The National Register. — London, England, 1812-08-09 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. fr"m the Meting generally as to the means proper tebe.esed., was as anxious aymy man could be to attain the benetirial olliect they had in . .He was. friendly to reform,, if to him that It could de sink good ; but he could not think that an annular Parlionsetit -*mild. he any respect preferable ~to. a septennial one, but, - iiirl'the contrary, lie thought it would. lead to treater evils' than were at: present experienced. He did not ap-. prove ;9T - the Pe' fitint}:' lie tholight - one couched in more moderate ltinguaqe *mild hive been. better, but though ..he could not approve. of that Which had. been read tp theta, he would not put a negative on it, .• . . • • . _ . Eir F.,-,Bust Derr complimented the list speaker on-ate manly man -1 ner in which he had .coese forward, and lamented that the Gentlemen At &glare' 'did met general] do the same. He' , 'N'as sorry to say it, but the English Gentlemed, inst sl coining thrward as they ought, on an occasieb like the present, content to sit at home, and have their j. estates coefisc• ated under their very noses, rather than give the-people an oppeftonity of: resuming their dignity by asserting their. rights and libertie+.' ' formerly the Gentlemen of England would have held them selves read.y toltead, to. conduct,. and to direct the people, and. if ne cessary. to sacrifice and abed their blood in the cause. - A Pail:steel'. tary Refine, lie.was satisfied, would prove highly beifefiCial to the gountry.,AsAl it did nor-make -men more honest, it would make knavery tiler* likely to be detected and punished. To shorten the duration of Parlinments-was, hi' his - opinion, very desirable,.. If. this were done. those who liar rsetits iii ParliaMent would beohliged frequently to give an account of their conduct to their constituents ; and he cotkld not help obseteing,, in the words of a very homely proverb i • that " Short. accounts utake long friends," It would, moreover, in a great degree. prevent that.beaetly, Winnow, and corrupt connexion, which at present existed between Mowhcrs of Parliament' and the Treasury—he would not speak of Ministers, as it appeared that they were, but straws floating dowu the stream, without power tO direct its course. The system , was such, that whatever men appeared in Parliament as Ministers, they were.to•be attended to as oracles—arid any measures that they might propose were to be carried , Yet those who had thus made themselves t the tools of ae overbearing oligarchy. called themselves the guardians of the publie purse. He thought they .ought rather to be called the tut uetc4 9fike public. .When it was seen that the guardians of the public purse.,held it constantly- open for (ix thief to put his hand in, he thought it better-it Weird have no guardians at all. Whoever were NI Misters now, they might sort° the people, as JoSeph said to the Egyptians, "We have this day - bought you aed yaur lends." There was, however, this difference betereen the two cases. In former tones, when those on the land were bought with the !mid, they.were fed by the purchaser; but now the bread was..taken front their months by the purchaser, and the people were bought with . theie own money. He c , mcleded by telling the multitude, that bud not his colleague (Lord Cochrane) been confined to his bed, by indisposition, he would have conded the motion oil the Slate 'of the Nation, which he (Sr Francis) had brought fro! ward on the last day of the Session; and had not that indispositrpn continued, lie (turd C.) would ha, e Ipid the hen , ur of meeting them that day. • Before retiring. be expressed his 117.pe th;it this Meeting would serve as an example to the Country to persevere itt asserting their rights.; and when that was unanim:eisly done. the Barouglimongering FaCtion • must, like the Devil, tremble and et?ey. This speech was loudly applauded, and the Petition las agreed to. The usual thanks were then given and returned, and the Meeting broke up. *THE NEW MrSOLPE.NT ACT. lids Act is exactly confqrniable to the Acts of this kind of former years, exec pt in the following special a actments All p in a foal cust.lly ou the 501 of June last, and whose debts on that day did not amount to more than tioool.•are to be en titled to the ben , fit of this Act. Where the debts.of prooLers exceed that sum, a Barrister of east, of the C .hrtB of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, 1, to b e aprimen to enquire into the same ; and if the party has been iturisontll five years, he shall be discharged out of cloudy, should his debts amount to 50001. ; and where the party has horn confined ten ' years, then to be discharged, whatever may be the aniowit of the debt or debts.' . isone; s tot to be discharged for debts incurred since the 5 , h June. Prisonets discharged subseluent to the ssh of June, without the it . consent, nevertheless t• hare the benefit of this Act. This Act is to eat nJ to the different nesi.lencies in India, and to •Plinc:.! of Wi!les's Isl nd; But not to extend the relief of persons confined in In la at the.suit of ti:e East India Company,. unless the Local Ciovernmen'ts iu In& consent. • . , 484 IRELA ND. DUBLIN, joi.vlll';=;.l. TeWnightsxince. a barbarous murder was committed on the body of a servant of Mr. Biunden, of Newland, who was sent to Callen on au errand, and met on the w.% by a pull. her of villains, who dispatched him, as it appears, with un9eLessary savageness. • His body was found next morning, na-tly stripped, and mangled by a dog, that was feeding on. the unfortunate man's face when the discovery was made. A jiligent search ':as been m a d, which, we hope, will end in. discovering the murderers i .J ti ( c C e, lo t n i m met li a paper.) • S‘TRAPANZ, % PLY 28.—Vt'e feel exceedingly sorry to spirit of discord and party dissention h,. lately prevailed in some parts of this county, particularly about Killeter, the fatal etFects o' which were on. Tuesday last (being the fair day of Kille:er,) unhappily ote-1:. plified. On the morning of that day, the Longfieln corps of cavalry . and infantry went to the fair,. in consequence, it is said, of a report that a large body of countrymen intended to collect there, r the Itro , se of rioting. In the course of the dad a dispute arose abort the p a y_ ment of customs, and some of the cavalry were dispatc:icd t quell the riot. In their progress to the sc'ne of acti. n, mucle confusion ensued in the cro:vded stre-ts, and several people were thrown d :w it; and it being reported that a poor old womm had bec. killed by the c trelessness of the yeomen, the crowd beg.,.) to follow the cavalry, throw stones at them. They retreated to the high part of the stre e t, a , d sounded the bugle for the infantry to j yin tlicn, who were . a• Nd l e d I „ the same manner by the populace, and some of them severs.' y hurt ; this conduct so exasperated the yeomanry, that they tiro, • ,te r wet s when, unfortunately, four people were killed ott toe spot, and twelve severely wounded. These are all the particulars of this unfortunate affair which we have yet learned Relf,st paper.) PROVINCIALS. The provincial papers of last week represent the crops as highly promising, and only requiring warm and dry weather to bring them to maturity. A few days ago, while the ostler at the Bell Inn, Themas.street, ssistol, was dressing a gentleman's horse, the animal- eink a emu to his nose, tore it or, and actually ate it ! The man is now at the In. firmary, where the wound will of course he cured. Lately, a party of blind soldiers, on their march fr m Bognor to York Hospital, under the command of Lieutenant Winton, of the but V;_teran Battalion, were overtaken by Sir William Garrow, Salicito General, who very humanely stopped his carriaee, and, with his • wit lards, alivided laid helped them w th perter, brew: clicee, and gave a 101. wee to the party to drink the King's health, and a present to a poor wotnan and child belonging to the said party. Last week a shark of considerable length . was caught with a strong conger line, at Devil's Point, Stonehouse, neap Ph mouth Dock : seven mackerel were found in his belly, :old it is supposed to lute I been the same fish that the day before attacked a soldier ot the 1.. m. cashire Militia, who was swimming in Mall Bay, and wounded him severely in his lees. This should pperate as a caution to swimm; rs who reside on the shores washed by the Atlantic, as sharks are net un frequent in the Channel, and at this season pursue, the shoals cf mackerel and pilchards into th • bay • aud herbsurs. James Carr alias Watson, aged Si, and James Brown. aged 'A, con, victed at the late Assizes for the county ot Her tor titietiog forge.( notes kncwing them to be tOrsed, were execute I on WediresilaY 'nothing. Their conduct front the time of passing sentence, to the mom -.44. of execu'ion, eei.oed the most manly tirinnesf ; unmixed with that unthinking hardiness, witieh is the result ot a long course of criminal practices. The view of the fatal spot trout wh-nce they were to bra adieu to all that's earthly, drew a montroary paleness over the countenance of Brown : Carr, hoWeser, strove, by every attention, t+r.keep up the spirits of his comoinion ; and when he telt the cart thr.Viikg from meter thern, anxiously sought the, hand. of Brown, which, having fount, he continued to wasp several moments after they w, re suspended. On We.!nesilay last, B .njarniet Rensh isv was execute . ' near Nott i ng' ham, ter setting fire to a stack bel tigin, to Mr. Stanton, o IC: Mg a vie), the v roperty ot Mr. Dodsley, la,thot Minstielo. About eleven 'clock he was placed in a . cart, accompanied by the execu ii.ater. The colic urNe of spectators was unusually gre-it to witness the awrul c.itastrophe When arrived at the gallows, and some time had been spun: in devotion. Renshaw himself addressed the multitude ;or th space / f fitteen lo twenty minntes, exhorting them to avoid evil couspany : such fortitude and composure were scarcely ever wit iiess:ed. Atter he was inflicd off, the noose of the rope moved under his chin, and it Wjs deemed proper to put him into the cart, that the p • hm,h! be adjusted afresh, after which he was turned off again. , limit:lSLE A cciore r.—Four free children belonging to Ric ha r. (l thou'', a tray I •ll ter, of Abbeydore, were cipsumed by fire in their tother's cottage, on Thursday se'nnight. Their mother had hired her self at a neighbour's house to bake bread, and left her children in the cottage, deli . ne the oldest, ho was oily five years of age , to . take care of the others, the youngest of whom wu a sucking child. Jr i.could not be known how the house caught fire, for th; whole was et a conflagration 'Wore it was discovered, A ITC; 9. I k