The National Register. — London, England, 1819-03-01 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS. ['iv& 'cried pew the Third t. , ,ze. r*, ;Ott itat:on was Ice, i*cii %Oh I.tittl sheers, and the Petitinn v... (offered te be taken into etni.ideration ou Momley ; when witnesses on both sides a ere ordered to at. teed and rive evidence t the liar. The Petitioner, ratty, r,.ts F4lbsetrietstly brought to the filar, and to.ha cd to he committed to Ni a gate ; ttt•wers un ,the su!qrrt at the letters scat to Mr. Quin hung quite uusittis , t. , !_.:tery to the House. THURSDAY. ti c.r w tea it (or Inverkeittsing was ordered, in the room of John Campbell, &g. who hadh eel improperly returned. PC WM Sir R. Wit:sea eremite(' a Petition from Thomas Grady, teatuttitted to hi eagate on Wednes.lay night. The Petitioner oaid,there was deficient proof veapectioir the threatening let lei--that atter November he received a kind letter tr Mr. Quin, expressiug the tear that ancient intimacy Nils abuot to he.sitterrupled.; and he declared that be never sent the letter complained of, a (Act CC which he was ready to take oath. lie threw himself on the Justice of the H.mtise. He added, that he heard the proceedings of the House, bat did nut there loci retire, as he might have done, had he toren aumotts to evade the decision ut . the IPnive. Ha was also upwards of 60 years of age, and had sery'dl health. MI. W. QttiN avowed the letter, and acknowledged that former kindue•ses had led hint to be disposed still to think favettraidy of Nit.. Grady. k Hear.) As to the prayer of the Petition, hr was our of the filet to desire that it should be c emptied eith. Mr. C. HI , TCHISNON adverted to Mr. Grady's conduct in mot withdrawing from the House and gave notice that to morrow he shield muse that Mr. Grady be discharged. ME. W. Boone snit , he should oppose so CAI I) an appli cation for 'a ditit;harge ; the letter ueiug, must libellous— car. hear.) Patitioa mitered to he printed; WiNDVSOR tsTAßLlsFiNrr..,vr. The Report of the Waitl.or Estatt.tahlUelil .was presented, and the Result; lioll.l were read. Oa the qmictition be.ag pet, to agree to the grant of 19,0001. a ear to isle Duke of 'Vora, as Custos. Nlr.CintsvOt opposed it, lamenting the :necessity of being c mapelled to discuss such a primprsitiou. The Duke had tarn conel , meted himself, had moiled Jae good opinion of the. Country; and it was therefoce to be recut-tied that this dis cmeduti was pressed upon limn. The Duke of York had al ready large incomes; but what wuutd be the extramspelist by the duties of Cantos; Would limy be iiie bun rl.ed or cue thousand pounds? thes could not be more ; then viiere was the roman(' fur this sum the state of the eminits, and its real andhurdoned condition could not be unknott it to any man in the kin„ lout,—the Doke of York ration to be prepated to make sari tfices. lie mdsrppi used of the grant now to uposed to be incite; end lie certsinly should be pep:wed to false the *rose of Ilse House to ascertain wile. titer if ought I' be oirtde.—(Hear, hear!) 'rite Hint. F. Montanan suppotted she Grant: observing, that as additional dunes acre to he pee lowed,. he did not gee how the flesoltimi9n could be family ersisted. ,He added, in favour of the Dote of Yolk. that 'his Royal Highness was MOW peiforoti g ilie dirties of Custos, without waiting for the decision of Pailiametit on this quesimii. Mr. I.)r.%WAN opposed the grant, feeliug persuaded tlyat the Royal Doke himself was not 01 opirrion that the I's. ivy Parse could not be called on to pay the King's expeatee..; cud com plained of the extieortitilary language used by Lord Cavite ireagh on a former evening, that She House would rotes. itself %with " Infamy" if the Privy Yarsr were tunclied.—(Hear; bear!) Hr asked, what duty was imposed 011 tier Dokt of Yrirk, which, as a son, he ought not to have pe. formed, even if this Grant had not hewn applied for.—( ) Alter a SHIM t Winne Ilse House divided.- -- Ayes V.47—Nuesl3l-31aj?rity—ile. FRIDAY. Lord CastrAtts tot! tylaved that the names of those Mem bers who did not attend the ballot on Thufsilay hr coiled over au Monday next.— Agreed to. COAL purl 's. Sir C. Monpas presti from Coal Miners in Monitioi.oshire, praying that there might he nu alteration in the dubs b on Coals; the Hon. Member obsers big, that a general tat On Coals would be attended a ill, th e m os ; ru i nous conse. gileaCeb to hundreds and ihomands of labourers. Sir J. Conn's dee lared, tat those NllO dr,ired a new tax on coals o u g h t to Ire ashamed of themselves; aunt that those who siere labooriii4 lu ibe toil mines were without shoes, of salt to their porridge. (bear' and I dighler.) Mr.l. E. LITTLETON thought Nlotistrrs ought to come Camar.' at unce,aud declare that they would nut eutintenanee any IlcVl duty. (Hear!) ' m i . u t opiar was also against the ;elation of any such sluts. Mr. CaLcasrr was favourable to an equalization of the duties in. coals. He did not see why people shmild have a premium fur living in coal cuttaties, and taxed for residing gibessliere. (Hear, hear!) After übsersatious Isom Mr. S. Wortley. Mr. Protheroe' Mr. H. Simmer, Lord Castlesargh, and Mr. 3. C. Littleton the Petition was ordered to lie upon the table. PENRHYN CORRUPTIONS. Mr. A. Wit Roil, its Chairman of the Comiadttee appointed to try the ineitts of the Pcstrityn Election Pet iti on, - appear ed at the Liao, anti read their Report. It stated that both the Sitting Members had been itmlniy et sited ; and fort;ici. that Henry Swann, one of those Menthe's, hid been autos of bribery; ;nil was thereby fncapacitated to sit the pre sent Poi 'lament. Besides this Resolution, the Report added, that John Woodtafle, and Iwo others, engaged in the election. bad been ginlty of rurrtipt practices; and that Henry Carter, and about ten others, had been guilty of taking bribes. Mt. A. WRIGHT then moved, that a Dew writ lie issued for relithyti in the wont of H. tiwanu , 110 t. 11111 i elected. Sit C. Runnel, opposed the motion; observing, that after itch a Reppyt; the House ought to kayo the tummies of the Committee, ; with the I. w of founding on them ulterim pruceedings.—tHear, hear appealed, that upwards ut lets voters do witch side had been guilty of curt opt practices. hair!—Ought suet' tangle' ings with the elective ifiauthise to tar endured % He mimed, as an amendment, that the Writ " do not" iseite—( . lrate). Air. lioutottu Lei:eyed that this was not the nsnal coin se to pursue, tie oppose the issuing of a 11 tit, except wheit there was a Special Report. A 4t„, 1 ,1,,p. or the Committee t Mr. (;llfll.l', it was said,) etbseistd, itistt the bribe's which 'ass i5vue,.,.,tt„,,,, at the , Ejectiog 'so nototieits, ?hot notices were tachangtd not THE NATIONAL REGISTER ta administer the Briery-oath; that three persons were rei Wined guilty of wishing corrupt contract+ for the Borough and that therefore the House might nut to pause in de• *landing the Minnie,' of the Committee. (Hear, hear Mr. Li.ovn (tee believe), also a Member of the Committee, said, that in strung a feeling was excited in the minds of some ' of the Committee, in consegnence of the evidence developed by enquiry, that it was moved in the Committer to recommend lie dit , liiinehisement of this Borough, to pot an end to its cor rupt practices. (Hear, bear.) Those who Were favelli utile to tutu& opisilutrlColl%tilliting specific part of tilt Report, how ever, were lett iu a Innen ity ; Irlll. nutty such de cision, lie thought the Home cotitil out adopts strungee, wise., or better course, than to avail iheni , elves of such eases as often as they °warted, either to abolish the elective privileges in the particular histances or to transfer the right of sending Itepreseniatises to Parliament to other and none populous places.—(Hear, limis!) No cuars.e of pi oreeding world, in his (minion, be better calcidateil to silence the colnplaints made out ot atoms respecting the Constitittiim of that Holier; uo bettor %%ay cetild be devised to refei and ;notify that House by sale and gradual and it wait a coarse that he Sholllll li4.e he vie adopted ; for lie was nut ashamed to avow, that lie was a moderate Reformer.—(Cheers.) Where Electors. Irately arid stimuli...ft/ay sold their birthright, as was proved to have been eo ghat ingly dune in the present case; where they acted in a man ner that was eillelliatful to reduce Wan below the state of the most slavish rut. aliton on the Continent ; the Boroughs ought to be disfranchised, and the rights conveyed to more populous places, and places which returned Members, finch as Man chester. Leeds, and Sheffield. The effect would be must benefit:Ml in improving the value of that House and its cite tatter out of doors—(Cheese loon, the opposition Benches.) wOnld pet an cnd to that Poi t of talk which was new very prevalent wi , liont alts of that House ; anti 10 all- CUI..IOIISIII that 1111101, u i.old bo• C.,iwuti no 11111111 a advantage. sir J. NeWPoict thought that at I, 40s a pr;tile lie-it- Cool! 1.51d.)11,k1:il (Ur lilt' mimosa, if um for eoternig i mat ray on the question, %shells rifle Borough ought riot to be distrancluseal ; and that the hest - end wisest mode of ploolutaug a Reform of that lifonse, would be to Correct the • souses of the elective liaireirise, were gases of curruptiuu and Jo oer • proved to have taken place. Mr. A. WRIGHT observed, that the voters of the thorough amounted lit between 2 and 300 ; but that the charge of biihery was against only about tal ur •00 of diesel Those guilty of the cuti . N.l pi - milt:et, were nut voters; and lie was not aware of ibar..iiellirenieol b adjudged, except .when the conihict of tin' Borough was altogether had. Lord C.vsTestitatai ,ruse; veil, that iiie coin •oe to be adopted on the peseta occasion was the libel difficulty . 11 11,e Report wire to be deemed spi-cial, it was clear; hat hr bloom' bike to learn from the Clem what cellist *tad beets ad-r e d oil limner occasions cruder &wafer cocuinstaaces. (near.) Tile SPEAKER replied, that it was not customary to delay the txstaittg of a Writ, except on a Special Repurt but lie apprehended that the Report in the pi escort case lbe viewed as special. If that import were given to the Repurt, the ermine to be pursued was clear; it was, however, to be determined, wisether the et/leapt practices applied to audi 7:Owls onto the Borough at large. It was out advise:Ale to delay this issuing of the Writ, except the it eport was dee nea Special, beeline it was desirable that the number of Itepreiwastativea Would be biltdited ; but is Bile off-baud , mover: he Mould not pretend fully to auroras the House ou the v/abject. Lord CAsTLIIREAGH moved that the Rebate be adjourned to Monday. Mr. SPANN obs..rved, that there were several similar in. Stances. filmdom'. Aylesbury. &c.; bet te Move cases the House proceeded, in consequence of a motion 11 oin she ch et r. titan of tie Committee, ou the corrupt plc tires of theßorough. Ile admitted that the suggested :nude of Ireallnelit of such eases, when they OCCUI fed, was the most useful and inost Martint course of Reform that could be adlyt ed ; and he trusted it would be pursued whenever an itiataitce ,littapttug it cause Ireton tie Hotisc.—( Witt, hear. Alter obilltcatioms from J. Newport, Messe s . it. Ab e , c , Mulford, Howard, ac. the adjoutument of the discussion till Monday was carried. Mr. Wynn moved that the Minutes of the Committee be laid before the West. (Hear.) &tittered. Mr. C. IitrICHISSON ono it'd, that Mr. T. Grady be placed utile Bar fuellowith, its order to his discharge; but, Aim o bar rva lions trout Mr. Wylin, sir R. it Mr.Coartenay, ace. It was negatived. The remaining Orders being disposed of, the House ad ios' tied. DEATH or TUE ESQUIM %I.!X.—On the nth inst. died, at Edin burgh, John Sack,•house. aged 2i, a native of the West Punic of Greenland. This Es:itim/my: has occupied a considerable share of the public attention, and his lose will be generally felt, lle had al reaur rendered Milk:fund services to the country in the late Expedi tion of I.liscovery, anti great expectations were naturally funned of tlw utility which he would prove on the expedition abort to sail for Ilaffin's Bay. The Admiralty, with great liberality and judgment, had directed the greatest pains to be taken in his itlueation, and he had been tereral months in Edinburgh with this view, when lie was seized with a e iohni inflammation in the :last, which corriml him off in a few day,. lie was extremely docile, and though rather slow in the attainment of knowledge, he was industrious, zealous, and cheerful, and always gmtefid our the kindotsw and attention shown to him. flit, amiable disposition and sinirle manners had in terested those who had typortunme, of knowing law personally, in a way that will not be forgotten. To the Public his loss, we fear. is irreparable; to his trierais it is doubly severe. Just before his death the poor Esquimau , : said he knew lie was going to die; that his father and mother lat:1 died in The same was ; and that hi; sister. who was the lost of all his relation•, had jtna appeared to him ;sad tidied Lim away ! ' Ag/grg VI4ITATIOW or DLAY/L iX OWg FAMILY.—OII TtletAgr, Dee. 29, Edward, the WO of Mr. Gillard, a teapot:table tarn.• in the parish of 'harem:in, near Tiverton, aged 11, died, afi,:r a few (la y , of a throat oomplaint ; leaving behind him three sisters, al! promising. girls ; but, on Saturdsv, Jan. 16, Alary, aged 10, was seized in her eye ; no sainus Lipp: elicnrions were en tertained, but she died on the 2ctli ; on the Wednesday following she was buried ; when, awful in relate ! the parents and relatives were but just returned from the grave, when Elizabeth, aged Mice, expired, leaving only one to console the alictesi par.nts with die hopes of its life being spared, but that hope was not realized ; the girl, whose name was Ann, aged five years, began to (limy, and angered until February 2, when she eapired. On the morning of Saturday stonniglii, a fine girl, daughter of Mrs. Jones, a widow, in fled Court, Commercial Howl, during the temporary absence of Mrs. J. tell out of a two pair °luaus w.ndow, and injured he.r.ellso much as to cause her death. On the evening of die 6th instant, as the Earl of llclicter's game keeper at Rsdlyucti. was setting a spring -gun, he accidentally trod upon the wire, wimp the gun went off, and its coutents lodipal in his body ; he died the beat incnninii. MAne ii 1 IDMITTND IN LAST SAYURDAY'S CAZRYTEL DIVIDENDS. W. Watts. of Lower Mnrden, Surrey, farmer, March R. J. and C. Bernard, Manchester, linen drapt:rs, Xl s re!, to 11. Drnnett, Wilson Street. Gray's Ifin Lane, cow keeper, March 13 C. C. Spitta, F. and G. Moiling, mid 11. A. Spilt, Lawrence Y ount . . nay Lane, merchants, Alarch 1.3. C. Sondius, Devonshire Square, merchant Match 13. .t. W. Mi.l.llcwouil, Whitechapel High Street, perfumer. Match T. Woit, G....ravhureli Street, wholc.aile perfumer, March r . A. Adair, Winchester Street, merchant, March 13. T. Asses, ltsth, linen draper, Mandl 15 G. Smith, Tansy, Derby..late. dyer, arck 111. IL I . iarenec, Liverpool. merchant, March :a. J. Ward, Seuleuates, Yorkshire, merchant, May 3. CEdTIFICATES—Maacii 13 T. Ridley, Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, brewer. N. Radcliffe, Swailsea grocer. S. Halstead, Horsham, Sussex, draper. J. Brucre, Craven Street, Strand, wine merchant. M. and M. C. °igen, liroad Street, Ildtcli;fe, stauonenw .1. Jame , , Newgate Street, lace manuf a ct urer . 11. Sculthoriw, - Nottingham, linen dr..per. J. St. Bark, Austin Friars, slip owner. J. Taylor, East Smithfield, tobacconist. W. Hardy, Thetford, Norfolk, tanner. From ale LONDON GAZETTE, Tdestbzy, Feb. 2s. WIIITRHALL. Pvn. ff, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent bath been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his 113jeity to appoint the Honourable Edward Stewart and ailsrm Thomas line, to he Commisbitiner s of the Customs, vice William Roe and Francis Fuwnes Luttrell, supenintiated. I BANKRUPTS. r e: and J. Morgan, G.Auer Lane gluvcrs. Au. Mr. Oldhatn, Street, Blackfrinrr. J. F. Street, Budge Row, stationer. Atts. Street and Co. l'hilpot Lane. P. Spotter, Stryning, auctioneer. Atts. I'aliner and Co. Bedford Row. T. It Smith, Oxford, linen draper. Attorney Mr. Steel, Bucklers. bury. G. tburis, Binninglunn. and J. Edmonds, Aston, Birmingham, jspanners. Arm Alexar.der and Co. New l e t. W. Gregson, Kingston mpon•Hull, dealer. Atts. Ellis, Chancery Lane. T. Cushon, Minories, hat manufacturer. Att. Mr. :Mailgram, Great St. Rehm's. P. Pow. B. Knightsbridge, broker. Att. Mr. Pe:tiber, Charlotte Street, Blackfriars I'. Hope, BlaLly, :Manchester, bleacher. Atts. Hurd and Co. Temple. J. Parker. 'rotten, Ilants, dealer. Atts. Young and Co. St. Mildred's Coat. Poultry. T. Alitehell, Co Nick, Yorkshire, linen draper. At.. E;erton and Co Guy's Inn Sqaare. S. Peak..., jun. an i J. Bothwell. Ilalliwell, Lancashire, calico printers. Att. Mr. Melloweroft, Gray's Inn. W. French Heaton Norris, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer. AM. Lowe aw l Co. Soutbatnyton Buildings, C. Bonifare. jun. Chielitater, utealinan. Att. Mr. A. M. Hume, Grays Inn. T. Greathead and W. Outhwaite, Lamb Street, Christ Church. Ans. Thompson and Co. Lemon Street, Goadman's Fleas. DIVII)ENDS. M. IleathSeld, Old Broad Street, City, B. lleathficld , Sheffield, and T. ilcathtield, Tiverton, cotton spinners, March 11.. J. Mayor, Ben. and J. Mawr; jun., l.eadenhall sired; intlarliliCE bfUktllll, March It. ~ Barrow and J. Haigh of Kirkheaton, Yorlaare, inerchai.L, March t 3. J. Kohler, St. Swithin'a Lane, merchant, Nlurch 16. P. Loggia, A lesbury, Buckingham, drugght, March IG. .1. Lande, e Yard, merchant. March J. Dickinson. all I'a4sage, warehouseman, March err. J. Latham, Htiaisey, Southampton, common brewer, Mar. 11 17. .1. Howlett, Charter-house Square, merchant, March 2. E. Baker, Bedfordshire, paper maker, Match 16. W. Satulen, Bris:ol, mercer, .hatch CERTIFICATI.S—March 16. W. Bons, George Street, Easton ecjitare, gun maker. J W. Roberts, College Hill, London, clefte factors. I'. Richmond, Bell Yard, Carey Street, plumber. B. Dowgill, Great Woodhouse Carr, Lax's, atone-ma.un. S Shackch..n, Leech, shopkeeper. 'l'. Cave, llighicy. Lancashire, dealer. masa. A short time since a r.muggier, named Goodwin, belangm h , s Sandhurst, in Kent. haring haul his horse and cart seised by Cruda a dult and Vaughan, two ortieers, vowed that he would be revetvgti ,st them. Soon after OM throat, as the two rdficcrs were walking out together, they were fired at, and both dreadfully woanded with small shot in the back. Goodwin has absconded. Tuesdayb. about day-break, a lire was discovered in the Duke's Head, N•sCravel Line, Ranhawk. Two male lo.igers jampot out of an atlie. One %ea. conveyed , nook hurt, to the Hospi,al ;but the tinier learning that a child was in the house, returned and brought it our in safety. The house was noun after constini.d A shocking accident occurred on Friday morning, about ciet o'clock, at the Gas Company's Works, near Brigham. by the filo." mg down of au la-inch Mick wall, newly erect,sl %Milo the south front wall. One man• was 1,0 severely brunet% that lie surviv,d but a short time after being extricated from the ruins..—;‘.le•srs. Battock and IVarstintl attendou, but all their skill was en ivalling. Two other men were dightly hurt. An inquest was Meld at St. Itutholomew's Hospital. on G. Carrl, a hackney-coachman. who tell from his box on the parcluesst. is eini•eque'nee of driving while intoxicates', against a cart in Sniitlifichl. lie afterward, took a tare from the Cross Keys, St. John's Street, so the 11..yinarket, but finding his head very bad, be went to tile lion pltal, and died in three days. On Wednesday night, about ie o'clock, u a Corporal of Cie Mosinee was going hi. rounds in the Dock Tad, at Portsmouth, sxlieririg the sentinel., he missed Ilia way, and tell into the basin.. 7 liaira banter t in bin hand, and was attended by several file of men, some or whom had nearly met the same tate. The hotly was nut round till the fiAlosting morning about eight. On 'flitusdo7 night a similar calamity occurr4 wit. the same spot to a private of the same corps, who also missed Na way, on =omit of the darkness of the night. He was accompanied by several torn, through Close exertions he was recovered in atuilit ttJ isintatts, before toe vital vark was entirely extinct ; but tie expired shortly alter, notwititstandiag. the various mans fur restoring animation were promptly r:- sorted to. Tallyn, a publican, has been committed to Devon Co,aty charged wait having killed a valuable mare•, belonging to of Bratton, by thrusting an iron instnnitent into her bialy and pulin out her bow,tls The mare wa, found in the field in this dressaful stan•. an 1 sl soon after. The inhuman art is attributed to revesige tot *or. aau Apo.c.t injury to the prisoner. Ile was heard to say tne evenn.s bdor 4 t .at Mr. Cridge should not have his mare long. A yoLna man, named I hat, a smith. wa, also committed at the same time. a. au aocomphce, he having made the iii.trninuit ; but it is not 116 p• in a d that he knew lot wimit it was inteadt4. ire f'or isla mei i lit rr 1,