The National Register. — London, England, 1811-06-30 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL Regulation. the Norway Timber, the Temple Bar Improvement, the Glebe Houses, and Lord Cloncurry's Divorce Blls, besides several private Bills. • Lord WA Lst NC HAM presented a Petition from Mr. Love den, praying that his Divorce Lill might not pass into a law. —Ordered to be taken into edn bideration term"--- Adjourned. r...,... THURSDAY, JUNE 27. This day the House met at four o'clock, when the several Bills • n the table were for ....aided in their respective stages.—Earl Si ANILOPE, after a few prefatory observations, brought in a Bill, which was read a first time, tor the purpose of rendeling the iseue of paper froM the Bank of England subservient more effec tually to public purp:ses. A few observations were made upon and the second reading was ordered for Monday next. Loveden's Divorce Bill, which was brought up from the Com mons, was lost, on the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, tt.e amendments made in the Commons not being agreed to.—Ad journed. FRIDAY, JUNE 28. DECISION ON. THE BERKELEY CAUSE. Their Lordships met early in a Committee of Privileges on the Berkeley Peerage, when Lord WALsizic lIAM having taken the Chair, the order for the further consideration of the claims to the said Peerage was r.•ad. The LORD CHA.NCELLOR then addressed their Lordships at great lenrh, expatiating and commenting on the various evi dence which had successively been brought before the Com mittee, and concluded by moving, for 0 - 4. adoption of the Com mittee, a Resolution, importing that William Fatzharding Berke ley had not made gii,d his claim to the title of 4Earl of Berkeley, Viscount Dursley, &c. The question being put, the resolution was agteed to without dissent. The Earl of RAnKott expressed an opinion, to which the Committee acceded, that the Resolution ought not to be taken into consideration without some pause. The Committee then adjourned, and shortly after, prayers being read, the House resumed. Lord WALSINGHAM, as Chairman, presented the Report of the Committee of Privileges, which was ordered to be taken into consideration on Tuesday next. —Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMNIO*S. MONDAY, JUNE 24. Mr. PtRCEVAL mov ed for a Cony of the Returns motle by the Archbishops and Bi4hops of the Nutnber of resiOent Clergy in their respective Dioceses.—Ordered. Mr. PIRCEVA L moved that the House, on its rising this day, 40 adjourn to Wednesday next.—Ordered. WEAVERS' PETITION. Colonel STANLEY moved he Order of the Day for vking the Report upon the Weavers . - Petition into furo:er coniith•retion. He expressed his satisfaction that it had been allowed to go to a Committee, and hoped that iii Ni:tjedty's Government would talce it into their most serious consideration. He had now no plan to propose, hut he had only to state that there were ‘.. 1 .1 4;,0 persons in Manchester (which contained 29 parishe.; ) who had received pa; ish relief, for the quarter ending April last. Mr. Ruse: spoke in terms of commendation of the temperate sonduct of the PetitioneN. Lord A. HAMILTON said, that hhculd the case of the Peti tioners conic before the House next Sessions, he should then feel it to be hid duty to inquire into the causes that led to their dis tresses. Mr. WILB RF 0 tcE, in referring to the Orders in Council, did not think that as yet the advanta b u es ar;si!4; from thin were so great, or the dangers to be apprehended from t continuance so alarming, as to mak...! pers :us as yet quite positive as to the it ultimate re3ult either way. He cotife-,sed, however, that evtn front what they had already done, if he was not very sanguine, he indulged strong hopes; they had revivm.l our trade, and almost annihilated that of the enemy. lie spoke highly of the merits of the Petitione7s. Mr. W. Shull' gave his testimony also to the temper and pa tience of the Petitioners. He hoped that their goA s psi , would see the impossibility of that House interfering to compel the Maters not to lower their price,; th:lt they would wait with p:alvtice tiil the circumstances o f country would effect their Tilt motion then passed in the affirmative. PROPERTY TAX. Sir T. TaRTOI4 would not have come forward at so late a pe rho: the vession s had ka not bees prevelste4 by isnpunant by id. r Ell. ness from bringing forward the present motion earlier; and he brought it now forward, that the Right lion, Gentleman (M►. Perceval) opposite, might take the subject into considetation (lu ring the recess. Mr. PERCEVAL could see no advantage in agreci-g to the present motion. Mr. W. Shlrrit admitted that the tax as it stood at pres?nt was free•from many of the objections which attached to it in its oil ginal sta:e. The motion was then put and negatived without a divi-ion. Mr. PRE ERGA sT gave notice that on Wedittsdav lie would move for the production of all the papers that ha,i I►.rn stilt to India on the subject of the Missionaries, since the Ist u; January, 1807.—Adjoarned. till Wednesday. WEDNESDAY, JUNE New writs were ordered for the Queen's County, In the room of the Right Hon. W. Pole, who has taken the place of Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland . ; for the county of Kinross, in the room of General D. Cleophane, who has accept ed the office of Commissioner of Excise for Scotland ; and for the county of Bute, in the room of Sir John Sinclair, who has taken the office of Receiver-General of tne 'faits in Scotland. Mr. SHERIDAN, pursuant to notice given, moved an Address to the Prince Regent, " requesting him to direct the 1..,rd Lieutenant of Ireland to have an inquiry instituted into the. case of Mr. St. John Mason, who in his petition of the Otlt of May, charged Lord Hardwicke wi.h injustice and oppre.alull towards him. Mr. YORKE seconded the motion. He wished th::t an en quiry would immediately take place, as it w,iuld be Keen that his Noble Relative was fully justified in the measures he had pursued with respect to Mr. Mason. He then entered into a description of the Administration of Lord Hutdwicke Ire land, and represented it as one of the most conciliating and ju dicious that was ever known in that country. Sir EVAN NEPEAN 4160 Spt/ke.hi jn;.:ific;stion:of :he conduCt of the Irish Government, which had., at the period alluded to, been called to the exercise of all ilk abilities. Some observations were also made open the co:iclitet of the Irish Government and the state of risot:s in Ireland, by Mr. W. Smith, the '.2hanceilor of the Exchequer, Sir l°r:nit-is Bur dett, Mr. Hutchiti,on, and oaiers, after which the motion was agreed to. On the third reading-of the Insolvent Debtors' Bill, Mr. Hor ner proposed a clause to extend the operation; of the 1 1 0 to the Isle of Man ; which, atter some observations from Mr. Ilerce vat, Mr. Stephen, and Mr. Abercrombie., was ;gr e eit to (so far as revar..ted strangers in the Isi..nd), and the Via passed. The Irish Insolvent Debtors' ILA was read a first time, and pasm:d.—Adjourned to Monday. AGRICULTURE. HOLKHAM ['-SHEARING. SUNDAY, Ju €23.—.1 considerable number of amateur AgricinturL-its arrived this day, priparatory to the exhibitory operations that are arranged fur the interesting scene wh:ctnvill commence to-morrow, and continue through inist past ol the week. Notwitlitanding the wetness of the inoniLly, a 1 tii,e p irty toLk a ride of i.iipection through the filoc y;rowlug crow!. The following Noblein..ll and Gentlemen, as c.ii•pp.my in the house, sat down to an el,lant dinner, at seven o'clock, viz Duke of Grafton ' Earl Hardwickt., Lord Brayb: - o oke. Lord Dundas, Lord Bradford, Lord : 4 .omerville. Lord l'eur, Hon. Mr. Neville, Hon. and Rev. J. Fitzroy, Flon. Ttlz ney, Rev. Dr. B. Dorslcy, Mes,rs. Whithreae., B. Howard, 0. Wynne, Trued, Halsey, Tysstii, C. C. ‘1 esters,, Walktr, &c. The Duke of Bedford was prevented froth attending, through indisposition. MONDAY.—Lord Landail; Lord Kensington' SirSr.-p h ea Glynn, and several C:rntlernenand Yeomen trotAvariottA conn ties, arrived this morning. The business of the day coniMen , :ed with an exhibition of inipleirents of husbandryanci proved system of pulverizi.d manures. Thrse v'eropracricaPy &splayed to great effect, by the busy operation of titritip sowhig on a si.acious pig ce of land, where- nut less chau twe;ay pair of horses were employed in this active scene. The drill here at work, sk Nutty combined (after their passing separate 'filiin:•l%) the turnip seed with the pulverized rape-dust, at,d thetrregu larly deposited the former in the soil. The ride hence was through the clean and luxuriant crop.; in the route tl the !aro centrical barn, where the method at pulverizing the rape-cake was seen, by the circular operation of two cart-wheels follow. lug each other in a cylindrical direction. Two Merin iiacks• Were inspected in the way hence to the main barn in cur :arta e irk I