The National Register. — London, England, 1819-03-21 00:00:00

1~ ~ _,. Minperiat -4)artiair.tnt. 7 itoust.: in , LORDS. ItONDAY, 741 All.;11 13. i'muttrit Stertrens' Bri t.—Lard 'taxi) rnovzd order of the day for the Howe ,gaing into a Commit -I,e on this Bill. Ile considered it urinecessay to trouble the !loose with many observations on the mtrtit; of the Hal, hair previously exhausted every topic is su;port of it. The Ncide I .ord confined himself to the statement of two facts which preyed Cie general utility of tie measure. At a Meeting in St. (*.lles's. rctition against the Bill, one etthe company suggestcd, that platy ought to make a trial of ti,e machine before they opposed it. The trial Ives made. and th'y were so wet c o w:in.-ea of its milt ti., that inste , :d of petitinnirg against it, they signed a petition for the adoption of it. In the set-orel instance. the Speaker of the lionise of Commons havim.., directed the housekeeper to try the machine in sweeping the e! bus' he found that it would !mower tot nineteen out of axty-ane. The housekeeper. however, per r.....veret; in the application, and at last was enabled to sweep sixty out of the sixty-olio. The chimney which could not be swept, will be altered, and the whole of the chimneys may then be swept with the nutehine. The Noble lord concluded by moving the ethwitittal of the. Bill. Futi of L NUDEIIIIALE opposed the Bill, on the ground that it would he dangeients to dispense with the cnvices of climb ing hogs. Co , met tit:Thenson, a person of known scivnee and judgment, h:ai teporeed the boractteability of proceeding to the immediate use of the ma hint. and the House ought to be go verned by the report of such a man, ruler than false notions of humanity. Ile was convin-ed the humanity professes' for the climbing boys would be inhumanity to the public at large, who would sufK:r by an Menu*? of fires in the :Metropolis. Ile 311014 The 11111 be committed this day six months." The Earl of H annow ev supported the The Rouse then die ided on the question fur the Cortnnittee.— Thc numbers were— 20 ... 57 C.mttnts Not Contents M4ority against the Committee Lord LAUDERDALE'S amendment was then carried. and the Dill thrown out foe the pricent Session.—Adjourned. TVE 41/A V. ,1 MICH I I; A number of Petitions were presented from various parts agiunst The Itsoivent Debtors' Act. ' t.ord Rossi. presented a Petition from the inhabitants of Dysart against equalization of Coal Duties. The Earl of La VEltt.ool. said, that it wet not the intention or Covernment to sutport any measure tor the equ.dization ut Coal INit:es. I.ord SID:N(01:T , T moved the second reading of the Alien Bill, arid rennaded the House that it conaiaft the clause inserted in the late Bill, namely a clause to suspend for another year the right of persons to naturalization who may vest money in the Lank of Scotland. Tile Earl of LAUDIMDALL called upon Ministers not to press the Bill upon the House before it was printed. and moved an ametiment. His motion was, that the Bill be read a second time on Thursday, instead of tl.at day. Tice Eai of 11. in ROWDY Mprinted the n o tion for tlie original reading, as tudvell by Lord Sidinutith. The House then divided on the original question. Contents 1• • Not Contents, 6. The amendment was consequently nega tived, and the Bill rest a second time.—Adjourned. ii/CDNi3I)AY, M,%11(.11 17. I.ord 110I.I.AND presented a Petition nom the Mayor arrd In habitant's of the Tnwn of ttcdtorl, c. Ming upon the noose to re via: the Criminal Code. The in their statement of Cie evil arising from excess of punishments, enuineratt.l not leer than 9.500 venlicts of guilty found in the course of a year. Viscount Sin3tourir considered that representation a gross e\aggeratior. however.. he did riA oira any opposition to the Petition, which was laid on the tatile. THURSDAY, MARCH IS. The Mutiny Bill went through a Catumittee, std was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. CONVENTION WITII Earl of DAHNTEY asktd *holier it was the inwn:ion of Noble Earl (Liverpool) to make any specific motion on the subject of the Treaty con. between his Majesty and the United States of America. The Earl of Ltveiteool said, it was not his intention to ntslie any motion respecting the Treaty.—Adjoutned. YRII3AV, MARCH ;9. Mtit'qir Bill was read a third time, and prifiged. On etc motion of the Earl of Sun► si easc k v, the Committee oa the Poor Laos .Itit,ndment Bill was yuxtponed to 'lutaday L:).e.—Adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF C031M0N.3. 51014rDAY, MARCH 15. - INiortvENT DENTOues A e7'.S.ir J. Go alialn ptteented a PltlD.tt, 114111C11 19. Petition from New Credos, signed by about 400 persons, against I noel Arcerows.—A retillllll Via, presented from Bath, the Insolvent Debtors' Act. Upwards of too of the Petitioners p ti ra m y s. ing the adoption of some measure to suppress Mock Auc stsied, that they had been iniiirt , ti by this law ; and if it were to be renewed, they therenire &sped that it would undergo some 3lv. Alderman Warrnstarr asked, whether it was the inten- Very material alterations and improvements. bead, laid metered don of Gevernment to bring in a hill to put down those great to bu printed. evils, Mock Auctions. Some communication on the subject woulu Mr. littauist presented a similar Petition from Hull. Or tend to set the minds of %est numbers of era urea at NA. shred to he tin the table. 31r. LVTIITICGION replied, that if a Bill were introduced, Mr. W. COritTENAT presented a P.c.ition from Exeter, without the objections collision! in the measure cf last year, it against any change of the Coal Duties. w o uld receive the sup port of GOVernminit. Mr. H. S r 3IN eu stated , that he had already received several petition nrdeed to I ce •no th e .table. retidm h P r * ..a ir t° be relieved froth certain tidies on coals; New COAL. DllTY.—Petttioas were resei,tas: (mm oswestry • that he cap _et 1,1 inau y' ut a ,huilar tendency. and that he should and Newywirt, Salop, against any alteration of the Coal Dutie s . rat bring forward his . Motion respecting this. subject until after Lied Fetweireorte said, nuts.there was such a ferment in Laster. many parts of the country on this subject, that he thought a more Sir 11. Wirsow moved the order of the day for continuing the definite surainunicatinn resettling the intentions 01 . Goveuinient imisitigatido On the stiliket of 31r. Quin. was tory desirabees • t limb • Mn tiooto and Mr. ttoseh were vitamin d. Sir IL Wilson r,..,verl that the further consideration of the petition be !•djourniti he eiviild net be more' definite than he' had already been. His to Thursday sc'unieat. This was put and monied. Adjourned. orietion tele, that it woislii.neither, b. beneficial retie expedient to, Ti..7pitii.sw, stAitt:Ll tfi. make: any alteration in the Curd Duties at tl.e present titre. INscit.Wrict Draroas.—The Attorney .(leeeral moved for a Petitions ordered to lie on the table. Ciimalittee to enquire into the - *eta:trona 6f the Insolvent • WtaIDSOR ESTAIII.I,III.IIEITT.-1 ord CASTLE/I-CACI; moved liOtNs Ast. that the Report of the IYindsot Establishment be taken into fur.; Mt. Warrustav, at great lett7t, hi enlarged on the defeele of thhr &en:ideation. VA act, the frauds C 071.11: It' ILi &Met it,' din MA felt persiweleel Lord hotes•ruire complainal of the Clam*, grantin ,, tri.eoni. that the Cointuittee• would nutke such debuts said irtuds still i a-year to the Duke of Yurk, as CUStOt, maintaining - that the utiattcppareot. . , . este* osponce of post horses; if there were any. was hardly Mr. Allitheito nate: contended that'die frauds alloded.to • worth mentioning; it emtainly Was diltacctiti to those who c.on rabid not be charge upon th.: Act; its priociel.: was geed ;• ita I descended to use it in timputt of the Grant. He also thought provisions might he amended. thee Mule of York was not the proper person for Customs; that The Coin mute agreed te, and appointed. duty ought to have been vcstse eh UM of die Princesses, Of Wile -Sir A. HOPE rose to make his pronii4ial tnotiOn, to Continue one' conszattly residing at Windaur. He disapproved of this the sikequerries making part Of his ,314>ty's bltalllillkuent at Cixtue altogether. Wiudsor. instead of re:Tieing the hUit)IXT to four. as mom- f The question having twat put, without any one of the Ministers nifnJod idt . ...: Report of the valect consmittrte. • • rising, Tl.e motion s .case eeecnithd bi Itfr.SraCer Pei-Lyrist tthOsOn of Mr. LYTI'L ETON said, as his Ncble Friend had been so m;. Cie lair pre . ri. but after tiloti4 de rte there appear:ad at a Fula at:ern:L-1 to, he ce...1:: 1,a,-.sly expect to attract the almitteta.* ditijoa Ay es fiG, Nu vs 259 ; l'ifejori•y• i 9.1. tido of the Gettlemen o f potrite; bat he• nevertheless could not Alter a ILTiort from the ColimitLie on the Windsor Ens- I lose die opportuoity of expres,ing hie opinion that there was Wallowa.. had been brought up, the House adjourned, something peculiarly scandalous its the requiring of this Grant. - 7 As the sue not stood, it seemed that the Duke of York want,d the balmy and the bii:ary only ; but it' his [loyal Higialeu were endmrissayel. it would Le better that such fact should Le at once stated titan to apply tier nwiey in so indirect a manner. If the Duk_'s debts were buttlen,ome, why should not that fact be mentioned; at the saute tittle lie exiressed. his belief, that no very long time would elepse before some application would be made to Nilo:scot redper.;.iag the Duke's d.bts. If such an application were rnade, after els Grant, with how h.ul a grace would the Duke of York come before the !louse. Ile trusted the !louse would negative so ung racious a Gant. Mr. eat/Tilt:ROE rose ani lSet some cheering and lattgliter, PS none on the Ministerial aids ;wean's' disposri to spstak. Ile e'npressed. 'trim& stoney aping Cie motion, and said he annuli' have bean b tter pleased had Me ,tlinisters come d9wr. with a comminaration, cutting. that the Duke of York dadred the grant to be wit'idrawo. Neptune gazting up on sise Ministerial side. there became rolls piesiion ; and strangers were then ordered to withdraw. Thu house tii , ided on the question to retain the words **malting the Grant." The numbers were—Ayes 13G, Noes 97. Majority 59 in favour of the Grunt. _ The remaining Portions of the Report were then agree': to, and the Rill ordered to br engro,e(l. GAME LAWIL—Mr. MEAN.) nioveil the *Prowl reeling of t:ic Bill for the A.neniiiiient (if rite Gone Laws; upon sir John Shelley moved, that it be read this day bin nioritlia. 7 iii; anienitment was Ina, arid tie original motion produced a moat animated debate, in the course of which, Mr. Coen said, he hail always looked 'Ton those laws as most odious ears. (Hear.) He was an Old Alt:tuber of that House, and he remembered, about 50 years ago, that a Bill use intro. duced, which gave to keepers and others a right to take up per_ suns ghoul w .sing about t/te grounds of their employers; which Bill was at)erwards withdrawn, on a prosecution having been commenced. by virtue of its enactments,. agaittet an indb vtdual, who took the opinion of the three mcst distingaislisti hewp.rs of their time ivrin the suEect : they gave it its their on. opini that game was. legally, private property t upon which the he had b e im, ' stated, was a:doh-awn. note lawyers were Lord Kenyon Mr. Dunning. aid Mr. Lee. (HAT, hear. hear.) He should hope that the framers of this Bill. in bring. ing it in, had not merely the preservation of i• aase in view, but the good of their country ! (Ilea,. hear.) X. to the mere presetvauou of game. he thought an attention to farmiag, agri— culture, or any other useful amusement or rational pursuit. infinitely more laudable. lie was slopinion, that every man had an inherent tight to that which was on Isis pispeity ; nor could he tutu the; he wtte sent there to legislate on one man's property to the detriment of another. (hear.) It appeared to hint, that a men with a single acre of land, had just its clear and natural a right to that which was on it, as he himself had to what am on his owu. Why, then, should not -he have also an equal power ta destroy what was on his possessions. its the wealthy owner of pre serves had to destroy what was on his P (hear.) fie had heard x great deal said by the gentlemen aho owned preserves, about their it.terest anti arintse.ment ; but for himself, he was not sent there as consider merely his min nutuaement anti interest (cheering); 1 Iso he should moat likely have gone to the other side of the house; he might have found his interest prissibly in sitting there. (continued clicses.) lie had to look to other, to more important . interests—to protect thuw w hom he reptile:mad, from the opera. don of laws Titieh were arbitrary, cruel, and tyrannical; Lila, which were not to be t;lured. (heat.) It was tally on time close of the last shooting season, in Norfolk. that a poor old woman, in crossing a gentleman's plantation, was cruelly shot, most des. perately mangled. (hear.) Her crams at length brought the keeper up to her aid all the he offered was to tea her, that she had only got a little leaded !" whereas Lad she cone further up the plantation, she woe./t1 have been cer tainly shot through the hodY and killed. Application was then made to the meg...trate ; and who did the magistiate prove ti be? Why, the owner of the soil ? The house would ask, what relief did he extend to het He gave her so order on the parish for the weekly payment of one shilling ! lie would again ask, was this to be andurtal ? (hear.) _ _ After Me. fla.t,in's . reply, the House divided, Ayes 113— Noes 83—Majority 17. On the motion that 79,0n01. (42,0001. being for snufr-boxes to Foreign Ministers) be grantrd to supply Civil Contingencies. Mr. C. Hutchinson moved a Resolution, that such expencc we; extravagant and culpable; but, I.ord Castlereagh having e•;.- plained the cmtorn, it was negatived. The further progress of the *1 rial by Battle Bill wag resisted b r Silt F. Burdett ; he had iie ohjection to abolish Trial by Battle., but he wished to preserve tile tti.,ht of A ;peal. This business, and the Order , being thspoied of, the (louse adjourned. Washington, Fe',. 6.—Desperate Di:el.—We re gret to have to state the melancholy result of an un fortunate meeting which took place between General Armistead T. Mason, of London, Co. Va. and John M. M'Carty, of Fairfax, Co. Va. They . repaired, we are informed, to the neighbourhood of Illadens burgh, early this morning, armed with muskets con taining three bails each, and fought at the distance of six pares. At the first fire General Mason re. eeived the contents of his antagonist's piece in his laxly, which put an immediate period to his exist ence : Mr. M'Carty received "rst4..the same time a wound in the arm.—General Mason's remains were conveyed to George. Town, and lodged at Sir John P. Mason's. We have heard no further particulars; when they are known they will be published. The deceased (General A. T. Mieuti) was a Senator in the 14Vir Congress, from Virginia, a valuable menu. ber of' society, and highly rt spected by all who kneW hins. He has left a wife and child to deplete untnnely end. We believe this melancholy ca tastrophe grew out of a lirrmer well-known political dispute, with Mr. 'Carty. A substitute for walking has been already seen in this country. It, has, however, been entirely sur passcd by an Italian, who has made a sort uf Pegasus of the hobby• horse, if we may believe the foreign papers; one of which says:—" A Mr. Bri anea, at Aiihtti, has invented a new travelling ma chine, 'whichis said to be far superior to that of Ilaron I)rais'.., and - with which the traveller may go backwards ; or forward,. In the front of this vehicle, one of the Milan papers say, there is a winged horse, by the wings of which the carriage is put in motion." ...r ..... \ \‘' . • ', •.• 4 t•, k-v.....,.., ~,. , ~ . . ... ....... 4;1 . TIM NATIONAL REGISTER. _ _ AiAnc:i fn. . waif:mammy sateen 17. Antticrasunaa tiousas —air. A sans presented a Pal' I Beret frau gonna the Duty on Agr.cultural Horses The Hon. Member askal what were toe inteadaons of the Chan eellor of the Exchequer upon this subject ; but the answer was given in so low a voice as to be inaudible. IN'EsT MINSTER ELECtiON.—Sir FRANCIS P.CRDETT pre roved a PelialM rional by ;deters. Aukerunitan, George Barber, Rayner, and Wild, eeloplaining of an undue ltetarn fox the City of Westaumaer. The Petition was read ; it stated the qualiScations of voters, the limits of the City of WeAtiiiniter, and the moms of the Caralidates at the last Ilia:Lion (Hoot:owe. Emma and Cart wright). George Isatab was returned as duly elected. The Pe tition went on to state, that the said George Lamb., by himself, friends, or agents, gave to certain persons, who claiated to have votes, diver* presents, consiaing of meat, drink, ate. coatrary to the 7th of William ; and that, by so acting weataary to and in defiance of the law, the return of the said Georae lamin woe procured. It also set forth, that certain Peers; oy themselves or others, canrawied for Mr. ',Rah, using throats to midweek:a and 0111:1;:. and thereby obtaining soma. It further alleged. that on the pert of Mr. lamb, the Saturday and tnndrty preceding the end of the poll, rvceral hundred persons were hired to ()intrust all atom: Electors who went mime teo any other person than Mr. Lamb; and that such persons not only obstructed the Electors, but, at the end of the peril, were guilty of varioue severe riot' and tweaks. (Laughter, and cries of hear, hear, from the Opposition Benches, particularly from Lord Seiton and Mr. Brongtram.) The Peti tion, in conclusion, stated, that the High Bailiff had refused the votes u. many Electors who were entitled to vote; and that Mr. George I,atiab hod by that means been unfairly returned; and the Petitioners thereaore prayed to be heard by themselves or Counsel against such return. The Petition was ordered to be taken into consideration May 0, that twins the first upen day. l'onnuittse to try the merits of the Petiuoh will be hellion:el for on that day, provided the requisite tecognizances are in the mean tima entered into. Gov ItN 31 b". T 0 MI.S.—M r. Alderman WOOD moved for an account of Stores sold by Mr. Samuels, for the Board of Ord nance. between Jan. lain, and March 1819. WARII said, no blame was attachable to the Oraisioce Department. indeed none was imputed; the niotion was evidently made with commercial views. Mr. P. GKEN s ELL supported the motion, as the prices ought not to be known, because in this instance sale by fair competition had not been pursued. Some of die articles, it had been said. were of a perishable nature ; ward did the Howse think were tire "perishable' articles? Why, truss :;•isent ! t.s laugh.) lie Moved an amendment, that the prices at which the artialea were sold should nut he stated. The CrIANCELi.‘,it ut the Exert rnt: en said, tile antendilmit improved the motion, and tended to remove the objection against it. Mr. BARING Said, the mode of sale was objectionable • if it were nut open and by public competition, Government Boards were always ex: ees..el to suspicion. Mr. ButiocUa3l übservA, that as discussion could not end here, it would be Mater to withdraw the amendment, and let the original rioreuil. .ttrcr observations front Mr. D. Gilbert and Mr. Burst, the ameadonatt was withdrawn, and the vaginal motion was agteed to. Mr. Waal). moved, as connected with this transaction, fur a copy of the !Niemand of the Gunpowder Merchants to tile Treasury, etc.—Ordered. The remaining orders being disposed of, the house adjourned. TUVIZIMAY, MARCH ►S. SALT DI - TIM—Mr. CALCRATT rose, pursuant to netice, a move for Returns of Salt deliveted duty free in Eligl:md, 1816, distinguishiag the purposes for which it had been used: which, after• some observatioas tivin Mr. Wall .ce, Mr. Carmen, aid Mr. Davenport, was agreed to. The CHAN( I:LLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, that the Consolidated 1 , 114 d Bill be committed, on which considerable conversation took place. Mr. Tit:ll,4Es - wished that the whole subject should be re ferred to a Committee; and. as a preliminary step, he moved, as an amendment, Unit the Bill be committed on Monday. As all the papers were printed, he thought the enquiry might be proatuted within that period. The Douse divided on the Amendment ; Ayes 80, Noes 164. The Bill was of co•.rrse afterwards committed. ADMIRALTY LORDtI.-w)ir M. W. RIDLEY mover! an Ad dress to the Prince Regent, praying his Royal Highness, in furtherance of the promised measures of econotuy, to reduce the number of the Lords of the Admiralty. This produced an ex:ended discussiim on the subject, in which Sir J. Collin, Mr. Graham. Lord J. Russell, Mr. T. 1» watt • Icy, &c. took part. At halt•.past ten the Heise divided on tin motion. The numbers were, Ayes 154, Noes 245—Majority against the Address 91. The remaining orders being then disposed of, the House adjourned.