The National Register. — London, England, 1813-12-12 00:00:00

~~ :. THE NATION than 60. At the same time there were dreadful wants in the prison —die want of clothing, of bedding, a'id of protection from the wind and this rain. Mr. Newman had said, that the wards for those fe males could not conveniently hold more than 57, that was, that each woman should have three feet six inches of room for her bedi hat at present each woman had hot one foot nine inches, and many of the Wretched females tontine -1 in the prison had children with them, as they could not be sheltered any where else: The consequence of crowding the prison to such an extent was obvious, fur, putting the misorable condition of the prisoners out of the question, what was to be expected from placing young females, who were eonfined from suspicion, or who had never hcen *nifty of any crime before, in the . society of the most abandoned ? A to the debtor; side, he should say little, for the Bill that was to pass that night would remedy the exce?sive populousness of that part of the prison, which had grown from 100 to 340. He concluded by nioving, " That a Copy of the Report made by the. Grand Jury of the City of London to the Judites, on the 3.1 instant, should be laid before the House." Sul Jaws Sit.s* said, the overfulness of the gaol was the ranse of their distressed situation, and this was occasioned by the failure in the operation of the Insolvent Debtors Act. The number of persons confined for debt at Newgate, now amounted to It was the object of the City of London to remove all Debtors from that place, and far that purpose a building was erecting, which would contain about .i(X) debtors. Nothing, therefore, was wanting on the part of the City of London, in disposition, to accommodate that unfortunate class of individuals. The room provided in Newgate for felons and convicts was not intended for more than 37tv, and now curtained 419, this was chiefly occasioned by the necessity is. which now .coovicts were placed of waiting till a sufficient nounber had iteesidiaisited to be sent to New Mouths Wales. _When the debtors-should for esti removed from that gaol; •and t 0O ~trowvicisiranopory4r4bie number that would remain would not then ranch exceed 304!gtissl the 'ealsacity of Newgate would allow that reparation between- hardened and new °Sanders to hermitic. the propriety of which evety one insist acknowledge, w hilstlament bet its present impraetieahilify.--After some further remarks, the motion, was agreed to. Oa the order of the Day for the third reading of the Insolving Debtors' Bill bring read, Mr. Serjeant BIAT proceeded to state several objections which be hail to the Bill. He particularly objected to the clause in the original Bill, which enacted, that any prisoner who would conceal properly to a greater amount than t:ol. should be considered as guilty of a capital offence. He also objected to the clause in the amended Bill, which directed, • that the debtor should publish his • - rushee in The London Gazette, and any other Mo papers which he thon4lit proper, tree of rliprliCe, but would rmt press them on this occasion —The Learned Setjeaut concurring, Ilse clauses were withdrawn, and the Bill passed. IVICDNESDAV, DEC. 8. The 1....iec-franc I;i II was read a third time a w l passed, al was likewie the Temporary IwoWent Debtors' a com mittee of Supply, one million was voted on aerount of o r & t mee E-timates r and a grant of 10001. to the Veterinary Collegc.—Atl- J ournvd. TITIVANDAY, DEC. 9. Mr. HARVEY brought in a Bill for the better preservation of wild t' 1, such as wild dicks, teal, widgeon:, &c. The acts of Anne and George li. on this pubject, cunt tined no provision against the destruction of wild fowl which were the property of indiviilnals, by tiring at them ; and he was desirous uf' proposing a penalty for this ofli‘nce, when committed within a certain distoice of a decoy, by per,ons nut entitled to do so. Leave was given, the Bill was brought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on the 541 of March. On the order of the day for the Bill to regulate the circuitous trade to India, • going Iltroogh a Committre, Mr. Giant expressed his fears that certain of its pi os isions would be detrimental to the interests of the East India Company, and to the commercial prox e- . rity of tiw nation at large, by taking away the trade from the Mo ther Country. Lord CASTLEREAC it replied to Mr. Grant, awl moved an amend ment obviating in some measure the olojectioni of the Hon. Gentle man.—Thc lilt passed through a Committee.--The other orders of the day *were disposed of without discussion. —Adjourned. • VIM) ty, DEC 13. REFORM: THE (9I)PER CITRRENCY. GRENFELL Tow. to 1110 W! for two 1 3 .1pers relative to the Conutcriiit and other Copper Coin in eilculatien in this country. 789 It would be in the recollection of the House, that towards the close of the last Session, he hail made sonic remarks on the mischievous effects of the enormous quantity of counterfeit halfpence, and other glthißitUrell for the authcrized Copper Coin or the realm. Since that time, the information he had received, as well as the personal ob servations he had made in ditlerent parts of the country, had eon winced ldm that he had not overstated the mi•chiefs of the subjrct ; • ou the contrary, they would be found to be' of much greater magni tude than he had repre. , euted them. Thee evils were not so 1111 1 1 ell to be attributed to the redondancy of ba‘c Copper, as to the gull mited eireularien of counterfeit _halfpence anti copper tokens. Toe House ould judge of the exteot of the mischief, when he stated, that one pound weight of copper is made into from 70 to up piece . He had weighed one pound of these tokens which contained 76. Thus a person puts a pound of copper into circulation at the rate of 3s. ‘4.1. of which the utmost cost to him is 19d. so that the profit be derives is no less than cent. per cent. This was a most attractive inducement for speculating in tokens, and the consequence has been that the tokens in circulation far exceeds the quartity of counterfeit halfpence. Amongst other means to get these pieces abroad, be would mention one which had just been communicated to in a letter. The writer, who was a re:pectable tallow-chandler in the City, had applied to a Copper company for their custom, who con sented that he should have it if he would take all his payments in tokens of their manufacture, to which he had agreed. The evils of 'lnch a system were so evident, it was unnecessary to descant upon them ; but it was truly extraordinary, that in a country like this, which contained more copper than all the world besides, which had a most magnificient mint, capable of performing work to any ex tent whatever, we should be under the necessity of having any base or adulterated piece of coin. He, however, hoped that Govern ment would di regard or rather manfully meet, the expellee of a new copper coinage, and by calling in all the old 'rower halfpcnce. put an end at once to the system of counterfeit coins. He could also wish that one of the Ministers would notify the intention of Government on this subject, which would have the effect of petting an immediate stop to the practices now employed. The Hon. Gen tleman then moved for Copies of a Letter on this subject, sent last year to the Treasury, surd a Memorial presented by the Brewers, and. Manufacturers of London, and its environs, ou tied injuries they sustained by the cir c u lation of counterfeit coins. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUOR said, he had a great plea. sure in repeating the answer he gave to his Right Hononrable Friend last Session, that Government would, with all po,sible expedition, meet the evil complained of by a proper remedy. He would new add, that it was the intention to effect a general refoimation in the copper ciirrency, by t ailing in all the old Tower 'halfpence,. taking care, as a point of gobd faith, to give the holders stn Inlaid quantity of the new coin. fls this means the evil of the token wo u ld p ro d uce its own reinedy,as they would be worth no more than their weight, and would in consequence disappear. The Right Hon. Gentleman 'aid. lie wished this intention of GoviTionent to be made generally known, us it may prevent the farther introduction of the fictitious tokens. • Mr. WHITBREAD expressed leis satiaaetion at bearing that Go. vernment intended to make a proper alteration in the Copper Coinage, 1%4 he had already reprfsented the grievous hardAlips to which maanfactirets and tradepmen had long been subjected on this neemint. At the sugste•tion of the Speaker, Mr. Grenfell then moved for a Copy of the Memorial only, whit h %. - as ordered. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved for leave to bring in a Bit, to amend the Act whie:t regulates the revenues of the Crown Lands.—Granted. • The Cli.trirEti.on of the EXCHEQUER gave notiee of a motion fo'r Monday, which we ender-tand to be, that on that day theslouse should adjourn fo,r the Christmas lteceAs.—Adjourntd. SVTURDAi. DEC 12. At four o'clock the SPEAKER counted the Members, and finding hat thirty-three, prcently declared the Home to be adjourned. TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. ADMIRALTY OFFICE, DEC. 4. Adotiral,Lotti Keith bas tianmitted to J. W. Croker, Esq., a let tet from Lieut. Gar" Dwarf - - Recount of his it;tvit, the American letter and t 3 was, buy.-' AL REGISTER fr ' • 1 lionion, ckinntanding the Dwarf cutter, giving au Wing, on the 4th ult. captured off the Curdavan, • tteL of-marque schooner Charlotte, carry:rig '! gnus d from ISordeanx to Charleston. • .4"; 111111111111=Mi.i.