The National Register. — London, England, 1814-07-03 00:00:00

422 son, where lie shortly died. The Coroner's verdict stated that his death was accelerated by thus being taken, while ill, to prison. The Petition concluded by pra)ing that some alteration might be made io th.it inhuman law, which sanctioned arrest by mesne process.— (A similar Petition was presented this day in the Lords by Earl Stanhope).--The Petition was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. IN. Su FION, .an Hon. Gentleman in his place (Mr. Bennett), v, ho had pot a que,tion to him on a fernier night, respect ing the punishment ddlieted on one of the Warwickshire militia — which was said to nave hcen so exces , sice that the man dropped down insensible aft& r receiving SOO lashes—stated to the House, that the man, whose name was Greenfielii, bad been sentenced by a Court Martial to 309 lashes t;,r gross insolence ; lie had received y 100, w hen a: *tioe:l, he drorprd down, not f rom t h e sever i ty fit ,h e pott i,l oo , ;•t, lmt the firt c.t ois having stuffed his clothes so tar into his nita;:ti, an idea, ny that means, of being better able to bear CA. tedo, that he was almost suffocated. The Hon. Gentleman fin r bore testimony to the humanity of the officers, and the general good discipline of the regiment. THANKS 'lO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. Lord CASTLEREAGH moved the Thanks and Congratulations of that I louse to the Doke of IVellington, for the victories which he had ob:ained, and on his arrival in this country. The exploits of the Duke of Wellirp,ton had, he said, been peculiar to himself, and such as the pate of history had never presented. After a long series of eminent and laborious exertions, in v. Welt he h;nl oti• gltlttliy landrd on a foreign shore, in the t:lce of an enemy supe rior in every respect to hiniieir, he ;lad condlict4 d the war To a gthrions remilt ; and (hey were 11:)W to Celebrate that event without One sinule (-net:instance vvh-;cli ihit-.v a shade over the national glory of the comory, or over the personal Character of the individual aecompli-Led tt. tv.is only one ()evasion which was pa rallel to the present. and thAt wa4 the case of the Duke of Alarlho rough, and even in drawing voinpari-ons (why( en the servirts of these ;gent !Mal, it Cold(' oat be forgo; kit that from the ()attire of the wari;ire which the latter was engaged, he was enaldel to come home every 3.ear in person to receive , :ht thanks of his coun try, while, %Oh the Duke of Wellinuton, his surviecs bad been in cessaat ; Ike hail ald ill %I Vitfr will a:.; s•einincr, - exertions wile alike vit;oroit , :, perseverin;4. and advantageow . . It any that.;; cool,) be ;1 , 1(1( d to t:lianec the merits of the' latter, it was tae fact that lie luid received the thanks of Parliament twelve times, w!,e; . eas t!ie Duke of 'Marlborough lanai been tliti, distinguish ed only six times. 'I in: Noble Lord concluded his speed' b‘ 1:101111g the Thanks,whielj passed with arclaneations.--(A similar vote passed this day in the Lords). THE NATIONAL. REGISTER. STAVE TRADE. LEVI: ropr i:,piirsnant to notice uivcn, addressed the lion:e in a trunnions speech on the hubk•ct of the reni•w.al of the Slave Trade by France, and concluded . hr moving an Ad& ess to his Royal lig!oiess the Pi inee It gent, pray ihg him to exert. his influence at the approaching Congiess at Vienna, to put an end to the slave Trade. Lord Cvs•rt,citi.:AGit replied to - ,llr. tVilherfore, and stated that el.( rV ead:savonr 1).1(1 been made to avoid the renewal of the trxtlie, but the French Geill'ltiniUn, abSOlntek" Mid roost positirely refilCed I'l 'f:CUiVe baCk the (.% - liOnit'A On iniy Sndi terms. or to ohey the die tatiol eel any pmscr on the subject; they °TIM, however, as a vo bottaty act of their oee n, put down the trade at the end of live years, and were determincd to assist Great Britain in procuring flit' pent. ciple to be recognised as the general law of Europe. Lord Castle reagh said lliumaparte had kept the French people in such mental dark nrss, that in the internal parts of France the inhabitants were abmdiately ignorant that the Slave Trade was abolished in the British Colonies. He WAS couvineed,that the trade would ultimately be abandoned by France. Alter a debate of great length, Mr. Wilberforce% !notion was agreed to.—Adjouriied. TUESDAY, JUNE . 2P. The Clergy Residence Bill was recommitted on the motion of Sir Wm. Scott, alai some fresh clauses added. Ordered for tnrther consideration on Monday next. HoEporro bro►►ght in the Bill for the better regulation of the Gaols in the City of London, which was mad a first time, and or dered to be read a second time on Monday. Sir J. NEWPORT-moved an Address to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, for the report of the late Committee appointed to inquire into the Fees received in the several departments Of the Courts of Justice : and also fur tLe appointment of a similar Com- JULY 3. mittee at present, upon whose report the House may proceed up on, or decline further inquiry. _ _ Mr. LAvy, Lord C II.FRKACIf, and :fliers, opposed the motion as unnecessary, the Hon. Baronet not being ab[e to sliew (kit any abuses (xi•teii ; they likewise contended, that to agree to it %% ow(' be casting imputations on the Judges_ and also oceasunt a mcdters trespassing on their time, and that of the Office r, of Courts.—o u the other side it was urged, that no rt flection vi a? meant to be east ou the Judges, but time was perpetually introducing so malty inno vations in all human ilstittitions, that the) requited to be frequently inquired into, for the purpose of moo:dying the unavoidable imper fections and abuses introduced by the ddierience of circumstances._. On a division, the motion was carried by one ; for the motion 49 against it, 48. . Mr. lioitNErt moved for copies of any representations made by our Ministers to the French Government in the cour:..e of the I,,te negotiation, ard of aU eonininnicati %%hie:. had been made to our . AIV es rt lative to the abolition olthe Troth . 'lbis brought oo a 10!, theor.,sion, wherein the same argnmentN were again inge,l as Vail 1,. 4 . 11 iltiVallet . d on a pruviom: evening on Mr. Wilheif o r c e i , motion. The motion was negatived w t !ion t a divbion.---Adjournytt, WEDNESDAY, JUNE :29. Mr. V ‘NSITTAIrr 'lloVed for leave to hi in;; in a Bill for the better reoilation of the illr.ce of Woik , , and the Lx p , 1 , .re thereof. Mr.'l'tFttNrr 100 k this eppornitity ol• • to the great ex pellers ilicurring in prep:a:alum- St..li. - ,es - and 1 1 - .de Parks, for a grand fete. He imdcrstood, U.Ol ainon;-: other th ure to be a seri tr4lit nu the Serpentioc, and ;;E.1 , ,d tis:•-works, the tx pence of which ‘vc:iild be upwards c! . 4.0001. The Civil List wai now It ti,cool. in debt ; midcr ci.ColltstatiCeS, he hoped the Ito). Gentleman would contract these expuntive preparations us much as po-sitAr. ANSITTA HT the Imildi;:.:•• Wlie 14,4 in contem plation of the visit of the Emperor of Russia and Kingt of Prns•sa ; and directions had in,w been glv en that the works s;iciild be as much restricted rthaSiStCOt 5.% 1/1(‘ .t•IVO , Ted state of the Wan. One thing he had to assure the Ki.iit lion. Gt idleman or ; that the public w - otild not he gratified with ;I -ight of that spleodid .sed : /I . ;:ht on the serpentine, which he 4:ail talked of. Lord Cts•rt ,Git presented se ai pliers relative to the in conic of the Pi ineess of %Valei; be !limed that they should be re fer; d to a Committee of the %%hole 1-lonse on Monday next, in which it Wilt his lOteill.:O) to 111OVe :111 ;itlgillelltßlloll to the income of her Rov 41 Highness the l'inicess of Walm—Ordered. The sr r• illt . olmtll the !Louse, that he hal it eeived a letter from Lord Cochrane, stating that lie vrould not be able to enter on his defence on Fiidav, and begging that Tuesday might be fixed for the fliSellsSloll o 1 h S ease. Tuesday was accordingly fix( d. In answer to snow questions from Mr. Baling, 'dative to the Dutch Colonies of Ceylon and the Cape, Lord Castlereagh said, Ceylon had been diming the last war au integral part of the English dowinions. having been celled by a former treaty ; negociation; were still pending as to the (ape, which lie flattered himself'et uultl remain a Rritish colony, on terms tliat would not be disadvitutagt uto to Holland. TREATY OF PEACE. Lor4 CASTLEREAGH Having mowed the Oidefsof the Day kr taking into consideration the treaty with France, Lord LAM:P.I,I,LS rose, and move►♦ the Addiess to the Prince Re gent, which was seconded by Mr. Georh. • v Sir jrnilti NEWP OIIT Saw ollv two objections to the treaty, the renewal of the Slave Trade, s id the restoration to France of the fisheriec at Newconnilland, Mr. Wit nrltFiincE, in an alimated speech, took a review of the principal circumstances of the hte war, and lanirided that the in- Fertino of one article in the treaty (the Slave Trade) prevented its receivinc his most unqualified approbation. He moved an Amend ment, That the House, considering the deendon to .Odell it had come on tie 27th of this month, would &fel, for the present, gi‘i:l4 a final judgment on the first additional article of the Iterity, telving on die known humanity and justice aids Royal Highness, tint he would use all the means within ids power, at the ensuing Congiess, to procure the utter abolition of the Sia •e Trade." CANNINO, ssiiliont reservation or qualification, pronounced tlas treaty as the most glorious that the e, witty had ever signed--there ssas nothing in it hut %%hat had his cordial approbation. I\in r B us; Al 5 Said, although he had for a long time opposed the Nohlt. Lord and his Adminisiration, yet as soon jis thf. period had ar rive,' et which he thou lt ht the Noble Lerti requiised his conti{ferife, loh gave it to LW), rezervnig to himself a right altelvtard.s of declaring