The National Register. — London, England, 1815-06-04 00:00:00

JUNE 4. Mr, Serjenn into the - state aml that it ha The A ftollll :oppolt Of the Mr. NVvNN f u iiii(l it , ‘i as bathill.: in the Ba . feu sea Re•! clause tvas metropolis ; a. expi•sore %%:IA itt .'fore Ilti► V Act as related s. Mr. liortivE in the charge (Hi so;ti them ill II tea• made agiki Oleo, arid hi (IA %%hat 1•!, yeig•ti, hot. • • conowinicat be was ft erwa tion. by charge ‘tas hjoh 'tats 'alien Cell Ifd tr there 411-lIICI boarii, ts Melt t.utln stateci tek.a honght Ih Vt'r, tip q CHI I p4l'llclll4l , lit' bead • s .I•.e C time 111 i ''till it• f.t lice! it satisl....lol V .t inlet to SeS•lOtl. The conversa Sir 3. SttAte the New Post Mr. ATKiNs t:ir a new Post 'Acre sal isfacto Mr. \V. Snr MI. I!.1 MCI." after the s. pet taxes Ouch ti of enormous e lildt;llliii ('lt 'e, preset,t Office a proceeding a niiposinz new Post (Mice. /Airfoil and th the benefits re , es pence of it )ilietality of tli to advance new Post ()fin liberal, it %void, !iberality ; and ititert•oly pen, tati4ll). The t and to be raise ditties no coab Ablernc preAut Office plan embodied mical. Mi. G onimi After an Tl[ " . , • mf Oeiseow moved for a select Committee to enquire orthe laws respecting the Writ of Habeas Corpus, lave power to send tOr persons, papers, and records. trney General and Mr. Wynne made some observations in 'he motion ; after which it was agreed to. BATHING IN THE THANES. 'NE adverted to the extraordinary clause which had into the Thames Police Art of last session, forbidding River Thames, between the East India Docks and telt. suet) bathing promoting indecent exposures. That .1* most injurious conserpienees to the health of the ved as to the exposure, it was 'keell known that indecent a punishable offtexe at common law. He shoat et that a Hill be brought in to repeal sivmuch ofsueli I to bathing in the Rtver Thames. (Hear). Agreed to. ;_iLE OF SLAVES BI" THE BRITISH. Fit renewed his enquiry, whether there was any troth made by the American Commissioners at Client. that ffitter had seized slaves in America, and had afterwards the West Indies. mutt N replied, that when this extraordinary charge dust an Oibcer of the British Coven:meld, he was at ec immediately applied to ti:e Conneissiotiers to learn -tice the Ch:irge Wag so - formally in..de. It so hap. , 'r, that the American Ministers did not deem it rielet hte such evidence to hint in their public capacity ; but 'arils put in possession of it by a private eotnintinica• stir II means larnt that all the evidence on whicli the !ice! was the single affolavit of a wake of Viiginia, that suet individual having been taken prisuner, had !o one of the Bahama Islands, and that while he was I.liiti•li vessel came into the harbour, with one slave out live he saw sold. The affidavit such Wind the name ef the slave, of the ship, and of the I.lCl'Oll le sl..ve ; and that he then melerstoed ti. et SM'll was a artice on the part of the British. On kin vim; these (Mr. G f forwarded them to the beetle Lord at We Col ni.d Department and that Noble Lord lost no toti oe the iteee•saiy enquiries. No answer to them received from the West Indies, but be ti listed that answer would :olive in this ennetry soan enoueli to state the result to the House betore the end of the cation here ttnded. y PO.vf OFFICE. w appeared at the bar with a report on the subject of Office, and on the question that is be brought s WRIGHT stated, that he most object to any measure ,t I)fter, except the necessity of such a proceeding orily show n. lIH also opposed the motion. .1V joined in opposing the measure, maintaining, that 'nets which the country had been put to, the high the people had borne during the war, new measures expense onght not be projected tor pm poses -of He thought some tensruirary building added to the Ismail answer every c , hjeet that was desired ; and such at the present mouse's', would lie much better than burthens on the people to build a new and splendid tact if such iiew °dice were necessary, why were he vicinity to bear the expellee of it tear.) As 'estiltung flout sueli an establishment were nati•itial, the ()meta also to be national. They were told of the the City of London, that the City had liberally uttered .0001. towards 'feral/mg the expes.ee of building a ice. It the City of Laudon were nut about to be Id be the first time that he had ever seen imy their ul as to their liberality on this oecaqiun, they a ost slits /posed to be libt rat at other peopk's expenee—(a 60,001, was to be advanced mit of the Ospliah's Fund, iced by t continuation of S or 4 years of certain City ds and wine. ran tun supported the measure, urgiu4 that the was inconvenient beyond all question, and that the hi the report was most advantageous and econo• IN strongly disapproved of the Bill. xtcnditl discus:4ov, in which 31f. IL Sumner, the. lawill THE NATIONA lERSDAY, JUNE 1. I! 4 L RECIATER. 359 Chancellor of the Exchequer, and many other Members took part, the House divided on the question.— For it 56—Against it 16-1 1 1ajority 40, The Bill was ordered to be recommitted on Monday next. A grant of 240.0;d, was after «•aids agreed to, for the building of the new Post Olive, after mock conversation.—Adjoarued. FRIDAY, JUNE ?. THE NEW STIZTET. Mr, 11. Russtarß presented a petition from tl e owners and neon. piers of lion es in the line of the piojeeted new street to commoni rate w ith the Regent's Paik, complaining of the powers given by the Art to the minissionets for carrying into effect the conteno. plated improvements. Thto•e powe:s were to continue for rive years, and by them the Cumn►i.sioi ere were empowered to git e ►totices to the ocenpier. to quit, to et mpel them to quit, or to with huld the niitires inct as they ple se I ; the Ac•t co tail eil no rt. :creation by which those individuals were etia.den to oh ain < taea►- pensation from those Commissioners by g, hug ht fore a Jury or tuft r wke. By the Act the (milers of property were cumin: icly at the mercy of the Commissioners. It fin !lir,' stated the hartt•hips that many perso-s had already rtidored, by beit.g rini,:yed, en having notice to remove, from their bonzes, and feared the act were repealed or amended, that ruinous conseqoetices most hail on flit in ti oin its operation. 'rule prayer of this petition, w hick et rnplaii eil %%id' glum in•tire, wag, that such Act 1 e repealed or arneuded„ The Petition having been tool, was ordeied to lie on Coe table. AR MY ES77.I7_4TES. The Howe hAvine re.olved ii to a Committee of Supply. and the Army Estimates being ordered to be relet led to such Cola inittee. Lord PALmEirsToNE, rose and entered into a low* detail of the items of those estonatts. '!'lsere was nothing no% el in the features ard items of those estimates, nothing that required extra - di -r ot explanation from him. In the expetices of the year, down to Chi ist. mss last, tliet e was a considerable reduction, but since the rupture with Fiance, a Very considerable augmentation had take 1.1.7 cc. 1.1 Ifeceiniter last, the laird forces, had been reduced host ; hoot two hundred and thirty thousand tuen to 1c.',0,;!5• i»ati, Ily • which there was a saving of 3:2:7,0001. Some dimitintien of the lo.useliolil troops had ashi taken place. To reduce the. regiment+ of cavalry had liven a primary ohject, on account of the exitance of keeping tip that pm firm of our forces. The amomit of theierloc firm which hart takett place at Christmas last se as 8100 men, and 3T"4,()11. Detaila respecting the regiments in India were inineresart, as they were paid for by the conipan v. The ;'mount of exiitnee for g:irristoi., &e. would he :3:/i)...A I. bet $9,01 . 01. part of •ticli st m, tea.: for the fort ign staff. 'fire full pay of supernumerary of-noels Leonid lie 67,pfi31, For the volunteers coops 11)4 ;551. anti the local miltha :360,i)001. but daring 1814. vety considetahle savings arid de eltictrinis had taktii place under these heads I f expellee.-- To I)eeenther last there has a lso been a saving of :367,0(;01. occa sioned by the disbanding of the toreign corps, to the amount of 10,taut men. The foreign e. Ilse current year was estimated at :21,314i men, at an expellee of 823,71:1I: Under tinother head of expeirditrite, there was-an actual ineiea.e of 801. For a -building it Illackwater. In the charge for the Asylum there was a dee:tease of 30001 in consequence of there having bee u Ito - painting er lepairt. The compassionate had sontew hat increased, the amount es as ')7,1621. 'There Was a considerable saving in the Barrack depat orient, 11111 Ur lire Staff, &e. there was an atiguienta!ion. There wontil he air item for ittiscellaireons charges. There was an altered tpt to r eiiientiii.a tiou. which, w heir all the arrangements were comp ie;tt u, be thought the House would pronounce to be most proper; it was to gl'alit efficers a daily allowance for the it expences when marching on lire bonne station. It was ;it such a time, that the hfi a 14, like the men, felt. incoovi uienees; and it was deemed mole rielvi•eable to th a Mille allowance fur them when marching, thin to make a ri— gidar coostritt isiorease to their pay. I:v this plan, tl ey would re ceive the bent fit when they telt the pressure. AL:chiding to the e•timittes tin : the year, the wfude amount of men that were to he pro vided for was but from the total there evai to be deduct ed •.'9...!./3 null in the East Indies, which left the nurnber of 216,!)5e ten he provided t..:. The expellee of such estimsted windier was set Clown et 10,703,7: 'ii. urt account of which titre had alre ady bee' voted about o.00(r,( 001. He concluded with moving a aeries 0 resolutions to grant the various sums required. Gen. GAsGosext; expressed lire intention of moving that th r p sins granted to the widows of Lleut.-Coloncla and 34 ijois i. a creased. 4 - i~ & -- sA‘ bAßw+f%. -I.w o- 41vr-F.77:retP