The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-11-09 00:00:00

r lIPPr N111M... m we at all. But when he had changed that aWs Le had stated it fairly and openly to the House. ye tleoight it his duty so to do, on that most import as"winous, and in his consc.ence, hr believed, most f ea t measure. Ali they could hope then, was, that i t might be thrown out on the thirst reading. He b,,ed he stood fairly before the House ; the attack on was peculiarly distressing and acute, coming from the quarter it dial. For he thought that the long au , i .ealettisee w hich that Noble Lord had with hi s cha rater. should have protected him from so unjust and asrerons an as cusation. Lord LAUDERDALE said, that he felt it necessary ' so make a few observations in the way of reply. If he I t h ou ght tha: Noble Lord could conceive that he m eet the sli.4litest personal attack on his character, i• would este him the utmost possible uneasiness.— Yet the expressions he made use of were such as were e.rstantly used, and he met the question in the manner ,„ rthi II All such Parliamentary acts were usually met. 11, ' em ail repeat that he had a right to defeat Paths sestary Address by the same menus, and he should 4 ", w heeler might be the opinion of Isis Noble friends. The Earl of LIVERPOOL begged permission to 1.. r r. rds, in consequence of the observations ..w e l t hail fallen from the Noble Earl opposite (Grey). lir &old mt have thought it necessary to do so had h r , at a pparently been particularly alluded to. He „ le y f a irly ask, whether in the whole course of the I ,,,, we i s aghe could be justly accused of holding out a,.y ee rtation which he had not realized. (Hear, hen, treat the ministerial benches.) He might have stated. and very properly, as he conceived, that re Nuhle Lord was bound to vote fur the third o olisg who had voted for the second ; be rme the question would still remain open.— He Lad distinctly stated that iu his jutlg inert the Preamble had been proved. And he per fectly agreed, that if any. Noble Lord had voted for Coe second reading ander an impression that import-, ant alterations would be wade, and those altera ti .rs were not made, he might very properly vote azainst the third reading. With respect to the Clause of ifirorce, he would fearlessly ask whether any part of hip coodect could be justly marked with the term tr:a or mancruvre ? He most distinctly stated in the outset, that the object of that Clause was nut the 'Mein( the King, but the cure of an evil of State, 'apposing the adultery to be proved. He had also stated, that although in his opinion the Clause of Divorce was a necessary consequence of the proof of s l ithery, yet if the religious scruples of those who mu best informed on that part of the suhject, should lees strong as to create a considerable opposition, be amid yield to those scruples and consent to withdraw Me Clime; and upon that pledge he had yesterday "Meg fur its rejection. 11'hetlier, in giving that pledge mildiat vote, he was right or wrong, it was not for MINK but for others to determine; but he contended, +, dew man had a right to impute to hint any improper win in the vote he had given; anal he appealed to their Lordships whether Isis conduct had not been fair sal explicit throughout.—(Cheers from the Ministerial 7! ikahn.) '' Lard ELIFSBOR01:611 agreed in opinion with the galls Earl, that malty Noble Lords might have "MI iree the 'midrib's of the Divorce Clause on Pounds very different from religious motives; and teastlaently might cons. ieotiously vote for the third tending. lint be considered it perfectly clear, that Use who had voted against it, from religious motives, were bound to oppose the third reading ; and he took it to be perfectly clear, that the staying away, to avoid • .thug, would not excuse them ; (Hear, hear), fur he, who, by his presence, might have prevented the commission of a crime, becomes, by his wilful oh ace, a party to its commispion.—(Cheers.) Lord CALI lIOIU'E agreed in opinion with the Noble Lord who bad spoken last. No one woold sup pose, that lie, who was in general, an opposer 4.:( the ' bosensuient, would now become its advocate; let, in imtiee to the members of that Govern ago, he thought it fart fair to observe, lie con ceived they were perfectly warranted, in the line of conduct they haul taken yesterday. Nothing meld be more becoming in a Minister, than when observed a previous. impression of his own, opposed by the opinion of the most respectable and enlightened part of toe community, to yield to that opinion. —(Hear, hear.)—Something too was slue to public opinion; and be could not but consider the vote given yesterday by the members of the Government, any thing but a proper 'egression to the religious scruples of the Bishops.— (Near, hear, frost. the Ministerial Benches.) The Earl of 1/ONOUtfILMORE considered the whole of this conversation as highly irregular.— Re pet it to the House whether the whole conversa ibm bed not been a kind of admonition to the reverend pm.ai who voted the o her day, upon the conscien noes rote which they were bound to give to-morrow. Mat they Lad given no pledge whatever to the House either upon the subject of the preamble or any thing else connected with the Bill. They had given the rem 11 , 11, of their votes upon all the stages through which it had passed, and they had also mentioned the pus tibility of alterations being made, but they had given no pledge whatever as to the votes they should here after give. The Noble Lord here complained of the little attention which their Lordships paid to his Illifecit, and declared that be did not assume to him self any consequence in that House; yet he conducted himself towards others with decency, and he expected 'that their Lordships conduct would be decent towards hint. lie had spoken his admiration of the conduct g his Majesty's Ministers upon a previous question. And he had thought it impossible that any thing t:.e :Noble Earl (Lord Liverpool) could do would slacrease the respect which he entertained for him. Bat the conduct of that Noble Earl front the begin "tug ta the end of these proceedings. had greatly tended to increase the high opinion he had formed. :their forolsidi a bad seen the ingenuous workings of .his mind front the beginning to the end, and the con stant care with whieb he had pursued the ends of Aulice.—(Hear, bear.) The LORD CHANCELLOR considered the irre plat conversation which had taken place, to be an inproper canvassing for votes upon the decision to watch their Lordships would have to come to-utorrow. fis on ed in respet t. aad in sincere ►espect to himself, in respect to the House, and in respect to the 'sentry, is consequence of u hat had fallen from a Noble Li near him, to say, that he never had gasped, nor Ire; wvtld stoop to the unworthy 'Mike of TH endeavouring to caret ant Bill against his convic- I lion and principle. Ile Intd not said one *ors during the whole proceedings respecting the Pena!ties o il the Bill or it enactments, as to the ps 4 wer of the House to mollify it, or not to modify it. With res• peel to his vote of yesterday, he thought himself hound in honour to vote as he had done hf I whirls had been made in an early stage of the pro..eoling, anal to which he knew himself to have tern considered a party. He had been further hi de.. it to give that vote in consequence of the reli %erupts.' whirls some persons most conscientiously held, although he thought such religious scruples altolrether without four lation. He hail no doubt upon his mind, when he stated that the clause was mist clearly justified by every 1.55... of %..ripture and of the count r y. Il e • had been fully satisfied that if the Bill passed at all, the Divorce Clause ought to stand as a part of it. The Duke of HAMILTON said, that part of the Preamble which cont.sinell the words dis4raceful and adulterous intercourse was not warranted by the evidence. Ile haul the greatest objections to the words " adulterous intercourse" remaining: and although he found it would be irregular to enter into any discussion upon the preamble in general, until the third reading, he would for the present waive entering into the num/Tuns objectives which he entertained. It was his intention to move that the words "adulterous intercourse" be left out. anal, as a consequence, that the clause which followed containing the penalties should be left out also. Be should pursue this course because he conceived that adultery haul not been legally, clearly, and des 1111 l ssira lively Proved. For the present he stimuli limit himself to the words "adulterous intercourse." Lord LAUDF:IIDALE thought the object of his No ble Friend would be attained by confining his amend. meat to the word " adulterous. - If " intercourse" were left out, then "disgraceful" would stand without any application. The Amendment was then put and ne. , atived. Lord LAU DE:t DALE •e.l„ that the words im mediately following. " which eiontinoteol for a lung period of time during her Hord residence abroad, - eli uld be left out. The case was not . proveol during the whole time, and the words he ohjecteol to would Ise calenl a ted to pr.ooluce all errotteott• impression. Lord LlVEllibin IL certainly thomzlot the passage subject to ambiguities in the construction of its mean ing. But hr considered its real sense to have been borne out in the evidence. The LORI) CHANCELLOR. apprehended that when a course of adulterous inte.cour , e w.im charged, it was not necessary to specify time and places. If a single act of adultery was then time and place wust be specified. Lord LIVERPOOL said, it hail jit.t °retired to him that the words " fur a long period of time" should be retained, and the sub-eiptent words, " during her Royal Highness's resiileAce abroad" left out. Lord LAUDERDALE would withdraw his amend no•ot. and adopt that of his Noble Friend. hut mom• mended him to insert after the word " during" the words " a part of." Lord HARROWDY thought it desirable that the adultery should be specified ss having bee* committed abroad, becanse nothing had been charged as haring taken place in England. He thought the mention of a part of the time of her Royal Highness's residence abroad, would answer every purpose. The LORD CIiANCELIiAiK asked if he Ir2S to un ieritand the auirwhnent of Lord Lauderdale altoge ther. Lord FITZWILLIAM thought it w•mtll he a great injustice to her Majesty to include any other tim,• than the year 115 17, to which the charges had been entirely confined. Lord CARNA lIVON spoke at first in so low a tone as to be inaudible below the liar. We understood his Lordship to speak upon the in:•xpedieney of the Hill. If the imputed adultery had been committed abroad with a foreigner, and was not amenable to the law of the land, where was the necessity fur such a Bill as this ? But after her Majesty had refused fifty thousand pounds a year of the public money, were their Lordships to declare her conduct to have brought public scandal and dishonour upon the country ? He moved, as an amendment, that, " her Majesty having rejected the sum of .50,ll0tti. per annum, and the proffered honour of both Douses of Parlia ment, had brought great disgrace and dishonour on the Royal family." This amendment was put and rejected. Lord KIM; then moved, " that all those persons who had in any manner bren implicated, to concerned in the ►Milan Commission, should be hereafter de clared unworthy and incapable of holding any place or situation whatever, under the go►ermmcnt of this country. This amendment was also put and negatived. Lord KENYON then rose, and said, he could not omit that opportunity of expressing his opinion, on that most extraordinary, and unchristian proceeding. It gave bins great surprise and pain, that, amongst the the Right Her. Prelates, the re shoubl hr a difference of opinion on such a subject. He much feared that it would tend to lower that Rev. Bench, most materially, in the public estimation. lie could nut be induced to think, that any question of material expediency should be carried, in opposition to the principles of religion. It had been said in the (impel " that he that puteth away his wife, except for the crime of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery." And the same construction which he put on that pas sage, had been put on it by some of the higher audio rities--authorities as high as any in that Re verend Bench. It was according to the prin ciples and dictates of religion that lie eoverned his public duties, and it was in pursuance of these prin ciples that he begged leave to move the following amendment, that all those words after —wig of them, he omitted. Our readers will understand by this amendment, that his Lordship wished to exclude the whole of the Divorce clause. This amendment was put and negatived, on which the LORD CHANCELLOR read the Report of the Bill at delivered from the Committee, which was car ried without a division. Tne House then adjourned at twelve o'Lleek, to to morrow morning at tea. STA TFAlli [AN. ILIVERPGOI. LOGIC. " What thee was to be inferred, but that it was not the pr.•rection of u rein which her Royal /lighness.irquired, but the protection of iirryoute !"—Lord Li% caroot.'s Speech. My Lords, she did not wont a man I say she wanted Uergatni : lla is no man,--well. erre, lamb They did commit adultery. DRURY LINE THILITRE. Mt. COOPalt. the nee , lan at ibis theatre, is improving the stlyantage t afghis Romeo gained. and progressively tising In the estimation of the theatrical world. On Tuesday he played Meseta Gleitroy, with as much effect as could be produced in that character. We know nut fur what reason it was selected by hum to follow the pattern of all 1(m:rot, Romeo, and to precede the most jealous and revengeful of all husbands, which he played last night, unless ftir the purpose oh chewing that his talents were versatile as well as power. ful. flit Othello, being by far the most difiicult, is in an equal degree his taint imperfect pertormance. Yet it is one jai which he evinces more genius than in either. The third act W2l lint Only givcii in 3 powerful au., effec tive manner, but with a considerable Shirr 4.1 i Origin:Ally. The fifth was not so uniformly well suppoited as any other part of the play. The whole was tete much ap plantleil. Hoorn was the taro, And we ran say nothing' more titan that it nes as good as usual ; that is suffi cient to indicate its great merit. lliss l'HeicrElt, who MAW out as Pudica, last season, played Pradersumu with a sweetness and interest quite ripul to any thing ut which the character is susceptible. The passages in this play, which hail, on former occasions, ecciteil the svnipathy of the anilience, as coinciding a tilt the ilition of the Queen, were last ni4 lit applauded with more than usual enthusiasm. COl - 1: .1 . 1' 6.111111.7. V 771 P. 1171 P. Some of Sot s st:E's I' Airs have worn ant their power to please the lastislions taste of ilie present age. The ttttt edy of Errors was one of these. .11131 the charm of song, was called to aid its Peery body knows what a feast its prodoction in the form 1.1 . 3 I spera present ed, and how eagerly it was sotiglit throngliont the last season. Twelfth although containing more of the legitimate character of Comedy, wis yet too barren of incident, plot, and interest, to ref till a fast hold upon the public attention. It did not so regular a 4 03 W 111111 of amusement 34 the Stage is expected to supply, and we were in great danger of the gradual. but eventual loss of our old friends, Sir T3. l fy BdeA. and Sir ;harem. .-1 4 , fli.cht-k. They are, however, rescued frosts the sort of II;11f bank, •nt to which thry were consigned, and being placed cm a flesh ermi sill, they stand forward relieved, and seemingly retouched, since their partial absence. In short, I'reelph has, like the l'otnesly of Errors, been metamorphosed to all Opera, a! nding with the most rhariiiing selection of music, from the best composers in the old as well as modern schools. It is 41..41 hrought ont with the most selemlid display of scenery that ever graced the stage. Miss TREE, as ging.. for her, we fear, too much ; hut so sweetly that it is not half enough for licr hearers. But the manner in which she played the character adds more to her tame than even her enclianticg toitrs ; fur they had already placed her in the first rank of her pro fession. Some parts of her performance were greeted with continued peals of applause. Miss liasesfs sang with great sweetness; but we were sorry to find hyr not quite perfect in some of her songs. She must &Neste much time to study, or she will slot only not raise herself in the opinion of the musical world, bet she will find difficulty in retaining the station to which its favour has already elev Ord her. Ihr old representatives of the other characters exerted them selves ma as to excite continual usi rth. F. 4111111 4 .4 Ma ' eb b ') was excellent; particularly the reading of the letter. CIVIC CER EMO.V I ES. Yesterday, according to annual custom, the Right lion. the Lord Mayor, the Lord Mayor Elect. Sheriffs, Recorder, and several Aldermen. attended by the City Marshals, Marshals'-man, bve. went in pro..ession from the Mansion to litaildhall, where the new L o ral Mayor was sworn into other for the City of London with the accustomed formalities: after which the two Lord Mayors returned in the State Coach to the iMan.ion House, where a banquet, technically termed the " Farewel Dinner, - was provided at the joint expense of the Court of Aldermen, the City Of. licers, &e. We untlervtand that all the Cabinet Ministers have declined honouring the llvie Feast with their presence; but that the Lord Mayor anal Sheriffs ate to be com pensated for this disanbititment by t h e presence of Earl tirey, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Erskine, Lord Carnarvon, and the most distinguished Members of Opposition belonging to b o th Houses of P a rli a m e nt, who are determined to manifest their high sense of th; highly consistent and respectable political conduct of the present Lord Mayor and Sheriffs. This is as it should be; and we apprehend that no regret will he experienced under present circumstances, by the Auholtution of those Noblemen and lientletnen in the place of his Majesty's Ministers. Among the foreigners of distinction invited to the Lord Mayor's Dinner, the fo:lowing have been men tioned :—Countess Oltli, Madame Vassali, Cavalier ‘'assali, Cavalier Pischi, C mutant 3lolinaria, Dr. Serotit, Margurss Andrew Antaldi, Martinets Carleoni Antaltli, Colonel Olivieri, Prince of Escalano and lio logtta, Cavalier Moretti. Alartpiess I Rv the death of 31r. Deputy nudist-, mentioned in our paper yesterday, Samuel Thorp, Esq., the new Lord Mayor's father, has lissome Father of the Cor poration of London. The late Mr. Pindar, at the time. of hi. death. hail been s:i years a member of the Com mon Connell, and the Lord Mayor's father has now been -16 years a member of ti,e same Court. The year's sale of The Observer, from Novem ber 14, 1,09, to November 3, 1921.1, was 936,724 copies, exclusive of Four Supplementary Sheets, making an average sale of upwards of Eighteen oisand papers each Sunday. It may not be wholly uninteresting for the rea der to know, that the amount paid to the revenue for 936,724 stamp., was no less a sum than £12,490, independent of the eseise spun 1 573 reams of paper, at three pence each pound weight. and the duty of three shillings and sixpence upon every ad vertisement, making a total sum contributed to the ' Revenue by The Observer Journal, in one year, ! of about Fifteen Thousand Pounds, and that fur only fifty-two publicatio::s. -'T" • SPORrima iNrsci rogAvci. NEWMA NOVEMREft MEETING; iVeowitso•Y; Nov• S; 1948. Mr. Pnynr's Pandas. est! beet Mt lio•verles Rugby, ist. Ab. At. 100 as; . 7 to Bmsby—Woo by • length. A flobv-riotion Handicap Plate of MC for 3-yr-olds dad upwards. Ab. Mr. Creek ford's eh. e. ftrolus. 4 Oa old. 140: Sit t : Punbory's hr. e. by !Sommer. 11 yes old. ht. IYIb * Ai r . yam ditrrt a br. h. Slim. 3 vrs old DO. 411 4r. itesb's b. m. Kr or, . rrs (rid. Bat. fllb Mr. Likes f. tfoftia. $ yrs old, fat. lnt adeo. Gross ell.lleli vu. f. Mee Rail, f yrs obi. 7st. *lb.— Al,. Wyedlmm's h. r. kabi (food, 3 old, 7st. Mb. yrs cote, 74. Mr. N. H. Smith's ch. Ferintors. 311. 7.0. 715 Duke of Gra flon's b. c. erfrly.n. 3 yrs °lst est. 131'j Only 4to I aysl Slits-3 to l apt Romp—! to I spit -- 8 to I spit IIrNW-3 to I amt Sir C. !Nobly% 's hr. c. - 9 to 1 age! Ituusl—itiu I Nast Fersonorz—Won 6) a lir. 130.firrtir't Pittibtr. 13Ib. brat the Ditbe of lira 14)8'st:saws. *I. 3thys emit —Even betting.- Huu a !earls. _ . CONEWITORY Cala, I iocri,RS' COMMONS, Not. 4, —nem- Pr4 . 1410N OV THE ''%TENT car/iv l'.\b►. This important and novel proceeding, which bad heed argued at great !yowl, on a former day, came nu for judgment before Sir William Scott this warning. It was a suit brought by joins Gilbert, parishioner of St. Andrew, llolb are, against John H a avrard and Willieid Royer, Churchwardens, fur the °dance of obstructing the interment of his wife, Mary Uilbert. Alter stating in snbstancr the crinsinisting articles, and the defensive allegation, the learned .lodge proceeded in a long and elaborate speech to deliver the opinion of the Court, on the . gdeetion off right which had been snhntitted for its decision. Sir William first took a view of the different modes of disposing of the remains of the dead, recorded in history. and then canoe to consider the argument re lative to particular coffins. The argument that rests the right of admission for particular coffins upon the naked right of the parishioner to he buried in his Church yard. seemed, the Learned Judge observed. rather to stop short of what is regrinds' to he prZved, the right of being buried in a done chest or trunk of any material, metallic or other, that his 'aerator* think fit. With respect to the differ euce in the duration of the coffins of wood and coffins of iron, it was, said the Learned Judge, the fault of 'lie party complainant. if being left by him to judge of this matter, it ithont sufficient information, I jutilgr ass,i" , iu holding. Ilia coffins of iron are snitch wore, pertly.* doubly more durable than those of wood. lie then went on to thew that all contrivances that, whether intentionally ur not, prolong the time of dissolution beyond the perio I at which common local usage ha .1 fixed it, is an act or itipistice, sinless compensated ill one wity or other. It, therefore, these iron coffins are to bring additional charges upon parishes, they ought to bring with them a propoitionate compen sation ; upon all common principles of estimated value. one must par for the longer lease whic!i yon usually take of the ground. At the tati,. time parishes are not left to carve for themselves in imposing rites ; they are submitted to the examina tion of the Eeriesiastical Magistrate, the Ordinary. " in remains only," added the Learned Judge, " that I should direct thr parish to exhibit a table of burial f , es for toe consideration of the Ordinary. I would r-conimonit, in the mean time, that the-body should he cummittoit .0 the grave withont farther obstruction. pr •- judice to the present question, or to the rights of t'se parish. No prohibitory resolntions existed at the time of the death; and 1 willingly hay hold of that eirenm stitsce to recommend a measure of peace to the living .ind to the shall admit affidarits to brought in on both sides, before the tables of hnrial fees. W ARWICK‘PIIRE ELECTIOV.—StAte O r the 6th 1.12:3 Poll at 3 o clock :-- Lawler. 1 1 03. Tctil 1906. I Spooner. 110. I Total 7.5.6. State of the 7th Days' Poll : Spooner... .166 I Lowlety.... 110 I Maj.)rlty . • ov. i.—This contest seems now to de unexpe, teclly about to close, as it is generally understood the poll will end this evening. The case is expected to yo 10.- fore a Committee of the Howe, upon a question of right as to the Coventry voters. If that right be established, Mr. Spooner would take his seat, not withstanding Mr. Lau ley's return. Mr. Spooner's friends state. that he had upwards of r(t10 uulrulled voters in Ilirminorloam alone, and miny htu;dred s more in different parts of the country; but that con fident of ultimate success, be will Beeline giving his friends further trouble. The notinhers when this report left the hustings yesterday. a? :1 &rind:, were-- Mr. Spooner, 91S Tie Coventry votes. 1.331 i I Total. *CU& Mr. Lawley . . . . . . . . . load Snlinoutli is srriuu• . iy indisposed at his house In l'lifford•street. Mr. John 1411e,0f Rl?limand, produced in the market of Saturday last, for sale, a Scotch yalt!,age, weighing 471 h. and covering a space of five feet. The present season has been one particularly re markable for the production of potatoes of an extraur• dinary size. In addition to the numerous instances lately noticed, we have to state, that a few daring° a potatoe, of the species cal!ed Highland Early. weigh ing 11b. I 2oz. and measuring 24 inches in circuutfei enc.. was dug up in a field belonging to Mr. John Parkin, of Whitrig, near !lowness. Last week 31r. John Farlam, of Border, Holm Col , train, to.ik up a potato?, of the sixties Killacratsky, !which weighed .11b. I by far the largest that has hitherto come under our etigniaanee. A1.1C)11N11/ Rees.--3ionday night, about eleven o'clock, a fire br .ke out at Mr. Ruttier's, in Artillery lane, Bermondsey-street, which completely destroyed the same. And about one o'clock ye,terilay inortiing, a very destructive lire was discovered at the Cock and ' 31agnie, in the same neighbonr:.ood, by which that house and the adjoining cue (a clicesem.ingers) were very rapidly consumed, and it 11/45 with the greatest ditficulty several people effected their escape by means of the windows. Hall it nut been for the well-tinted exertions of the firemen, it must hare communiy oted to a tallow-m.lter's w!iich would have threatened Ile- ' struction to a large portion of the adjoining houses. IWe are 'miry to state that an lives were lo.r. COEN EXCHANGE, Nov. 9.—The price of Flour liacir . g , keen lowered :is. per sack at the close of Alonday s'• !market, occasioned very heavy sale for wheat this intern ;lag, of which Article a considerable triantity remained over from Mou.lay's supply; and altlionh an altatem«nt !would have been +Audited to 2s. per quarter, scarce Any I could be disposed of except a few piekcit sampler at the !above decline. Fine Barley at Is. per Quarter lower than at the early part of Monday's marker. the supply ' being tolerably large, aid the interior samples we r e 2, 11 . • tprerraion. ta t utarter. c heaper. Oats were doll see. and one la. Q w per AArter lower. In Beaus rod Peas there is no al. _ ,i