The National Register. — London, England, 1814-12-04 00:00:00

DEC. 4. beilioo, or insurrection ; none of these cathes now existed, he, therefore, considered that to retain them in military service was ontrary to law, and to the just expectations of the privates em bodied.•—He'eoncluded with moving a resolution, declaring that the retaining the militia force embodied :titer six months tram the ratification ►►t a difinitive Treaty of-Peace to be contrary to the Act of Parliament, and a violation of the Constitution. The Solicitor General (SHEPHERD) agreed with Sir S. Romilly as to the law by which the militia were called out, but contended that not a sentence was to be found in the Act to prescribe the time at which they should be di , embotlied. Hence he concluded that as tio restriction was imposed none was intended, and that the legisla tore meant to leave thai, question to be determined by the discretion of the Crown. Lord observed, that the Learned Gentleman who had just sat down. had pursued the course which it was too much the habit of lawyers to follow in that House and elsewhere, namely, in adhering to the letter without regarding the spirit of the law.—The doctrine now advanced would go this length, that the Crown had the right of continuing them embodied for an indefinite period—in truth they might be continned embodied to all eternity. Tne Noble Lord had no &Wit that the measure under discussion formed a putt of a system, which had been long too evident, to deprive the militia of its constitutional character. Sir A. PIGGOTT said, if there was no specific time pointed out by the Act when the militia should be disembodied, ought they not to look at the purposes content! • ited by the Legislatin e, when it Clll - the Crown to call them out ; and if they did examine the law under that sound and constitutional construction, they would Mtn find the power limited by the purposes thy which it was given. Without that interpretation, lie could see HO difference between the militia and a Mamba?, army, Serjtaut 81ST and Mr. P. C. GRANT opposed the motion ; the latter gentleman contended that the as yet unsettled state of Enrope ju , titied Ministers in w hat they had done.—After Sir S. had .replied, the House divided—For the motion, 32 ; against it, tri ; majority, 63. THR NATIONAL REGISTER. TUESDAY. Sir-J. Newport nmved for Copies of all Addresses from Orange rtit:es to the Irish Secretary of State. , ---Ordered. Mclennan C. SMITH moved for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Acts in force relative to the Assize of Bread in London, and within ten miles thereof.—lie stated his object to be, in the lust place, to prevent the adulteration of the flour and meal used in making bread, and also, to render bakers mote generally liable to punishment for selling bread short of weight. At present an in quest could not convict without siezing the whole contents of a shop ; thus the baker's who supplied the chandler's shops, at which so gi eat a portion of the lower orders were the purchasers, might daily send out bread short of weight to such shops, in ..!very dices tion, and escape any material penalty ; it being impossible to de tect them in (Ilk nefarious practice through all their comiectim:s. There was also no positive law resPecting the sale of al u m. He wished to have the Bill referred to a special Committee.—Leave was given, and the Bill was afterwards brought in, and read a first time.—Adjourned. .. i. WEDNVIDAY. There not being Members JUnieklit to form a House, an adjourn ment of muse took place. DI cEmnrn 1, 1914. Mr. St Its r ANT sr int veil ir,r alt turn of the number of Prisoners confined fur 11 , in in the King', 13clith Prison, on the 10th July, 1811, 1813, sind 1814, and ti►ose iit custody on the 14 Dec. 1814. His object in mos in 4 %sus, atter the recns, to propose some alteration in the lis for their relivf, so as to give souse security to the tradesman. At time thne . the 13111 p,:ssed he was strongly impressed with the conviction that it was injurious to trade. In purposing to make tin alterutiou he should take care to distinguish the real unfortunate debtor from the fraudulent one. Mr. L&KU tRT was so convinced of the importance of the subject ; that it was his intention to submit a nrAion lot amending the. Ipbolvent Act very early alter the recess. Jr. Ho nwcn was convinced (he Act had done much good by destroy ing that indiscreet credit which tradesmen were too ►ouch accustomed 799 - . to give : those creditors now suffeled the con3equencea of Own indi,cretion, and imputed to the Act I,ihat was the t.ect of their own lily. He had no doubt that in the end it would be found a salutary measure.—The motion was agreed to. Mr. lions en, in a speech of considerable length, made his promised motion for papers relative to the conduct of our naval affairs on the Lakes of Canada ; the Hun. and learned Gentleman charged Alimsters with gross incapacity in the management of that service, and contended that the great obj e ct s o f th e • war h a d been sa cri fi ce d by. their neglect. THE CHANCELLOR OP TnE EXCHEQUER said, he had no desire to oppose the motion. The best answer to the Hun. Member's speech would, he conceived, be found in the production of the information he dAired. He could give him sufficient information, and set hint right an various subjects; but he world rather answer him by authentic docu ments than by his own assertions. Mr. Ho RNEtc Mild not conceive it possible. that any Ministers who could clear themselves, iti•on the spot, from such accusations, would be content to shuffle elf their defence for three months longer. The times w!,e now gone, and those Ministers were lost, why Set a high value on the House of Commons, and pridtd themselves on displaying their ta. lents there. Mr. BATHURST said, if the menvires of the present Adodoistratinn were not described with the Fame eloquence as the measures 4 for,uer Adosinistr:;ious, yet he coneeivoi that, in the present nit. they had as touch right as any other, to csk from the fairness and eundola of the Howe, that the bare Jtatetuu t of the Learned Condleman should wit be taken as proof against thew. After a discussion of considerable length, in which there was much asperity and personal remark on both sides of the Noose, path:lloly between "Ir. ‘Vellesley Pule and Mr. Whitbread ; the papers moved fur were granted. • - T:IE Cif NCET LOR OF TOE EXCIIFQTTER moved the adjournment of the House till the 9th of Februsiy ; tbo motion was strongly opposed by Air. Ticritev, Mr. Abercrtanhy, Mr. Ponsonby, Sir J. Newport, Mr. J Grant,. Sir G. fleatlicote, and Mr. Whitbread, and supported by the Cll:iiieellor U the Exchequer, Mr. Marryatt, and Mr. Bathurst.-- A dis-kii,n then took Wuce—fur the adjournment ; SG; against it, .23. 111:jutity, 63. PROVINCIALS. AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR NOVEMBER. The Wheat sawing being finished early in the month, the Operations in husbandry hive brut I rincipally directed throng!' the• latter part to giving fresh tdlhs to the land intended for Spring Corn, and breaking up the eddishes for thinext year's fallow. In► - several districts we rveret to state, that even this is not carried on with the same cultivating spirit, that marked the husbandry of past times, when the produce proved a compensution for the rent and labour of the soil. The IGrward young Wheats continue their promising appearance, evidently benefited . by the check they received fron► the few sharp frosts. The Turnips stand well, but the Coleseed, whether for crop or feed, has far from, so healthy an appearance. Potatoes have proved, in most parts, very productive. Hay keeps a steady price in the Louden markets, but iii several distant counties it has advanced considerably, fron► the great expenditure on stock of the former year's crop. Saiithfiehi has hail large supplies of Beef and Mutton on lower terms. Veal and House Lamb fttch. more money, and every thiog of the Pig kind is de;iler. The open growing weather hes given a turn in favour of Lean Stoekt particularly in well-bred Beasts. Store Sheep ale likewise in dema►►d at high prices. Horses of figure, fur the livid or road, sell high, but D aught Cattle are lowtr, from the diminution of the number now ea ployett in tillage. The wool market ;,s brisk, particularly for Waal; fleeces, the prime of which fetch 70s. per tud. The following melancholy accident happened at Luxillian a few days Niue(' :--Mrs. Robarts, an aged WOllllll of that parish, was mi serably burnt to death, in consequence of her clothes taking tire by carrying a candle under her apron. She survived only a tew hours. Ou Saturday last, as John Piscoe, a sawyer, was assisting in rais ing the pump-rods from one of the engine shafts at Pembroke mine in St. Ansrell, the iron bar with which he wrought suddenly snapped, and the windlass, in consequence thereof, turning round with great velocity, forced the other liar against his head, and fractured his skull in so dreadffil a manner, that he expired iu about two bonus. He has left a wire and four children.