The National Register. — London, England, 1818-04-05 00:00:00

I Os A Petition against the additional duty on Leather was pre. rented by the Earl of Shafte.bory front the tanners of Whit by ;and another Petition, having the Name object, hrthe Earl of Lauderdale from tht: 'faiitier Inveine.s.. . . .._.... _ EarlGnoivriton alluded to the account; of places in re version before the house, and repeated what he had before stated, that there appeared to he some errors iu the returns. He also stated, that he had received a letter from Lord by which it appeared that his Lordship had relinquished all the endowments of the Office before the date of the Grant in Reversion, inaiiii, as we understood, to the Provost Marshal of Jamaica. The Noble Earl said he sheild take an eat ly opportunity of bringing the subject nailer the consideration of theie Lordships. The Noble Earl then said, that while he was on his legs, lie would take the opportunity of noticing another subject aim portanee. IL' had learned from some of his tenants in Gros. v nor•square, that a coalition bad been formed between cer trio water companies. He understood, that the &large was RICA snore mod( rate, and that the supply was very had. The water at presentstipplied by the Grand Junction water_works was, he understood, very much discoloured. He had thought right to mention this subject, as the state of the water sup • !iiied by these companies wa of steal conseysence to the 4. ralth and safety of the metropolis. The Karl of LAUDETZDALE said Parliament kad at different times passed bills for incorporating different companies to ripply the metropolis with water. This had been done on• the principle, that the competition thus created would vrocure far the inhabitants a cheaper and better supply ; but the emstrary hail been the fact. Indeed, it now appeared that einne of these corporations had formed a coalition for one loaner of the town, and others for another, Lo that they di vided the metropolis betwet n them. Thu!, instead of the competition which had been anticipated, a complete mono poly was established. io consequence of this state of things, the supply of water was not only bad, but if a fire took place a quarter of the metropolis appropriated to one company, the miler of another could not be applied to it. Te,e LoRD Caaatiet.ton hoped their Lordships would not A peratt without its being distinctly understood that, if these iiiiipaines acted is a way to defeat the object the Legislaii tote had in. view at the tine of their incorporation, that it was in the . power of Vadesanstat to emcee% such a proceed ins!. The Esti ofSn trretnuav sisteli. that every attention had been paid to this Rids on the subject which lead beensdready t,efore this House ; and that in the case of any newauseasure, hi• would devote all his attention to render it tit torsetem. plislt the object their Lordships always had in view in passing -iiy act for establishing such compaities.--Adjournott. HOUSE OF COMMOITS. TnunDA v. AritiL 2. A Petition 1113 S preFeuted Crow the cotton manufectrrers of Csrhile, praying for regulation of the hours of labonr. • Mr. I, ViRL ETON postponed his Motion respecting Widows' pensions to that day fortnight. GettAral Ga SCO N E %vithhirew his Motion respecting oosts of snit, in rowerpienee of some conversation he had • held with the Atte,. ney General. Mr. Onus presented a Petition from the tanners avnrog- Lect.t (.rs we understood) against the leatherditties. similar Petition was presented from the tannen of Dint ftitl. MANUFACTURERS. Mr. V. Ssstrif presented two Petitions from places in Lancashire, trout manufactarers ' praying in favour of Sir R. Peel's Bill ; one was signed by 400, end the other by 4000 persons. Ordered to tie on She table. Mr. J. SMITK presented a Petitiontrom64o cotton-manu facture's irr New Lacark, praying for regulations in the hours of tabour.—This Petition, Ise observed, contained sonic pothunter points, which, though they might appear inconsist. rut, were founded in fact. He had seen these individuals at a time when their employers were absent, and Irevould say be - never saw a more moral:mil religious set of people. They • tepee! tier great evil oc•childreu being kept at work fourteen or fifteen haute it day; with scarcely any interval ; but added, that thesyst, ni in practice r ith themselves wash humane one, • as the semi lug I:do.r were only ten hours and a hallo day; • •jsat they suancloetisr,..d more time those who were kept so long trt 'work, owing to the fatigue, and a t.ense of the kindness they experienced.' lie presented thief Petition with great : pleasure. Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. REFORM. • Mr. Pnorntrfox said he had2b6 Petitions to present from Bristol, in faVev;:r of Parliamentary Reform and Universal Suf. sge. The first of ak•Petitions was read in part; and they Were received. • Lord STA %LEY presented tab Petitions for Reform from . . pieces in Lancashire. Ordered to lie on the table. Sitarst moved for certain returns in books sent to the , !:ttiversities, and bow they were disposed of. Ordered. Sic !Art V' pi viewed ad'etition front the Kent ei:d Surrey Cane company, against a Bill tar• a new road.' Ordered to lie the to e. 'TRADE, Alderman Woon Face ice, for the nth inst..of la Motion £•+r leave to [sting in a 11,11 concerning the trade, riattittitc. tree; fisheries of the United Kingdotn.--Alljuurnetl. • FnIDAY. • 'Loa , L scrEtr pre: - c nted a Petition against the Leather Duties front the tainiere. Ordered to lie un the table. • • Lord MORPFTII presented a Petition from the same place, ' • Complaining of 11w poor rklrg. P 1 01.1('F. REWARIIS. • Aftn• discharging a facetious order, Mr. Banner moved for leate to bring in 4 BuII to repeal certain parts of act► which give pecuniary rewards to police officers, ore. Leave • gi ern. Mr. HI:SWOT ttwo 111.m:tilt IT the Hill, which was reads ' Slat time, And ordereil to be printed. Lotd 81,11,1N0 presented a Petition from widows of writers ' to the lapel to Scotland, praying that their intervst6 ' tot be alt'ected by' 'a Bill before the House.. Ordered to lie • on the talile. A Petition from Skipton u:tr.irtst the Leather Duties was reeetied. On the Pdstivis of the c,IANCEL7 OR of' thr F.X'eUrtlVCß, it vas. resolved, that the 11..ine, at its shook' adjourn ' • te Monday. A 'Petitiow against the window tax free! 11.At'ast tors re ' e.ived. • A alt rinevilteo!, presenter! 2 P-tiii.nt .... pi n ••• *l:4 4 .eite.; Pt , ibma fut totoreiestst..t ut tl.c. • t I , u , id- ' THE NATTONAT. REGIS'T'ER' ing die bridge at Rotherhithe. Ordered to lie on the table. He also presented a Petition from Mr. gibbons, praying that his interests might not be injured by the gill brought in re specting the Waterloo•bridge Company. Ordered-ta be re fcrred to the Camitnitte; :Ind to be printed. IRISH RETURNS. Sir J. Newroivr complained of the delays in the returns of accounts ordered from Ireland. He moved, that the coconuts already ordered of assessed taxes, eg.toins, and exetse, should be ordered to be rem mil forthwith. It!r.titstristrott said, the orders had been regalarly sent, and there had been no delay here. They wereordered to be sent expeditiously. The 31oCon was agreed to. Sir E. Brevoc Es presented a Petition from Pancras. pray ing for sonic improvement it the poor laws. Ordered to lie on the table. NEW CHURCHES. _ The CHANSELLOR of the ExCliellUEß moved the first read ing of the Bill for the building of new churches. He wished it to be read a second time on Mcnday, and then give a fort- Matt for further consideration of it. Read a Ist time, and to be read a 2d on Monday. CLERK <IF ASSIZE. Mr. TiEnnrr moved for returns of, fees to clerks of assize in England and Wales, for _2O • Ordered. PRIVAIeE SHolleraltiNG. The amendments were agreed to, and ate Bill ordered to be read a third time next Friday. Lord A. HAMILTON presented- n Petition from a Scotch burgh, praying for Reform j and one from Renfrewshire, against the scotch Lunatic Asylum 'Jill. Ordered to lie on the table. SLAVES. _ _ Sir S. ROMILLY gave noriee of a Motion for Ilatraday next, relative to the cood:tion of the slaves in Dominica. A Petition was received from the tanners of Great Grimsby against the leather dniies. Mr. W. Sterna pt esented a Petition in favocr of Sir R. Peel's 13i11, from Olossup, in Derbyshire, signed by about 800, above 16 years of sge. It stated, that all who bad signed it, or pnt dawn their marks, had previously heard it read. Ordered to lieon the table. Mr. WILIBERPORCE presented two Petitions of a *imaar character froru Renfrew and Blackbara. Order dto lie ou the table. SLAVE TRADE. On the Motion of Mr. Ho l mes, went into a Corn. initteeen the Acts respecting the Slave Trade : after which he moved for leave to bring in a Bili toexplain the said Acts. Mr. WILBERFORCE said, he did not intend to oppose the bunging in of thaßill. He Thought, however, that it might prove detrimental to the interests, both of this country, and of the West Indies. Mr. MARRYAT observed, that Surinam had lands of such fertility, as to facilitate the means of getting away the slaves from our islands; but it was very unhealthy, and the nem bore of females were spsedily diminished. Numbers of slaves, however, from the islands, were transferred to its pestiferous marshes, Leave was given to bring in , a Bill to explain the Acts par ticularly concerning Demerara and Surinam. The Bill was brought up and read a first time.—Adjourned till Monday. AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR MARCH. Tie continuance of wet and variable weather has bad an. favourable fleets on oold and wet soils, where the operations of husberatry are in consequence backward, and the spring sowing utll be late. Bean sawing was for some ttme sus pended, it being impossible to work the land, and water standing on those already put in. Acenial April may yet recover the thin_planted and sickly Pxl.eats, and , improve them, as has often happened into the heaviest crops. Opposite reports, fortunately, are received from the most leeward and beat cultivated Corn districu, where the Wheats have a pro. rinsing appearance, and the spring culture has been forward; Beans, Psas, Oats, and Barley, being well above the pround. Never a more plentiful Turnip and Potatoe season; the fine quality of the latter lias helped much to economise the stock of Bread Corn. The alarming pragress of the rot in sheep has at least had one good effect—that of inducing persous unacestomed to such excellent practice, to draw their Turnips from theiwater sodden soil, and to feed their sheep upon a dry layer. It may be relied on, that the periodical rot in sheep ander .which the nation suffers, mialit be, with great propriety and little exception, termed periodical want ,'rare. Lambing has become general, • with variouesaccess, from the state of the weather. THE SABBATH AT OTAHEITE.—MT.TOfiInfId Ha sal, of Parmetta, New South Wales, gives, in a letter to a friend in London, the following description of the strict observance of the Christian liabhath, at Otaheite.—" When my friend, Mr. Cook, witirhis family, arrived on the coast of Otaheite, in the ht ig Active, they were much surprised that not a single na tive could be seen all along the shore as the vessel sailed; nor could they perceive any smoke arising (turn their dwell. logs. •Tiris excited in the mind of Mr. Cook and others a painful stispcion that the island had been subdued, and 01l the inhabitants cutoff in the wars. In the midst of this agi tation of mind, one of the sailors, an Otalreitan, who left Port Jackson in the Active, obeerved, that the natives were keep ing the sabbath day—that of late they did no kind of work— nur cooked airy kind of victuals—nor went out of their houses, except to worship God — and that the whole of the darss:ts employed either in religions worship, or in teaching one another to read.. ht length, the vessel came to anchor in Alatavaia bay: but not a native made his appearance until Monde) , iteir:iing, when great anodises repaired to the brig, bringing with them their usual testimonies of hospitality, of nit and food of all kinds, with other presents of cloth, &c. &r. being highly pleased and thankful to God, that he bad sent another teatime among them; and thus fully satisfying all on board that they hail been obserthiz the Sabbath, as before expressed. • A grand seizure har, been made by Mr. P. Nie dle, B,a rviier at- the Custom :louse, Soothooptioi. 'f weti ty-fi ve I-a t ' ,is ; which had been consigned to the•care of Messrs. Le• Fen% le, . and entered as containing 11,41 . 11% - afe, were .Nipped on 'board the Rose, Captain Gruchv, for Jersey. ChAlliilld• initiation, however, by the officer, eighteen of them were found to contain 900 arweres, tit tnr• cavalry, and the other seven, locks anditerews in the finest order: Their value is estimated at fell 1,2001. hallof which goes to the utlicer. It is %Pipormed thry wet:. drstitunt ! . ts r : malt America. • James Cob bet anti Groi ge 1V iikin, for tit tailor forged baelt n o t e s, were executed ea Vritlay week at ; t h ey denied tostie last k lio w mg the notes Wt•fe (urged, stativg they tuck Virile of* person at Redbotith fair. APR t REVIEW OF LIT'ERAITURE. Oluernations on the Stale of Ireland, principally directed to its Agricultural and Rural Population ; irs a Series of Letters, written on a 'four through , that Cd unify. By J. C. CURIVEN, Esq. M.P.—Two Vora. D3yo. Mr. Curwen proceeds from Donaghadee td Belfast, thence to Derry and Limerick, viewing the Giant's Causeway, and then to the beautiful Lakes of Killer. nev. We find that it is impracticable to follow the Author in this route, embracing, of course, eo many descriptions and local observations, which can only be appreciated and understood by a general perusal of the work; and, at the same time, we apprehend, we shall render Mr. C. more stitstantial senrice by merely quot. ing those passages which are of a general nature, and which prove the Author to entertain the most liberal and enlightened sentiments upon important sub. jects of national concern, as the fairest specimen of the qualifications he possesses to elucidate the state of the country and people that he his visited. In alluding to the different manner in which the Sabbath is observed in the two countsies. Scotland and Ireland, he observes— " When we consider how great is that prcportlon of man kind, who rise every day, with the exception of one in each week, to labour, in order to live—to whom, resting from suck labour is partaking the greatest of luxuries—how must this indulgent day of rest be hailed and welcomed? How many of these laborious individuals have no o th er opportunity of even witnessing the presence of the glorious sun--of indulg ing io the absorption of his genial rays—of inhaling the pure • revivifying air, by the wonted exercise of their limbs—of ...reciprocating in the tender intercourse of childreu—of near And dear relations and friends—of participating in. the dis charge of those .natural claims on the heart, and the moder ate pleasures to which their virtuous lives so tally entitle them—all of which can only be permitted and enjoyed by the retina. of this all-hallowed and delightful day! After the prescribed duties of the sabbath are religiously performed, I cannot censure, much less interdict, the application of those few hours of exemption from perpetual toil, to the honest gra tification of feelings—the birth-right of a free people—as • eornmendable in their nature as they are worthy of social beings; when partaken with decency, temperance, and mo deration; especially by those whose lot, when compared with that of their superiors, commands on this. occasion peculiar respect. On the other baud, I cannot approve of the sale bath's being wade subservient to pleasure, capable of being equally well pursued on every less exceptionable day in the week. I should do great injustice to my own appreciation of this sacred day, were J to close these animadversions without expressing how.much I feel the culpability of those indivt.. duals who, io disregarding the violation of it iii themselves, compel the irreverence and profanation of it also in their de pendents. By those who are the arbiters of their own time— irho labor not to live, to whem.the indulgence of rest becomes slavery—the gratification of pleasure satiety, and with w ho m Lasufry pursuits appals I—what excuse can be urged—what flea sufficient to insure a verdict of not guilty?" There is much-truth and real sense in these remarks, withotst bigotry on the one hand, or indifference on the other; and we must agree with him in equally repro. bating the spirit of superstition, which would deprive many of the labouring class of necessary enjoyment and recreation, and the allowance of pleasures whit.h have a strong tendency to abolish all recollection of the origin and proper duties of the Sabbath. 1 There is an interesting account (Vol. I. p. 233.) of an Institution at Londonderry, called " The Charitable Loan Society," the object of which is to lend to the poor small sums of money, not exceeding Five Pounds, free of interest, to be repaid by weekly instalments•of sixpence in each pound, cn the t.ecurity of the persons recommending .the applicant. This plan has been very successful, and we think it admirably adapted for any town or district that is not too large ; it deserves to be known, as there are many places in England where it might be practised with great beneEt. Mr. C. rcaes some sound observations on the best means.cf employ no the people At present agriculture forms the principal occupation of the great mass of the population of Ireland, which increases so rapidly, that there exists azreat want of einplov—tending of course to produce many evils, both. mural and political. The question then arises how the mischief is to he prevented —and whether the manufacturing-system would effect it. Our Author says, " Certainly not ;?sazd we are of the same opinion. He allows that "if tulantiGfaturie: of cotton and woollen were judiciously established in ap propriate places," employment • might be given to a vast number of children and admits, but he adds : " Pleasing as the contemplation of so 11111(11 p , slitical good may he, yet, when it is regarded by the eye of the moral.st, it way, by possibility, he seen in le.bB at traetis e colours, Un• questionably, manufacture: would primitive profitable la hos r —profitable labone would create wealtli••••WViliti s Cants; yet these might generate vicious habits, to the rit• • struction of till the true Itlicines The sacrifice cf dot estichappiness io the talons may be the pike of film clotlres for children ; or, iu tither words, the .t!plication of wants, though justified by.,ringiutint est e timings, is Ill) seen ide for the uninterrupted coctionianee of that sins es ity of ailectiou which now liklatens the stii,ery or. the wit stinti unto, by a part lei patitsii iii the wreicheiluess endured. the expos ed cuttier rut the bog, unsheltered and tinposstseed of eons forts when at helve, partakes more of the substantial blessings ji,e w ell protected, well appointed artisan in the City with treble his ear gs. The former is tar removed lions ►hr cambial:9es, winch are closely ,irepesuling over the bead of the tants.: and scliess.abose to.ssisish Ire oi,olousei. oils Shit:aro or assail Use r be boil:atter pro vid e d, by heumg await. of their uppauneh. Glompare the iiisbtlaing, happy , uretstoi, esiating poly au . her wretched cabin, with tne. Weir- Mlii