The National Register. — London, England, 1814-03-06 00:00:00

NtARCII 6. and the Suittirs in Appeals from the other Courts to theirtordsliipc. fie, however, gave full credit to Ministers, that there was necessity for siisnendiag the proceedings in Parliament, in the present situ ation of the country with respect to foreign affairs and the circum stances of Europe, ainktherethre would not oppose the adjournment. Lord Div EROOL thanked the Noble Marquis for the candid manner in which tic gave credit to Ministers for the expediency of the proposed adjournment, and said, that some iisconveniencies would alise, but when the permameut object that was in contemplation w as duly regarded, he trusted that no considerations of an inferior nature would he put in competition with it. Under these consi detations, it was deemed expedient to advi s e his Royal Hilliness the Prince Regent to recommend a short adjournment to Parlia nient.—Lords Darnley and Derby expressed similar sentiments to those of the Marquis of Lansdowne, after which their Lordships vjoiirned in conformity to the motion. HOUSE OF COMMONS. TUESDAY, MAnCII 1. After a vast deal of private business had been gone through, a new writ was moved for the Borough of Lye ) . in the room of Sir W. Garrow, who has accepted the Chief Justieeship of Chester ; upon %%inch, Sir S. Romlt.t.v rose and stated, that the appointment which gal e occasion to the present motion, was, in his mind, liable to considerable objections, to %%Melt he felt it his duty to draw the attention of the House. He understood that the Right Hononrable Gentleman, the Attorney-General, did nut mean to resign that office, but to hold it together with the iusticeship of Chester. The holding them both appeared! quite incompatible. The possession by a Judge of a lucrative office granted at the pleasure of the Crown, from which he was removable at the pleasure of the Crown, was inconsistent with that independence of the ledges of the land, which was so important to the country. The place of Attorney- General was one of the most lucrative places which the Csown had to bestow. He was, by his situation, a puhlic accuser, and it did appear to him, that to appoint apublic accuser to sit in jsolgmeot, and administer, justice, was by no means consistent with the in terests of the country. In what lie said, he did not intend any thing personal ; there was Hushing flintier from his mind. He would make no motiorernow , upon the subject, our did he intend to make it at any other time ; but he could not avoid making the few remarks with which he had troubled the House. The writ was then ordered to be issued. A DJ OU RN M EN T. Mr. VANSITTtIIT moved, that the House shan't), at its rising, adjourn to the 21st instant. Mr. TIEINEY conceived it rather an extraordinary proceeding that au adjournment shield be proposed without assigning any reason. Mr. VANSITTART said, that it Was the desire of the Prince Re vutt in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, that a further adjournment should take place. Mr. WHITBREAD admitted that there was a precedent for the communication from the Prince Regent, and would nut object to the motion, under the Expectation that a proper time will- arrive when information would be given 'why the adjournment was re quired, and in such a manner as would prove, he hoped, satisfac tory to idle House and the public. It was his wish, however, that it should lie guarded ag,ainst as a precedent, and that some record should be entered upon the Journals with that view. lie concluded by moving, as an amendment, an address to the Prince Regent, assuring him that they cheerfully complied with the pro posed adjournment, but trmtims it would not be drawn into a per nicious precedent. I,fird A. HAMILTON said a few words on the inconvenience %skids would arise from the Nailer adjournment ; while Mr. Pus- St/NM( acquiesced in its propriety. Mr. WIEITBREst n's amendment was then Lin; and negatived. The House cause to a resolution that no private Rills be read a first time after the t'Bth of mill next, nor any reports upon pri vate Rills be receiver! aft .03d-ot May.---Adjourned to the 2 LA instant. PROVIMCIALS. MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. The severe weather in the early part of last month, snereeged y frosty nights awl clear days, has considerably impeded the ly sowing awl other necessary operations is agriculture. TILE NATIONAL MISTER. 119 The young wheats have not suffered'hy the severity of The win ter. The early sown have thrown unit a strong an-.I lu‘uriaut Hag, a Nitre indication or a full - crop. The latter sown, upon tenacious suil4, have been checked, but the plants, although backward, look beautiful. The' spring preparations of the land to receive the lent corn must be thrown hockwattl, in consequence of the fiosty, weather. Considerable breadth of peas and beans have been prinelpany in the after part of the day, when the sun had thawed the soil. The earth is much ameliorated and fertilized by thv Lake cover ing of snow, and works kindly under the plough both on dith and :, , The young clovers. tares, rye, winter bailey, and all the soiling species, are is the most promising state. Turnips and the brassica tribe have not sutfured so much as might have been expected from the severity of the %%inter amid from the -same cause there is more of this species of spring food thin can lie recollected, and will consequently keep back the feed ing cattle tiom mai ket, and throw the barley sowing verylate on those soils. MURDER. The murder of Mr. Varney, an aged man, ies-his 80th year. who kept a chandler's shop in Newtowolongville, near Fenny Stratford, haying been attended with the most wanton circumstances of aggravation, the gentlemen of that part of the country wrote up for a Ilow-stwit officer to be sent down, to endeavour to detect the murderer, and Bishop was in consequence dispatched. He found it necessary to detain iu custody a young man of the name of John Matthews, a journeyman carpenter, who had been suspected pievions to his arrival. Matthews hai undergone several examina tions before the magistrates of that district. and on Moaday he underwent a final exannnation at Wing. when it appeared that on the evening of the '2ist of February, about twenty minutes before right o'clock, Ale. Varney was alive and well in his shop, having servrd a boy with some candles from behind his counter. A short time atter the clock struck eight, a man was passing by Mr. Varory's house, who observing his door open, and hearing some' very distressing groans, he was induced to go into- the Red Lion feel. which is but a levy yards distance from Air. Varney's house, where he related what he had seen and heard, which induced a munber persons .to go with him to the house. They found the shop done opt/Laud Mr. N'arney, most cruelly wounded, behind the counter. A surgeon was sent for, but the old man expired in about 0 minutes. The surgeon on examining Wm found that he had received severe wounds on his nose, lustier his eyes, oh his Ltsusle, and on Isis skull, which appeared to have been given with a mallet or hammer, those on his nose appearing - to have 'seen given wills the ;law of a large Isamener. It was also ascertained that the house had been robbed, but to what amount could hut be then ascertained. The murder and robbery caused very considerable alarm in the village ; but it was observed, that Julio Matthews did not appear to take the same interest in what had happened as the generality of the people did, which was the original groutod of suspicion against him. It was proved that he was the last and only person who AS seen near the deceased's house. Three wit nesses said, they saw him close to the deceased's door, about eight : although he denied having been at that end of the village' . chirmg that night. One of the witnesses stated, that he had no donht Matthews was the man whom lie saw close to the deceased's door, about eight o'clock, and that he called to him at the time, %ming, '6 Good night, Master Mathews," but received no answer, which he observed to a friend as being an extraordinary circum stance iu , Matthews's conduct, as he knew him extremely well. Another witness, who saw him close to the deceased's door, observed to a friend that he had seen that fellow, who was to be married the following morning, meaning John Matthews, skulking about the door of the deceased, and had also seen him in the same situation on the Sunday night previous, and wondered what he could wart there. Matthews denied being at the door of the de ccaseek but was not able to account fur the last halt .Isour of the time when the murder was committed. Under these circumstances it was thought right by the inhabitants to stop his marriage on the fillowing slay, and accordingly when he was walkiug to the church with his intended wife, an industrious lace-maker of that village, lie was stopPed till the arrival of Bishop, from London, and then delivered into his custody. When searched, there was found on him a canvas bag, containing twenty shillings, also five shillings which Matthews appeared desirous to conceal: they had the ap pearance of being bad, but this proved only to he the effect of tieing boarded. On being questioned as to how lie became pos sessed of this money, and also the had shillings, he conceiving tilt ..4 ......