect Iron their inferiors the most abject submission, hen, and yet there were but four electors. In Wiltshire 21 the blindest and most uinpial,fied concession. persons only vote for the appointment of those who are sup- I Affiliations with us are positively become a trade, fussed to represent the whole twenty. This being the manner which has changed the coaracter of English rustics— in which the people of Great Britaiu are represented in Path- created a most odious system of espionage, slid turned amen , was it sarprising that that people should be weighed pessanis l i n o inf o rm e r, and hunters for penalties. down by excessive tssation ! and were we now to be told that such an extent shies the cupidity of these myrmidons ma change was neetassati in the constitution of the House of carry them, teal smite of them have bet it known to put Common ? The advocates of no chinge—" and, least of all, . ham an d pheasants into wires, es baits to decoy wielcit.s seals change as we would bring thon"—had the boldness to for vs hose conviction they have art aiipetite. tors wend ulnae those who called for Reform, and ask them Magistrates seinoin noel, hut several convictions take " What is it you Redittals want! Do you require the Re place ; in souse instances deservedly, in tither. gine die presentative, of the People of Great Britain to ' boo and cringe' for the support of tag, rag, and bob tail'" He world enawor , whet) proceedings are taken, hot for the pro- Nial Reformers of England demand only that the property [cation of any right of property, mu for the restraint or of the country should be fairly represented—that those who correction art the midnight depred.itor, but lot presenting pay the taxes should be allowed to have a voice in tbedisborst- respectable ai.d lair sportsmen Irons sliootitsa on their I eats of those taxes--aad sooner or later must be the case.— own land, nod on that of other persons who have given The cry for Ilefona was now the general voice of the great them pe ttttt body of the people, add sooner or later the few must yield to Mr. Burke announced 30 years ago that civ:valry was the real interests of the army. lie had occupied the time of gone to the tomb of its fathers-4ml an ilif -r in the the Doan thus at length, in order to give them and the public vestitt etilighiened age is a very reputable charucter t— o full end and ,correct view of the existence of an actual no- • iliwidettett by the really cut sable indikierence with cessity for Reform in the milliner which the British Coati - y . which t h e ,ing classes have eurveyed the gradual tondo was administered. The worthy Alderman concluded by tooting the following resolution:— advancer of the arrueracy in tyratmicat measures, some That it appears to this Court, that the present „ m e mo " , landed propeirtura hate sopped b. rod the limits which burthwes sad distresses of the country have not arisen from their down dear statutes prescribe. raftdring a "vigour unfurewsen or unavoidable eircumalanoes, bat have been the beyond the Law," they Ih.ve claimed the Ito( oar *cod nee tttttt result of a long course of corrupt influence, estate.- log their satin -keepers into the lands of weir eopyliolders, ganoe sad toistele—of wars, rashly end enneeeaserily ender- collaring the tenant's servants, and skiing assay game taken—aad of enormous establislinienta—a profusion of the intended for their masters. Such illegal tdviceedings, public money in useless places and siateessie--end of on inn such humiliating insults are quite intolerable f and il nesse stead* army during eight yew of profound prams, we- Englishmen submit to them tamely, let them Ito louger known in Weser tim e s—all " WI kw "; "is". and have grows talk of " the Mettle of their Pasture." op to their prudent portentous ciapartrao, from the want of that Our priantft are crowded with peasants who have been constitutioaal °admit which ear only be found is a free and . convicted tattler the Game Laws. the cases of many of uuctirrapted representation of the people ia Parliament. wl are.exceerlinfly hard.. " That a Petition be therefore presented to the Hoene of Commons, praying that they will take all these Isms and air- Not litany days "teesu f.rtoer s servant was reaunit eniustances into their consideration, and iMmediately cause all led tor thtee months, who had picked tip a hare which practicable reductions to be made in tint public stpeaditere. he found in a wire at he goat deioin,s , his 'trans across his and adopt such measures as may effectually restore to the masteeklield —lie held at about titer ttttttt 1104 anti nu people their fair and jest there in the Legislature, by a fall, , scrim& she gamekeeper, tvarew it down—this act the fair, and free representation in Parliament. I rate wa s ()Witted, as the law 1110 W stands, to con- Kr. SLADE' rod Mr. TAYLOR supported itit great length. hir GALLOWAY said he shoutd he a reformer upon principle. if there were nut a single grievance in the country. It was the best evidence that the reformers were not revolutionists, that they proposed to submit to the body that occasioned their grievances, to say what We remedy or those grievances should be. Mr. CROCKER opposed the motion ; and Mr. PATTRN sup• ported it. Aldenean WAlTHeise replied ' •, when the Isestion teas pst, end the resolutiun carried. Mr. FAWELL rose to second it. He said, that this was just the hotidredth time in the bourse did yeses on which be had addressed the Court or the public upon this momentous ques tion. He congratulated the Court upon the progress made in the public opinion, and after some prefatory obaertutious upon the state of the repteaenintion of the city. when only one of their representatives (Allennan Wood) could be brought to give attention to his constituents upon the question, Mr. Eavell proceeded to reply to the position held by Mr. Comtism recently, that it would endanger the Dlonarrity to give a greater number of representatives to the people. Surely the people incest be greatly divalrecteil with Monarchy Haley wore in a state ready to get rid Olt on the first opportunity. But he denied that the people were ylisalfected, end said, that the ni;:jority were and always would be isealoile ftdVometes of the reasonable prerog -- lives of the Sovereign, and were well .aware of the necessity of notintaining them, iu order to keep the doostitution in a health ful state. After some observations on the state of the lepre sentatiun, and the growing uecessity for a Wilful, lie concluded by moving resolutions, expressive of the opinion of Ike Coma on the necessity of a pailiantentary reform., a reduction ,of the expend lure, Ste. Sic. The Recorder was about to pct the question, when Alderman t Fxsouls rose and said, that, idtboe,,b he came Isetore the Court under great disatlvansa4es, after the two very aisle and experienced speakers, yet he could not resist she up • 'tortuosity of declaring hitt sentiments upon this important ques tion. He declared that it was his deliberate opinioe, that a reform in Parlitinent was absolutely necessary to the safety of She Constitution. Ile concluded, by saying it was impossiblk net to perceive that a spirit of inquiry was abroad, and front the efforts of the nation• of Europe, it was evident that they most ultimately gain representation in Government. In short. those who advocated all old institutions in their worst state, would find that they might as wet! attempt to stop the dawn of light in the morning, as to check the progress of public opinion on this great subject,—(Loud and conlirmeil applause.) Mr. Dittlist thought that the extension of the right of ma fine would endanger the safety of the ODA istry. Could those who set the east machine, the public, in mutton, say where it would stop r Air. JAMI.II was against the motion. inagim._ _Anted, . ~ .. strut. czposing the harefor golf. The isle Mr. 111/(l,Cr 3i141 in the House of Commons that " there were no two animals/oat malutea trayuirg au s mug an antipathy against cacti tattier as a Justice of the ' Peace and 61 Pow:tier." If this be true as A general axiom, it admits of many t ezreptionsi &mitt itasnee* of the Peace are lint for• mottir.r—Ate liberal and cmiltd, and it they were to de -1 dare their *continents, often feel a if mignatice II) carry 1 into ektedtion me inconsistent and sesations laws rclat. 1 i•I F to game. 1 It is high tithe m appeal to the legi.laiiire for a mnili. fication of vittie of these statutes, which ?tot wily 'militates against rights of plain-rig, but are injurious to the r.dc is tie, as Lucy mutt many permits hum taking out tern ; ficaies. Justice and common sense demiud that nn man hat. Mg a caulk:tie. and spotting tin :Ars own land, or Mai 0/ ! his nrightwite with consent, should be liable to a hue.— ' And tile Ireehdooers on theist Britain should speak ireely to their representatives oil tins subject at the 'text gerseial election, or sonner it opportunities should caner. lit the IIIC•lIl time lA/Co-ors might to he formed Ga iii ! .lefeircr of per 301.5 imploperly prosecuted illlthr the 1 Guise Laws, whicn would its etery 111C111/Cl.ll tile word_, be Cinutiti.tional Societies. s., --- • - - We rejoice to learn that meetings have bean held in the different Hundreds through Norfolk, fhr the purpose oldisowning any participation in the vil lainous principles contained in the Petition which wns recently, ainl almost unresistediy, allowed to disgrace the county by its adoption. Dr. Jentier, the discoverer of vaccination, expired on Sunday last, after a very short illness. at his bolls,: at Berkeley, in the 74th year of his ay. _~ _'_ 33 FROM TUESDAY 4v la ti rs GAZETTE. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDF.Di J. Douglas and D. Russell. Fleet Street. drapers. J. Eastwood. Mcltham, Yorkshire, clothier. BANKRUPTS. W. Walker, Rochdale. Lancashire, woollen manufacturer. Solicitors, Messrs. Ellises and Co. Chancery Lane. J. Bainbridge. Queen Street. Cheapside. woollen draper. Sol* Messrs. Hodpon and Co. St. Milthed's Court, Poultry. J. Birch, Birmingham, jeweller. Sol. Mr. Alexander. Carey Street. Lincoln's Inn Fields. C. Culvethouse, AValcot, Somerset, Sour factor. Sole. Mews. Egan and Ca. Essex Street. Strand. W. Lovell, Kilmerulon„ Sornersetshlre, linen draper. Sols. Messrs. Hurd and Co. Temple. R. Goodrich. Prinswick, Gloucestershire, Hiker. Sole. Mews. Dar and Co. Guildford Street. C. Mason, Birmingham, druggist. Sols. Messrs. !Cotten *rd Co. Gray's Inn *query. 1.. Brats haw, Adlington. Lancashire, dealer. Sol. Mt. HOT rig. John Street, Ileultiurd Row. WA 4rmstrong, Arundel Street, Strand. tailor. Sol. Mr. Young. Poland Street, Oxford Street. S. ‘l'agstaffe and T. Baylis. Kidderminster. carpet manufae. hirers. Sols. Messrs. Fisher and Co. Furniral's Inn. W. Stevenson. jun.. Rewtry, Yorkshire, cooper. Sol. Mr. Rodgers. Canterbury Square. .1. Scobell, Hinton St. Charge. Somersetshire. builder. Sal. Mr. Patten, Hatton Garden. F. W. Forek. %Vhitechapel Road, baker. Sol. Mr. Wright. Fenclturch Street. M. J. .1. Donlan, Cleveland Court. St. James's Places St. James'. Street. tailor. Sole. Mews. Swain and Co. Old Jereryl A. J. Cumming. High Street, Southwark. cheesemonger. Sol. Mr. Hutchison, Crown Court. ThrealDlendle Street. DIVIDENDS. Feb. 26, J. Jackson, Eaeingwold, Yorkshire, merchant-42, W. Gould and F. Gressley, Maiden Lane, Wood Street, Cheap , side. hoiden-Qt. I. Twycross, Wenbourn, Sussex. fellrnoriger- VC J. F. Harrison., Ton rr Street. merthant-s-4, G. Ilardirty and J. Cowing, Bedford Court. Covent Garden, woollen drain:in tl. I`. Gib-on, jun. Liverpool, ship bread baker-4. I. Spence, Providence Row, Hackney. merchant-tn. .1. Cr4tops. Gerrard Street, S. Anne's, Westminster, Eldorado MA Thanks. facturer--41), J. S. Bird. Liverpool, wholesale grocer -21. W. Shannon, Wlfirchaven, draper-rtt, I. Harrison, Mount Ter race. Whitechapel Road, dour factor-fl, T. Davison, Hinckley. Leicestershire. draper. CERTIFICATES to be granted Feb. IL W. Hatfield, Den. Iluntingildn, ironmonger-C. Sleuth), Dudley, Worcestershire. nail Ironmonger-J. Ainsworth. Rol. holt, Lancashire, whitster-J. Dillingham. Uttoreter. Sta./ford. shire, nail manufacturer-J. Avian. Easttnrrn. Yorkuhire, burner factor-J. Pearson, Oxford Street, oil and colounnan-T. Halbert. otherwise T. S. Hulbert, Chippenham. linen draper-. F. Gundry, Liverpool, merchant. MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK. , The brig Vanes, from Newfoundland, came into the harbour of St. Helier yesterday morning, (Monday, the 13th instant. having on hoard nine men, the se 'ng part of the crew df the ship Windermere, which foundered in • heavy gale near the coast of Ireland, on the bib instant. The II ism:brow' was a fine ship of 3GI tons burden, with a crew coin men and boys: slue was bound from Old Calabar to lairerpool, Wen with palm oil, ivory. red-wood, and had on board 1,500 dollars in apeeie. —On the sth of January, at 10 p.m. being in 50 degrees N. lat. and 14 W. long. in the radial of a violent tale, the weasel shipped a heavy sea, which tore the riughohls from the deck, carried away the boats, and split the lee gunwale t it also carried away part of the stanchions, and the ship making • great deal of water, the pumps were kept constantly going. At risen o'clock, a tremendous arra struck her a.;ain, which hove bet on her beam ends, carried sway her foremast rind bowsprit, . washed the Master and eight of the crew overboard. She Im mediately filled, but the remaining part of the crew having cut away the main and wizen mutt, she righted. Ina few misates more the decks were locoed up by the p re of the water underneath ; and the urevr, now reduced to fustieen, were obliged to seek refuge on the poop. In the Course of the a ght two more hands were washed overboard, and nest thy one boy died through excessive cold and fatigue: In this horrid aitua lion, straining every nerve to maintain their bold lobed 1 1 :u fury of the waves, which tbreiteded every moment to iftgsif them, the miserable remnant of the crew remained without say sustenance whatever, until the 10th instant, when at twelve o'clock, the brig Veers, of Jersey, loge in sight, and with a praiseworthy humanity every elfort was made to resole the unhappy Pia from their perilous& ■ituatien. Bet here another difficulty presented Hid'', for the Vanua had lost her boats, and had otherwise been materially injured in • previous gale ; the only method therefore, ofescape, was by swimming, and the assistance of roper' thrown towards the wreck, by which morns shoot 3 p.m. nine men at length got es board the reams, two more being Browned is the attempt. Nothing could exceed the attention of the master and cries of the Vriess to the unfortunate sulfereri ; lbey gave them op their hells, sod ►ltered thew clotlwe .teith - them ; the foreswear in theee offices of benignity being Mr. Nicene, l son to Judge the owner of the ream) : Who in, innately happened to be on lionwl. The following is a list of the crew of tlw Wimdrnaere - Drowned—S. C. Lyon, 'mister ; James Pos. sorgeon ; T. Smith, carpenter; W. Genesti, ; W. Foote, Joseph Joiner, and C. Tear, cover. ; J: 31,ddletan, sailtnitker ; W. Mmosin, C. Bennet, D. Wolf, and C. Grocuti, • seamen ; ade, and C. lE Wien, boys. Survivors—J. Sprn, chief mote ; J. Macklin, aweond ditto ; W. T. Lyon, clerk ;• T. Cowin, boatswain ; 11. blaberta, cooper, Fick, csrpentees mate ; It. Perry, 11. Mussy, and C. 'loud, seamen. Lnrtl Colchester is appointed Secretary of Stata for the Colonies, in the room u►' Lord Ihilitir4t. `-A few ni.Ostss since, alter the Godly ol• 0 gentleman hi Hann. place, sloatte•street, eltelect, ba,t rote to hid, Il l s area oat opened, and lha kitultemoluoe was trickly shut. Alb alarm ins meth itt•l) wtertiled throng• I the how, awl it was inalaally 8,11,11 %I.iritad proprietor; .flex a short time, a t cry e!e4atotly the-.net)ono„ uuu a/lAA deli's, noel,' lurch isnot III.• coal cellar, aut,l w.t. secured. I.l•witst s DINS gffliatibli . all er wards lode/ern the krit, ielor of the butane idyl 1.44,010, Li usenet{ °tit that aim Niter Ilatt h..ess frequently in fire habil ffr - paring Ili* lc watntu. uoc , lannl riaita to the lady's nsaid. sky • alien ehlled on, reluctiwnly e!nsfessetl the fret ; snit the sal Listhstrio felt extreme gintiticatirot I. receo‘inti hi. lillerflorn. On losislay afiestsoon, Mr. liurkssuo.ter. ■ resist-Mei..coal ntes011•111i. resitting in (ill. street rout', %%RA mutt ening with Ina chief clack, nut ;mug derectirms4 In hilts to Isaac a Tammy at a ogle coot erect 111 lutist Ito the lollow'saq tiny, when Mr. li•lnk coaster an slenl2, exel sints4l, Ois; Im:st! what in the snats..r *ith me, I never fdt co before !" when ice fell Jnwn, 1(111 in slnudy rkrittd. Hc Ll . l pre. enjoyed an axeelleat wits o. 1.:;411h. M ■ e ■ 11 M . -i . ~~-~. - .. . ; ;-~J