The National Register. — London, England, 1812-05-03 00:00:00

I 'rut N. ATON At : li_.l-T,lsir..Eß.4_ • %t., 4 . thatfroinso small an army thenation had nothing to dread, ht exc:te commotion, she could unsheath errsword, and right he . r. Self.' But his Lordship had emitted a veryoneous opittri; lobe , times Of' the Charles's and•the Comirmnwealth •disrlayed a successicin of armies rising against the Rulers as justified (lac assertion, that there. teat fteeer in cherishing a startling The Riot 'Act - atithorised the Sheri o Mag.istr..tt.s to call in the aid of civil officers to quell any tumults, but what had that to do with tur alone of soldiers loose aM taxesg on tndhe people to de,troy theni ?On the groondape:nve a' dearth of provisions, he should contend tgauist the tont:reflation o£ the Barrack Estimates. The Mr. Pcf.ccvnt , said, that assuredly the - Hon. Baleonet -Was es- Vreniely mistaken if he thought that either in the . Honse or in the nation, he had exerted feeli n g s accordant to his own. He must also have been labouring under a great error if he believed He in the Breech which he had just uttered be had employsd]. a good sound dicretion, knowing, as he did, tlie turbulent situation of Several of the Counties of 1 4 .tsgland. He was *conscious the Hon. Baronet must have known NAV the *p'arposed barracks were not, as he re p res ented, to be c reated Mgr subduing nr making w ar u p on the peopli2, but for the express purpose of protecting the lives and property of the subject against a hand of tenditers, whom the lion. Baronet appeared to' have taken under his terotection, because they were not to her vermitted to plunder the splen giel accumulations of wealth which our inerratitile efforts Irad raised throughout tire tatirlin—(Luml applort se ! )—When the lion. Baronet. perceived a kind of madness pervading the people, awl Governme nt taking measures, as it were? to repi-e.4.is cebellient, he immediately Soo ttd.:(l forth how they were attempting. to overawe the peaceable people by measures. Perhaps he endeavoured to impresstht I-louse with, ta tha:.. the liberties of the ipeople were in dander, as was clamoured forth a feet months ago, as the tionotti - ablt garotter well remembered, .vheu the populace lent him their assistance.—( Hear, hear, hear ! fronr Sir Frabeis Burdett.)—" Oh ! I understand," exclaiintod Mr. Nrteval, how he comes to bear such hatred to soldiers Lbild OPprAttia). - 64trely there would tit l'efnains of a sa'd impression on his Mind, that at that Memorable time lee conducted himself against the 'very laws 1004:11 he proposed to defend—( /Vlach applause).—Ho*e ver, he feif a • biftsciottiiii-s that the good setae_ of tlea pifople would preserve them, jrAtu being infeCted with the lion. titl J Onyt's declamatory minsense, for vehateVer 'd e nomination of sense it took, it was of a dangerims nature. Who but the Honourable Baronet would foresee misChigto the eountry, Trani affording tottoldiers a wholese,rne situation; :main placing a detaeh tnent a;tillery at lelary-le•:-Bone Park, in preference to Woolvaich • NV ithrespect tea the creedal Of the liarracks,'hiS own heart accompanied the measure, an lie would be acting ritieviSely timid he not forward It. The. barracks were necessary at Bristol to overawe The numerous Vrerich prisonert,aod for the 'better -accommodation of the British troops. Altd the Barracks intended' for erection at Liverpool were to be reared. tin a field which Government had riirchased cheaply, ainrthe Petitions against their erection, counselled that they should be erected in a marsh. Which 'should the Government unhappily assent to, they 'Would be in titantly told, how little they had profited by the Walcheren expedition. With regard to the Mary-le-hone Park Barracks ar•l exercisesgrounds, he would briefly state his rea sons for p urchasing so largt. a park: The. t'age for buildierg houses, and squarep, end streets, scrprevailed, That he - eagerly tea hold of an opportunity of purchasing a park of 540 acres, Utill'icumbered by honks, where soldiers who Were p ent up in the town _ ' 'thould breathe freely iu the fresh air. • General 'IAI4IIEI'OI4 shortly explained. • Mr. Husiussost, after animadverting 'with inerch'severity upon the , letkeeli of the Hon. Baronet (Sir F. Burdett), declared his concurrence tai the Intendment. • Mr. Bate riass also attirriailveited tton ttie speech Of the Hon. Barn- , lit. He matttome down to the House intending to give his decided i.negr.tiVe grant, bit the speech of the I-14n. Barooet had or ainmis •iost• intlifeed him - to - alter that Intention ; for a more inflammatory tirievosis speech he had never heard.' • He certainly objected t, `he pre went 10,:etel'n of Government, but 'with that of the Hon. Baronet it bore comparison. lie was indeed inclined to think there were persons inchi Country ready . to lead the mob. With respect to the orestten itself, tie thotitht it a most extravagant and unnecessary grant, and should theirefovegive it his Deem - eve. The tion‘e then divided, when ' there appeareclFor dirt original %%legit*, 134; .Elgatinst it, 113.--Majority , , o..—Adjolrrnel PROVINCIALS. ).TONTALV AGRICUL'FIIRAL IMPORT. . , 1 'tilt *teed processitas gone on heavily 'upon strong and dou g h Amity Troth thdr.parcbed andtloilded turface, The conseqtrence of some weeks' *reugift ; there Is yet nmeh to do, nor will it be performed in that tilde or good husbAndry . for' Whith a more genial season it required; Ihtresent, ijn couYse, wttl tie late.. AR the seang corn and pulse is above ground in a very backward. k s tate, earthed by chid, dry, fitrthetty and'easterly winds, atd much in want of shol.veles.. Nothing . done . y.:l upon the falloWs. The crop of wheat viiiticit ortkinall't pbtited Nvt ll are universally in a - flourishing 'st a re, thietcrop Fong !eldom-ini!ired by d - ei , weather in the s_ p . ring ; but . . MAY. 6iiiasussammerPso--.-7-% • -. • . thoie -upon toot, ill-cnitel-ed,anttundrained soils, the - early appearance of Which was unthrifty, shoW.uf pitsent very thin, and of a yellow unheal:* thy colour. IbestAgnant internal dainps of such sails are nut the kind of moisture required for the nourishment of plarts: • • Reports of the fertility, ot the newly enclosed lands, general, and The ,movie of breaking t!;etn up in all• improved 'districts; that of paring teed burning, ail the oh: objections to which are pro ved flit& and gronnCiless, • where subsequent good cultdrers persevered in; namely, worklng . the eradication of weeds, and a fair portion of manure. Both fat and lean cattle . cheaper' fYoni the scarcity and enhanced price of food:-- Pigs sonieivhat - clearer. Nothing neW respecting sheep and lamb. •.A fair stock of hay= ‘ipon hand, straw proportionably de ficient. The stock of turnips flashed, excepting with th - ose provident farmers who drew and stacked'their roots for spring use, and such, as usual*, were very.. few. The few crops of laterne very backward, nor can grass be expected but with ..rain and *arm weather. Stock of oil cake. short; and no feeding With sugar,' but on the scum of distillers' wash. The stock of wheat on hand, in the most productive Eastern court- I •ties, alarmingly deficient, according to best accounts which can he oh. tained; and the general opinion there, that very considerable foreign snpl.lies will be needed dttrinz the. summer, to eke out the residue until the new corn shall be fit for use. Let the temerarious opposers ; of aGent-ral Enclosure Bill, connect this account with the natural and almo.• mira.:uious uncertainty of a wheat crop, and the too probable ionthitiatwe of vv::r, that dire fiend of waste and 'consumption, and I:es eneiny to the cultivation of the earth: DISTURBANC'ES IN THE COUNTRY. of A most melancholy circumstance took place in the treiglillourhood Heciderslield, on Wednesday evening. As Mr. \V. liorsfall (a partner to the In 11 , e of Horsfalls and Co. of that town), was returning to house at Marsden, about seven miles.eff, he was shot at by some despe rate Villains, concealed in a. plantation by the turnpike-road side on Crossland M:•or, about two milts from Huddersfield. Mr. H. cried out, lam shot, 1 ..rit murdered!" and turned his horse round, is it ir.tending to go to a public-houseabont two . or three hundred yards below the plantation ; four men made their appearanCe Qll the wall, but Mr. H.lnineediately fell from his horse, and ihey then went into the wood and were seen no more. A butcher, of the name of Parr, saw • the transaction at about two hundred yards distarce , a nd ran u p to 11Ir. H. 'Calling out to another man for assisranee. They so.)n convvved the 'unrortttnate Gentleman to the inn. and sent for surgical aid. lie was attended by Mr. Iloughton anti Mr. Wilks, eminent surgeons at Had cler'sfield,. and also . by Mr. surgeon to the dragoon guards. It is supposed that no less than four slugs were di-charged at• him, one -of which only has.yet been extracted. The shots took place near the • groin and an the lower part of the abdomen. Every attention that pro fessional skill, and the exertions of his numerous and respectable rel.- tives and friends can produce, is paid to kis lamentable situation, but he is not yet pronounced out of danger. • A :letter front Manchester, dated Sunday, says—" Another act of desperation was committed. on Friday last, when a body of .malconterts attached the factory belonging to Messrs. Wrae and Dulcuff, at M ed -Houghton vi,hich they set on fire, When the building, with all its machi nery% was burnt to the ground. The damage is immense: the bung alone having cost 60001 . None of the incendiaries were taken, not a soldier being in that part of the country." The insurgents, advan • .ig in crime, now atternpt and threaten the assassination of those most active in opposing them. S-aturday se'imight, •an attempt was made to assassina te Mr. Cartwright, the intrepid ile fencler'nf Rawfolds Mill, by two vi l lains, who fired:at him from behi nd a hedge, on hiaretern froin Huddersfield. The shots were discharged from opposite sides of the roads, but happily without effect. Letters from thence received onVednesday, mention the followi m, ng outrage :—On Monday night last , abo ut eleven o'clock, Mr. Trentha of the house of Trentham, Tierney, and Morton, in the weaving trades was way-laid on his return home by two ruffians. Just as he was about to step np,to his door, one of them placed himself before him, and pre .senting a pistol, shot him through . the left breast : the assassins then Made their escape. The *report of the fire - arms having brought the neighbours to the spot, surgical assis tance was immediately procured, and the ball was extracted from the back, a little below the left shoulder. —Mr. Trentham being 63 years of age, little hope is entertained of his recovery. The Corporation of Nottingham has offered a reward of 6001. for the discovery of the Villains ; and it is expected that Govern metzt before whom the transaction has been laid, will make a similar offer. *, • About 'twenty of the Aciters in Lancashire have been committed to 4Lapaster Jail by the activity of Magistrates, and we understand that commission is forthwith' to be opened to bring thefts to immediate tria.. Among.the prisoners is *the famous General Lud. This man, Who' real :najpe is Walker, a collier from Werneth, was considered as an _active leader, 'marched before the deluded mob in a large cocked h a:, and was distinguished by the appellation of General Led. • The ch , ii; ' ag ainst several is that of taking and admi n i sterin g unlawfol oaths, Alb" .mayhe considered as the wo'rst feature in the outrages, of late unfvfo' stately TO .prevalent. • 3 19, 11e1 Ne iix, At foil dor Jut Su