The National Register. — London, England, 1817-07-07 00:00:00

tie "Jr.i Wilber force Bird, a Nlett.ter of 11w /10115 e, rave the Lest Itustration wt thelittonattity i►ir. Ark, and it %%as this:— prison. r (like the one einitioril i.t the Bastille ..‘ho amused I.iitthell with a siiidurl was ;Le luaeti. e tit tectlitig c; • into cell tivt n Wei tithe. ‘r. It r limbs of bread ais net 0,1 , 111:11_ rainy in. wild • (will: li.eCillysilitiC:ll of li:i• his, net hr st ist'd the ruet nett syu,•r,eil it to deal! 1.0 oet Otis hand:. Iltr f• i•,•n, r tied:trot lhot ht. felt wur,• uu t 1.4 orcaNit.ti at the , iti.dlitst of •%Its, and the los , Iti , companion, than if ail hi.lclatit , us hail iwribited. .rentesidt 11, that whet' men were roam it I n were should lilt lie t•nl it. is tok ; anti he (poiteill the opi• . t.ion of Lora t'uke upon this twilit ;,gai l ist aus min t e it sga t y harsh is ode it Cailig pci• •c , . If it wit, t‘i.dwil to fit .c•pieion m 1: c 14 . titt• pub.ie , it wt.tild hest be dime Lt tht• Cuomo' teo Lord C % , TLEME.II:iI was of opinion this wit: not a eaxo for (wintry. Ile trusts d than ti.e cold t..:eperbevere ill the wolien. • I.oi tl Cot iiRANE eonsi.tlrll it e as the bounden dory of the to institute all y. at.d ur.t Nike ete denial iti a•sti tion of any gaolt r for the fart. How 11411 the time of the Ili.ose by in ilea tent liberties of it it ! Grdre. The :-J.F.%IlEft remind, the Nnl,le Lust, that it vas not L. Ord. r to iniiintt snt.l.: conduct to the In bouts of Yarli• :1111:1•11t. . . . . . ....... Lori Cnenn"e resumed ; soul observed, that he 4tould Late st:tu•d neat er the ti nth, if lie had said the House had ten c:olp!octl iu snspending the toet)solt.'s librriii Iles ELL, though he votvd lor the toot deaf to the cause of humanity. lin had examined the and the, allegations in respect of the cell and the *remie were not made out. _ . 31r. 13 %Ult.% n replied, and obierrod that se3reelv any of alit-z.e1.01. had been d:aitii on the coml:11y. tile Right Han. (it•atloltdln had atliei.tt d them all. If lie email have an SisMlrditee that the CVlllll.l4mts ;41,nild he ice tilled, he would hot pi es 4 the motion to a division. It nil, then tise:Ativi d. The. Muse went into a Committee on the Election Law Bill; anti ate r some ronsersatioti beWern Mr. flanks, Mr. C. N)) inn., 7.1 r. P. Maori., Sir. Hose, Mi. Lockhart, Mr. C. Mr. Wilberforce, oze. several verbal amendments acre W:itie, a cal the Report m a% brought up. The I.:stomas in Aid 11'...1 went through a Committer., pro ft. ras.--Adjollll3td. THURSDAY, Jvt..l , 4. NEIVFOCNItt n. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR ittiVel tlitg . to a statement male on a former ui iht, resperting the distressed state of the int:4- 'o;lms of Neu moved, that the Report on the subject be read. The cv ideoce taken before the ( aiminittee consisted Of inereliatits of greet eminence, who %sere inlaid. snowily of opinion, that miles.s the noose it mild give time Fo'll4lo avert the horrors of the ensiling winter. they ?mod witloli ass their canital mid ahanilon the trade of that island altogether. The lion. ticatleman entered into a history of the i•land. 'I he tio,:utati m at preset.: consists of tio,loo persons, most of w re actiiaily starving. and reduced to so non It misery, that they were rompelled to break open the biure houses in search of fowl. Unless the Government sent out transports with supplies and necessaries, the ittliabitalits must in the mat wittier perish through !longer. 'this was {j roved by the eviileive of 6 , idle men, silo) had left thi• ts- Lad hi February. Leiters haul liectt received in the last tuenly days. confirming, this the 111611 pie tore, and stating that laotti lt) t• were in a Stine of starvation. He stiegested to remove a part, at least 5 Doj, of these unfiii timate persons, as a means of giving a tclief. Willi respect to the trade, the best part of the fishing roast had been celled to France, the consequence was, that the trade had esperienecil a serious and alarming depression. He should propose that the Report be now taken into consideraliont, and then, that t!:e House do resolve itself into a Committie, in which lie sv,aild propose that a homily of 2s. per quintal lie given on nit fish imported from N , •wfoundland. The Host. Gentleman than coachided, by moving—" That nu bumble address he presented to his Royal Iligliness the Prince Regent, praying that he u ill be graciously pleased to order such pecuniary or other aid to the merchants concerned In the trade with inewfumtdland, as will enable them effectually to relieve the isons now milli.' ing tinder severe distress in Newfoundland, enable them to take such steps N ill obviate the chance of that trade ultimately falling into the hands of Fran Ct.." After several Aletobcrs had es.pressed their sent iniesits on the necessity of affording tenet* to tite distressed individuals in question. The CatAscet.r.on of the Exettcotlcn saiel, the present was a question of pine lininartity, and the only thing to be coosi t lei e t ' was, what relief could be granted, mid ho w it could be most beneficially applied. Ile did ant think that re. lief should be administeri il in the way of homily to the trade, as much more direct methods of applyieg any ii,i s ta t i ee t o the suffering inhabitants easily occurred. Every mode of relieving their sufferings, however, would be resorted to. The House tll,-11 divided, when the numbers were—For referring the Report to u Coonntittte, 2tl.—Against it, .3',./. Dlajority. In consequence of Mr. Tierney's continued illness, the dis cussion of his Finance Resolutions was postponed tin Wed nesday next.—AdJonthe d. Jt , NE 27. On the. motion of Lod 1111.04t1kG, the Committee upon the Scotch Lunatic Assylina Bill was postponed until this day tliv:e months. Bow LEI preselted a petition from the Weavers of As. tou-under Liue, praying that the !rouse would take into its consideration their distressed st,ite.—Ordered to he punted. The Report on the distressed state of the Cotton Trade was received, and nuclei t d to be primed On the motion, that the LI etion of Members Regulation Bill he read the third time, Mr. Bitoenn sm moved," That the Bill as amended by the Committee, be printed, in ender to Live the fullest information, upon the subject to the iticm bet s, to the manner which the blanks had been tilled lip, pievions to the final pa,sing of the Act." After some observations from Mr. Lockhart, Gen. 'fliorm. son, I.Ord Pi 11311101•1011, Mr. Brougham, and ML. W tin, a di • s i,imt took place, When 11101 t• appeared.- For Mr. Brougham's motion l—Aitaiiist it o—Majolity 69.—The Bill was then read a first time. Mr. CALCIZAIT ino‘c d. a% an Imerubnent, by way of 'Her t: at after the "utcn c:, the following ihoold be added 111/ils,N such pe, sot, shall be servi:!;:: WI the army, • .. A ter a ht t %Teen Mr. Lockhart, Mr. D. Gil by DIL A boom' P.llole, )Ir. 11.mict!, Mr. Hatt THE NATIONAL Rrnwrrn. !lads, \lr. Wetherell, Mr. Ca w thorny, Mr. Butterwort!), and Mr. Wynn, the vinery was cleared fur x divisinti, when there ,'d—Aces 3" , -Nsiec M;tiosity 32.-110.. the qui r ti, a ifhit the ma do puss, th- - 31 Mojerity !Sill tear therelitrc p lase d. . . Mr. S. BOURSE pre mined the lit paart of the Conattitteu ott !he Poor Long, Witch trog of till NI to he rt i%ted. The Report oF the Bill tot Lieen‘ior Polthughonses was 4.1'. dervil to he tnkch ono eett.itieruti.qt tln. tht) ihri r montirt. The (;lotpel %gni pustpunt (.1 to the' tit Nt Ses sion. On the third wading unlit: Tria'd Grand Jury Presentnient Bill. n division took place, u heti there tippeated— For the third reading tri—A%ain-t it 8-.4llajority .56. The Din was nail a third rime and yu•sed. . - . - The Spirits E%eess Bill, et as rend the third thee and passed. A petition frem certain Watchmakers in Loudon, praying fir le2idative relief, was laid on the table, ordered to be piloted. and referrr d to the Committee on the Watch Trade. Mir. num:Ml.sm presented a similar petition from several watch Unil clock mak et sin the county of Oxford, complaining ol' their being 'object, for the last four or five years, to the payment of the plate hiee se, amonotisig to 41. Its. which they said was contrary to the svirit of the Act under which that license was collected. 'rigo petition wit., also ordered to be printed, and refetted to the 1% arch ttttt office. A petition front the nail makers of Stirlingshire, tomplain- Mg of tie numbers thrown out of employment in their trade by Ilie use of machinery, more especially by a machine called Britannia of lhrn:ingbuin, which they come ive must dangerous to their Miele:4s, was laid tot the table. Air. BnouCHAM 11111.i:111CA it petition ft um a number of poor distressed fishermen in tic neighbooth •od of Harwich, complaining of the grievant-es they sufferrit by the operation of the I:eurs. Salt WI the table. Mr. lb. liaerts presented a retition front lie Master Chim ney-Sweepers of Its istol. praying that the Legislature would not sone/ion the disuse of hurt, as Homy rhino:les could nut be swept without them. They tnrther spoke of Buie humani ty to apprentices. and, ns u proof of the mild ticatment they received stated that seine of thews liv> d to be front 4;0 to 70 years of age.—Laid on the tilde. The Extetits in Aid Lill, ails agreed to, and passed. The East India Ship•owners Bill, was lead a third time and passed. The Frivolous Arrests Bill was read a third time and passed. The Bill for permitting the i=sac of Lschi otter Bills for carrying on public works uud fisheries, was lead a third time andpasseit 'I lic Ntnni• Bollles Elimprion Bill was read the third time and pasted.—Affjourneti. From Ike LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, July 1. cnowN.orncE, JULY 1, 1817. nEmErn RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PARLIAMENT. llonme;11 of Lugger*ball—Henry ',awes Luttrell, 1.::n1 of Car liampron, in Iratati, in the ruoin eof 0 , 11:i.:4 Nit:hulas Palmer, who has net:gin:4l the Chiltern Ifundrciii. BANK nurrs. S:trrrn T. P. Bristol. whalebone brush manufacturer, July 12, 15, Aug. 11, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Scott, Gray',..-Inn-square. JACP.SON Wath-upou-Dearne, Yolk, grocer, Aug. 1,2, 12, at Rotherham. Atts. Wiglesworth and Co. Gray's Inn. Haan tso c J. Parsonage-house, Heskct, Cumberland, clerk. July 17, 18. Aug. 12, at Caria,L. Att. 11r. Hodgson, llyeesscourt, Aldernianbitry. TturswEtr. T. Shelton, Steithrd, baker, July 11. 12, Aug. 12, at Newea , ,tle-under-Lyme. Att;. Edmunds and Co. Chaucery-lane. Ecer.r.s J. Prnkiitige, Statibr4, pozer. July 14, 15 at Statronl, Aug. Perekridge. Art,. Prim and Co. Lincoln's Inn. FLt3IIN(I , T. Liverpool, merchant, July 17, 18, Aug. 12, at Liver pool. Ans. Griffiths end Co. LiverpauL 111... r Tim ws Peuzaucc, nwall, sailmakcr, July 11, 18, Aug. 12, at M3TKZilltl. Att. Mr. Follett, Gn rExwoon J. 11:ndtworth Woodhulm, York, timber-merchant, Jmy:ti,2l, atYtni,Aug. IV, at Ferry I;ritlge. Att. Mr. Knowles, New Inn. MAY W. Crispin -street. Spitalfalil. tornhareen-wearcr„ July 8, 13, Aug. 12, at GuilQhnll. Att . , Mr. Buxton, Fenchurch-areet. TitonN rt! ay N. of the Baum, and E. TAYLOR. llowbriege, Glouret.ter, clothiers. July 9, to, Aug. iv, at Stroud. Atts. Adlington and Co. Bedford-row. Ilnrsn Noriliallerton, York, hard Wareman, July IN, 19, Aug. 12, at Nottliallaton. /tits. Morton ar.d Co. Gray's Inn. J. Knott and W. Smith, Duke-street. Southwark. hatters, July 12. .1. I.otlhouse. Durham, chemist, July 30. I). !Brawl), Batb. chinanian,..luly 23. E. Curti:, rhiseviek, surgeon, July 5. 'l'. C. Edwards, Leicester-square, bilk-mercer, July 24. .1. Angell, 11..uding, draper, July 2.1. T. Deun, Sunderland, sailma',er, July 29. T. Chri topht r. Drinster.court, line, sr inc-turrellt. July 22. V. nears, :Newtown, Monigtnrier : grocer, July 31. .1. 'sVilkinson. Berwick- .pon.Twet el, fkiur-dealer, July 30. I'. and I. Blackburn. Turnellayel-dock, Myra:tub, ship-buildr?, July 1.2. W. Forrester and J. Kerr, Crown.court, Broad-street, merchants, July 26. .1. lihnimoml. Cbeepside. glover, July 25. Beeby, Corkenuoutli, Cunrlx•r'.nntl, ri,erel.ant, July 23. W. Tracr, Exert?, wool•Cetur. July 24. .1. Dowser, llnxol.strret. ship-cliandler, July 26. CPUTIFICATES, Jinx 22. Bevis Marks, merchant. —AV. liirkl7. rhilvers (''ton, Warttickshiro, tallow-rharekr.—V. Evans, Novirvivit, Mcntgomelysltire, grocer.-mil. I.o4!lnise. Durham, clo.rniq.—.T. Itetsch, Stone, Stathmlshire, .lohnvon. South Shields, lincn-clrarcr.—.l. Briagus, Bristol, brush-maim—W. Young. Boston, victurdkr.—W. 11. Tutply, South park, iron-merchant.—A. F. Smith, Stockton, liurbaui, Etaits. CITY iflrsrsiess.—Tuesday a ('onrt of Aldermen was held at Guildhall, n hen the Chain! erlain and Ilse 11rideemastene were see urn into otlice.—John 'll as 'flinty, Esq. attended, and was sworn in as Alderman for the Nt ard of Altlgate, in the toom of Harvey Christian Coombe, ism resigned.-- Francis Desanges, Esq. eitir.en and dyer, attended, and zave bond to lake upon himself the office of Sheiiti. —Robot Wil son, Esq. attended, and informed the Court, that lie had paid into the Chamber his tine to be excused serving the Mime of Shea', and intended to petition the Court of Aldermen to accept the same, and discharge him from suds election, and he therefore declined giving bond to take upon him the office. Tife Court, thereupon, directed a precept to imme for the election of a Sheriff in his room.—The Hiders of the Water. men and Eightermen's Company attended and %ere swot n in. —Several persons were allowed and scorn brokers.—Thirty. tno bars of gold, we i:hing about 429 e ouutcs wcrc swOrn to .a! for; iga, pt evietts cxitoo.,:tictt. COMMON (:OL NCI L. JUTS 7. MFRMON OF THE 1,0itl) AVOR'i elt A L'ar‘oton Council hi on T:ur,l4l. ut fur the trßnmetiein of cortorate . ILhon ruse to ,aura the of etc Court to - the Bee. (1.:o. Chaplain to the Lora .layer, for the s.:nuin: prtoti'wd befit-a hb Lortishir, the .lu•lges. rad &eve, II no:tubers ci the Common Connell. at the Ct.:het/rut (:'lurch of R. i'rtur, on the fiat Sunday in Trinity Term, ar.il to desire Olat the 8111!C be pr:oted, and copes diqtributttl to the ii.:L.bera of t h e l'orittunt Cour.:il. Tide 5.../mor., lin remarked, in:nrcs , icd torcibly the nature of crimes, and the no. c..-.,sity of punishmert, and nil:cared an uncommonly appropriact and exeeltrut trrc ourse ; though, he hatered, ftlmi nods ar.d a inky he had @Mil from some I:er.d,nl:?n, (luting the time. of its 4.. livery, the ser,t!mcnts contained ia it rtc.o 1.,,t cal.:Witted to cl‘ti., th:ir pod utrol adiniration. Thu question beingput— Mr. Ca illith up-trout it, as twin; un vi::. to to conntemulec the roll. tic:ll doetrires which be Lad ii -ant delivet by the 'tee. (;.Intlernal In that Air. F.sy ES. lamented the neccaiity he felt of opposing this mo tion, for he heal known intimately the Gentleman n. lo wa. the FU;:• jest of it. The sermon must, indeed, have contain, d :oinethiti4 particularly delectable to the taste of the worthy Member opposit.!, when it could induce one so young and so bashful m throw oil his 113. bitual reserve, and thus ventnre on a maiden speech in commentb. tion of it.—lllear, hear. and a lattgh.l--die load also hovel sermon, end it seemed to him more suitable to lawn Fleeces than •.0 the Lord Mayor's Chaplain. It impres.ed the dominos of non-re sistance. divine rights. end passive obedience, which, as they warn int lm,istent with those feelings in which even rnglishntan profesvi to eKult since the glorious Revolution in 11;1a, he terk.e.d wool.' never receive the countenance of diet es:Alubly.—L I luar. titer:. fore : hould vote against the motion. Mr. Dickson denied that the sermon had contained one word ahoy non-resistence or plosive oh:di:tire ; hut it v..za, itoporNiLle to whether lie or the lion. Gentleman v.ere right, until they procured the scrman. This woolcl, therefore, be en argument in favotir one part of his motion ; and m gratify tender couseiences, he shouli remove the. other part, namely, that for voting tlie thanks of tar Court, which le should postrone until the a:glum could be perused by the 7.lfeinikm It', mi. it was any gratification to the court or the lion. llcrob.r, he n mdd state sonic of the heads of the see mon.-ICries No. en :"I Well, then, he should only vot e that the sermon he distrilmted. Mr. Griffith expresstil his mneur-care in this propmition, Mr. Whit near. am no good rca.on why the Court should incur the expense of printing a set-tr.:Li, which 'pearl:ll to have drawn no notice but by the politic:A doctrines it ten‘l,:tt t:t inculcn tr- Ile mull never countenance the introduction c,f political subjects into di.- courses, the sole object of which cught to be moral mid religious in struction. It perrated the purroses of preaching. tied tooted the pulpit into a political mstruct—attended too with this ilisadvatange. that there the tlergynnat ntay assert whyteecr he pleabcd, and as wholly free front contradiction. After a few worth form M►. Dixon, the printing and distributing of the sermon voted witi:out a division. 31IDDn'S'E1g.W . OA'S. Taesday. G. Barber, a weaver, of York street, Bahnai-gr-en, was charged with a series of cruelties to his apprentice, Mary Elder, a child apparently It years of ago. The object of persecution stet: d that her master took a pleasure in, heating her with a cane, a shuttle, and a tremendous instanitet;ts called a dreet, with whieh he frequently :truck ker on the head and legs. The pretence for this bmtality was her inahility to do the work be weagneri to her. The seventies to which she was thus ex. poeed mimed her in ,; , r 7 . tontlis to a sate from which it wits gene. rally supposed she wor:1:1 never TVIALI. Iler &Nile was the leas able to endure such treatment, as her mercer applied a system a torture to her stomach, which was proi•ortioned. as neer a he censial guess, to the-pain he indicted on her :and and legs—the agony of Imager. She had keen without dinner fits many days, aid was rii-arl to ask for any, as the request would but &Ward him a new Tu. text for raising lumps uu her head. cutting her shins, and rulin7g her akptin.4 the ground. Iter master's wife often said she would not endure to nee such aboneinable trehtment, but her expmtuLetions bad the effect of increasing her punishment. At knob, infonnr tient was given to the parish to bdOilged; when tKe Over seers rescued her from death. Upon being brought to the Work house her wounds ece-e ere,sea, and time and care brought. her t a slight nimbi:Ace of ::hat she heti once Leon. I.pou her cross-examination, she said site well knew tho nature of an oath ; and never remembered having cut work out of a Inane, cr having done e.ny thing out of spite to Ir7r mater. 'l'. I taxi+, I:ves next door to the defcndaAt, heard greet mrma big groaning from her thoost every day 5 u the ;est ht num tbs, and frecttently her bread ulscat her cor.rlaining she had no food.lmmediately beftre she was taken by the Overseers, there was net a bit of create an her bones ; her hones appeared brealchlg thsongh her skin, and she !coked a pert ct skeleten. Mr. }.and-Wore. a surgeon. examined the child en the sa of May; the was exceedingly entacited, and her stomach revolted from toed for several days. 'Phis he ateribed to long feting. There was a dropsical appearance in her legs and hand::. attributable to the Larne eats e. Upon her tots were ulcerated chilblains, the cousequeeces of the most cruel neglect; and on one of her legs was a large brute., apparently from a stick. The titst, second, and third days of the witness's attendance upon her, she was in a dangerous state, but by great care she was recovering. Poultices were applied to her feet, to revert mortification. She could not have lived another month un der such circonntancein Mr. AdOlpilllS, for the defendant. mid, he had nethlngagnirsst all this evidence. The case had been clearly made out ; and murk peal c was due to the Overseer of the Parish for the alacrity whit wi lilt he had interposed. It was a [ESC upon which the excivise of b•- gent.ity would be silly and presumptuous. and would subject the Counsel who made use oi such ingenuity to a suspicion fur front being very favourable to him in any future application of evidence beihre the same Jury. Theo_ was, however, one thing which he could not omit to state. Ills client wits a man of reliAi,is exterior; and it was the pmvinec of the Jury to determine, whether his out ward arty were correlnindeot with tlio::e which entitled men to tl e repute of sanctity. Parislies would, lie trusted, Iteik to the rentlo-t of metiers ; and bring ty rants, by the exercise of wholesome 1 1 ,136- '4IIW, to something resembling a state of moral feeling and hu manity. 'lr. _Adolph= had previously crows-examined all the witnesses ; but nothing threw the slightest doubt mam their credibility. Several persons swore that the defendant was honest and indiis• trims, and that he was r•gtilar in his nuendance rhiees of to ii e worillix To ire of thoi.e white:nes, who was describing the thar.a. ter of the defendant as excellent in (very rerpect, A Juryman las this num a Chita ? Vijut. AS-1 le has one, and lie buried rine within a fortnight. e Jury insn.ntly returned a verdict of—Guilty. I e Chairman, after Inuit% consulted with the MnOstrracs. raid, " Prisoner. you have been found guilty of a moat atrocious 0hm...- There is temething so repugnant in your conduct to t hi s root. infant. to till law of humanity. and all the feelinga of a parent, a character which wi h surpri , e I Irain that you hear, es to rimier it exttemely difEcult u. apprtion your punishment to your ottcoce. If your un ferment, • itatm had not bet n taken from your env: eagle power, yea n: at Frei:tidy have forfeited yeti upon the chary:: of hay. in g taken It, *e. It Is a disgrace to the country, that a wretch saya ble arms: c othy towards r.n unprotected infant should be Mural in ft. I will tr rk your arm.° let as to deter others teem imitating it. The sent of the Court is. that you be imptiennul two years in the House of o Section ; where I hope in your solitary cell you wtp creiae that lilt of the relig:to yoll line iiisidual he your Ityptrio repentruice." The seatcn - .1 app s r:e :c. ter. 4/1 the Court.