The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-02-26 00:00:00

. W • THE APOIALONICON, o read Mosidal striteseet. :tweeted end eninethetered by Wirt. thghf lea Roberta, Orion Readers, Wieder IN' laisedleta pa. transom of his Hovel Hight,' the taws liege*, is eh %Atkin.. by itstiewerioor terehaale.l petrer• at sheik Rowe% Ago. 101, SL Nettie's-lane, doily, from tadire o'clock 'till 5, e watt./ on pool. Wednesday aid Saturable. ee l - *loco flays Mr. PURKIS, a Professor of Mask, Iterfersaa Ave the lesthireessi frost the holm of two aw feet. Selections front the Works of the difrrent eyeteeth Connaoserrs t lOW eit "every Ttotaredav, 'Sealing. during the Seesaw. the fett aseneal llawers bf the lastromere are exhihited be', owl under the di. /cellos .f. Mr. THOM AS ADAMS, Professor of Mible. who (wisted by 691! other Performer% occasionally at she same Vier) wilt play Selertioes from the Mont WHIM a the meet .euthient ancient mod renders Cesepoeers. A List of the Performances may be had, a der or two pre hives, n* application es the Rooms. —Adsilttliace daily Is. Oa T . holisdny Evenitais the Rooms are opened et half-pith levee O'clock. and the iPerfortweirce eminence at eight.—Att e ils. 64. es: Piight and 'Robison at marcher's beg to Iwttl N.4liity pod flerlsy, - theite4 ei ntre as elegem wen orsoio anti ed and seedy fee - she at their Wapireoess. .T WEDNESDAY Ma LOTTERY begins DRAWING. - • ONE HUNDRED CAPITALS. Three Prises of 30.000 N e ws 1 TWEL - NEXT VE WEDNESDAY of POR.T WINE. Aboht Forty Capikth will he drawn. The First-drawn 'Prise will have £5,000 more. ' Ten Capitals will he drawn in the Gni tea Emotes. The First.drawn Hank will hove lour Pipes of, Port. Every Ticket will be draws separately.— E y Prise Stet'. ling Menev. About 5,000 Tickets will be drawn. NEXT 'WEDNESDAY £l9 10 0. may gain 1130,000 £1 7 0 .may gain EISR, the Contractor. who sold. in the very la,t Lottery, THREE PRIZES OF 10.010 POUNIP, And various other Capital., ALL IN SHARES. in Thirty different Towsw in the Country. In the last Lottery that contained Three Proses of £30,000 111 SH SOLD THEM ALL !I • Vla• has now a selection of Notsbers in every Thoesand for Purchasers ti rhoote ALL TH REF'. PRIZES OF £90.000. la this Lottery, at BlM's, in Cornhlll rind Charing craw. • ipop ICH AItDS 0 N, GOODLUCK, and Co. bating -kW submited the Scheme of the present LOTTERY in full.' beg now to remind their Friends of the principal Points, and the very near approach of the Drawing;--And likesilse to stale the peculiar Adsantages attending all Purchases diode before 4th Starch. on which day, AU the THREE PRIZES of THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS may he drawn. On that day the Firtt•drawn Prise wilt have £5,000 more, And the first Blank will receive the prnportioa of TWELVE. PIPES of OLD PORT. There are an Stock Prize-.—No Classes. 'Nearly 5,00 d ficieti will be draw b 4th of 'March. The repented and well-known 'good 'fortune ntiending the Irriends nod Cianomen of RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK. and Co. renders it only necessary to state, that the business is conducted no the same bonowahissmod liberal principles which . have distinguished far more than Forty Years their 1, rite Offices, in Rank Reildints, Cornhill ; and lacirg the Gate ut the King's-mews, Charing-cross. WEDNESDAY NEXT, THE LOTTERY BEGINS. THE FIRST TEN PRIZES ABE SURE TO BE CA InTA L 9. 3.... of . •.. re9looo .. nj ,C 5.000 10 1 OOO 1 4 5OO 14 .140 j 18 50:1 40 900 ' 30 100 Ifolides'ilfsl l ; ii9s. Iteall Sterling Money qr . HE first:thitritlank will receive Four Pipet the ier, beet OM Port Wine. Ttrkets and Shar.•• sethog at the lowest Prier, entitling the Advenituers in t he abate ingot hoontinet Chance , . at'the old-eimbli4hed Office Cornhill, where the T►ro. First Prize, of X 3 ,411 were shared sod sold by the Public. most obedient Servant:. • HORNSBY and Co. ELECTION LAW. This cloy was published. price His. boards, /FIRE LAW of EI.EcTioNs, Volume the Fir•t, crintoinitig the I.n with respect to the convening ho!d log, rod diosolution of Parliament , t h e landed qualiiicathan, and tifsqualiticatioris of Mt4nhers. &c. - This Volume contains Reperris of the &Bimini; Cows : The Borough of Liskeard, 1807. Of Dio•tow. INionharton Renfrew, and Rotherelen. Of Wicks Tait+, l)totwa Dornoclt, and Kirk% all. 1z. , U1. Of Linlithgow, Selkirk, Lanark, owl Peebles, 180" i. Of Dungation. I$ 7. By WILLIAM TIMM AS ROE. Esq. Of Line , la's Inn, Vrtrii,ter-.4-Lmiw. Alm tine hr' Find. by the some Author prier Ills b o ards. AN AIeCEN DIX to the LA W of Eer.CT lON S t captain- IRE the Acts of the POrli,iment of Scotland, mind of Great Britain. whirls relate to litectioas inr Scotia - ad. ACTS of PA RLIAPdENT of IRELAND, and of the Ipad 'TED KINGDOM, Which relate to Elections for 'lreland. ...AcTicrisniue to CONTUOV ER.T ED ELECTIONS. .PRECEDENTS of PE I'ITIONS. RESOLUTIONS of • ' HOUSE. relating ati liking Petitions into Consideration. ftc. London s Printed for Charles Hunter, Law Bookseller, Bell • 'yard, Lincoln's Inn. C&BIN ET PIANO-FORTE end Others, se. ‘.l cowl-hand, some as raj as new. A 'Cabinet Piano:fotte.' !anal to 'new. n't a" better elm be nulde in this kingdom, for Forty Guineas; Shop price Sixty Guinent. Srpoire Piano s , with three -Drawers, by Totakisen, Twenty. tight Guineas Ditto. Twenty•fire Guineas. A Grant Horizontal PLiao-forte ht ` Brnadwend and on. late the property of * * Bishop , fe e Forty Gehiresi east Seventy-five May be seen by day-light,et the' owner s, Mr. Widen. re. Snored to these ;pacifier pressi.es, IS t Leieeqer-pteee; where natty be seen his new Poirot Ot.lique Pionn•forte. N. B.* Old Harps Mid Phan-Fortes' bikes in ezeitange for stew. • SALMON, ODY,. end . Co. most respectfully re. L 7 turn their sincere thanks to Professional Gentlemen and the Public for the liberal encouragement they have received. and in conseqitence of the many hiingling iinitations of their PAT) NT SELF-ADJUSTING TBUSSES, which are now daily advertised, without either novelty, improvement. or consider it their duty to caution the Public against the impositions of Such ?Ilse pretenders; the True 'Patent Self- Adjusting Trusses, which require no snaps. nor causer any confinenient to the body. ure manufactured only by Salmis. OJy, and Co..'/9?.. Strand, London, and IG3, Pala and Navy,is Boys!, Paris; who have the honour on supply the Army the Military Naval Hospitals, the Transport Servi4e, Duck Yards ;mil Ordnance, the Marine Infirmary, the Bon. East India Company, the City of London Truss gorlety, die Mary-fe-honete, Wiv . ellseiiasse, Denbigh, and Bristol Itternts. ries. the Alithlleseit blotpital. Re. ta. N. B. Peons reeiding hi the Country , sending the (dream rs. feresce of the Body, in itichet,jest above tie bips,usay deprod spun being accurately filled. • - ,1 • iIaPRRIAL PARLIAMENT. - • • •• r. • • •• • fu gl -a LORDS, rtiris. • j fir. b. . &ink 114 others, bonsais..a Stemigifniiiiimi Comtism, reqee,shik thin Viscount Nitride night Wend 1 elm* Calamodtree, lb be , e waived as a the We% ,m ten hasieg yritbdrspra, Lord gielsilleor who was present, lea fits alien . The L..rd C. aticrillor theta eared the 4 the Hesse of Coronnos to be rolled In again, sad liedikshedrhess shot Ike Nub* Lord world rutted. Zvi at ITZW I LLIAM presented a frau certain to habitants O Loot's@ and Viestailaster against the Chimney- eireepers' 'Regidnitse Rill. The Mt Cliaplsio's Regulation UHL was brought front this COaranons by Mr. Methuen and others. and read a Grid tiros. A Gaudentan free she Treasury presented en warn of the Iltadhetmet Bins Windings She sth January, 1811, to thvith 1818, • On the motion of 'Lord LA UDERDA LP.. that Remiss. awl ether Papers frisbee to Itittielpier Bills. were ordered whir e pdmied. t lt iv aiee Notite= t e ;tea a Pertains Oa" ington.lo illiitthleti Cosidasties alba Alevgh. aild " ; that the owe mutat be reformed. Reel GROBV ' OR void. be had:, Petition to present hold Timms Mass, Isle a' Pri.oncr in Ilersemairier•tane Jail. ad of the persons mica bad very properly resisted the abeaseres taken to induce them -to tuner mos recognisasires. The, Wks) ! which was read by the Clara. And laid on the was blokiiiif to that psesested to the Common trees die • BILL OF INDEMNITY. The Doke of MONTItOiE said it was his ditty to pretest a Bill for indemnifying his Majesty's Mi nisters, and persons employed inopprehentling pri soners under the late Act of Parliament. It was not necessary for him to say any thing in its support' in this stage. He should merely propose, that the Bill be now read a first time. On leticley, when he intended to move the second reading, he should tub. ; mit to their Lordships' consideration some observe. boos on the nateresnd object of the measure. The Earl of LAUDERDALE would not have troubled their Lordships with any observations es the Noble Duke's proposition at the present moment,, if he did not. conceive. that it involved a question of considerable coustitetiorial difficulty and importance. Thii consideration indocei him to oppose the mew sere, even on the first tending. "robs - the tide of the Bill, as he had hoard it stated by, Duke, it appearbd• to 'bra Hill fir itidetnnifo;4lllll . Majesty's Ministers for-very act they - hid'donenin. der the Suspension of the liebeas C drifutt Tirt Bill, !weever, for aught •their Lordatsfieteithew, might extend still further. NOI, *Ott * OW . AV ilk toatioo in which their Lordshipi were placed! -nor knew by the Journals of the other House of Watt.: !lament, that Papers had been also sent. to 'Eat House, and referred to a' Committee ; that Cots. • mitres bad not yet reported, and their Reportmigist be SOCh as to render any proceeding of the . kirelitat proposed very improper to be adopted by their fatirth:; ship. ft sorely was not known to their 1;104040o, Ault tbi itereft of the Cbrieetistiesiroirld +mien Mi., nisters. It might prove of - a very different eietoie.L 6 Suppose it afforded matter oft Which that House shoetd think fit to impeach Minister!, their Lordships wiaold then have to sit as judges on a question which trek had previously 4g ek ,This ke it lie reminded the Itum s that on a former occasion they hartdecideti in - et cordance with the .opittioti of a Noble and Leacosti , Lord, that they would . not entertain a certain me*. sure, because it might come before them iii their. ju l diciat capacity. On that lame ground, this 13€1' was not fit to be entertained; for any regulating i principle of their'proceediegi were more to he gerded than another, it oa t . this—that the Ilosiss ought never to give extrajudicial opinion. This theni• was a questioe of great importance to •the 1401: lotion, and on that greond he trusted theli ships would be induced to delay all further pro. ceedings until 'they learned what measures might be adopted by the Huse or Commons. If they sp.. proved of the principle of the Bill proposed by the Noble Duke, and read it.a secontl i time on Friday neat, they might be placed ill the Situation of as sembling as Judges, after they had, prejudged the question on which they woold . be calledlo decide. The Earl of LI V Elt POOl, saw no possible ground for delay in the objection stated by the Noble Lord.' Were it good for any thing, it would be equally good against a measure which their Lordships had ',reedy. sanctioned, namely, the appointment of a Committel! to engaire.into theconduct of 11liniters on the papers which had been submitted to their consideration.—' This, it was true, was done without any knowlegde on the part of their Lordships as to what that Com mittee would decide; but the objection that, OK House ought to proceed to a legislative measiste i sin the opinion of the Committee, was equaliy. strong against referring the papers to that Committel.lo order that they might give an opinion to the Elonse. The Committee had, by order of the House, exainined these papers inquisitorially, and had come to an opinion, which was now on their Lordships' table, In pursuance of that opinion his Noble Friend cos: - sidered himself bound to introduce the Bill he hill presented. Whether that Bill was warranted by thi,' Report was the question to be argued on the second reading. The Noble Lord had made the suppoiitiiid of the Committee of:the House of Commons comity to a different conclusion from their Lordships' Coao7 mittee; that was doubtless possible, but the suppls• sition afforded no reason for delaying the progress of the present measure ; since, if what the Noble EMI supposed did not take place, the consequence wield , be, that the Commons would throw out the Ledo's!, nity Bill when in came before them. Besides, tit( case was by no means a new one, and iheri was Is particular, on the Journals of the Parliament of fee. land, a recent precedent for the course now . taken. The Bill of Indemnity (or the proceedingi of jetty's 'servants during . the disturbances in [relied originated in the House of Lords, and it never was suggested •there that it ought to be delayed until it should be seen what. decision the noise of Commons 'came to. It was most unreasonable to argue that their Lordabir.aught to dear a measure elskfkar ~•. - i • _ gel% dot frarkr it N rite / ; .11 4 ; 1 4 4 1 ;4 1 ; ;14110 . rdl •u• peered to be the necessary result of the Report of their 01 , 111mittee; until the other House or Partit tient came to a decision. Their lordships wets not' bound to mildew their proceeding by that decisirsie„i of. which indeed they could resularty know whin Tates* ttoogii the medium of the Votes of the Heel* of Commons. Upop the whole, then, the N Her' had stated aothipg which was.sOfficieut tp la the House to stay the Legislative messy, now; rope*. to them. Whatever *retinas that Ow, ears might be liable to, siesta come regolarlz protest *cession on the second 'oldies of the Bill ou Friday Peat Lord HOLLAND expected that the Noble Duke meld have stated more at length what was the sta tism of the Bill he bad presented. He, however * did 'not mean to 'weepy their Lordships' time with any PaWrilithine Mk that point • sad rose merely to no. 800 tie sweet which had beefigiosolo.the objection of his Noble Friend, who bed been, it appeared, io some measure miaaaderstood. His Noble Friend had not argued that the House could not entertain this Bill. His objection merely amounted to this— that, in a constitutional point of view, it was not proper nor prudent to proceed with sack a measure, when th! other Hasse of Psrliamenx bad still to de cide on the siltation of the conduct of Ministers, and when there was before that !louse a considerable neen't. of Petitions, complaining of highly improper end unconstitutional acts. To the erganseitf of . the impropriety of proceeding with the measure tinder such circumstances, the Noble Secretary of State bad given no satisfactory answer. lie bad referred to' one precedent, which appeared to be that which oc curred in 1798, in the House of Lords of Ireland ; bet that was the precedent of o measure which had' been condemned by the first lawyers in Ireland sad this country, and which wee the disgrace of the Parr. liameut that passed it. The reference to such a pre cedent as that, afforded further reason for a vigilant observance of this Bill, lest some of the enormous provisions of the Irish Act should be included its it. Without even waiting for the Report of the Com mons' Committee, it 'was possible that a Member of that Hesse might become possessed of facts, which .would enable him to Jay on the table articles of im peachment against. some of his Majesty's Ministers. — If such a proceeding were to take place, their Lord 'ships would be reading a second time a Bill fur in. demnif)ing those who.were shoot to be accused at tkeir bar. The Noble Secretary of State had remind ed their Lordships that the Commons might reject ,the Bill of Indemnity. Certainly they might ; bat than it was to be recollected that, besides that re. *lion, they might also come to the bar with woo-. loani.accosetlon against those whom their .Lortisitips 44,00 declared ippopent. If their Lordship,. wish ed that• their acquittal should be'honouiable tb those. in whose favour it might be pronounced. they wbuld adopt the course recommended by his Noble Friend. Could the People of E-giand think an acquittal ho nourable and impartial, when it would appear to them that the question had been already . prejudged ? To dylay the progress of this Bill was no denial .of their Lordships' power to criiiittate, and. pass it. All that was proposed by his :Sable Friend was, that they should suspend further. proceeding! on it until after the Report of the Committee of .the House of Commons should be made, and that there should be no reason to suppose that any articles of impeachment would he brought up from that House. ' . The Duke of MONTROSE said, that the Bill was of the same nature- as the Bills of Indemnity pro posed in similar cases, and he saw no reason for de laying its progress on the possibility of some other proceeding being instituted in the Commons. It was impossible to tell how long they might have to wait for the decision of the other Moose; and, upon the same principle, the whole Session might be allowed to pass away before the Bill was read. lie could not on such grounds consent to the House depriving it self of the opportunity of proceeding with a measure which they bad an unquestionable right to institute, and the propriety of which appeared to him equally sudoubted. A conversation was then carried on for some time across the table, reletive to the progress of the Bill. Lord HOLLAND proposed to move, as an amend. aient, that the Bill be read a first time ten days hence ; but a motion was finally made for this day pe!oisight. I'he Earl of LIVERPOOL intimated a willing. nets to, postpone 011 second reading till Monday. •Lord HOLLAND and Lord LAUDERDALE sp i ished that Tuesday should be the day. The Earl of LI vEltroaL observed, that if the Bill passed at all, it was ne.essary that it should pass before the holidays. Their Lordships would be sum. mooed for the second reading on Friday, and it would then be open to them to determine on what day the ,Bill should pass. through any subsequent stage. In the mean time it would be pr inted. After • few words from the Earl o f ROSSLYN and thq Marquis of LANSDOWNE, who wished to delay the second reading to Tuesday, the amendment was negatived, and the Bill read a first time. Adjourned to Friday. • • ROUSE OF COMMONS. • • The welted rending of she Steamboat Bill was postponed 6.1 Mond y It • Mr. CANNING presented a Petition front Liverpool in ra- G..s•Lights.—Ordere.l to lie on the table. . Sir S.,KOM ILLY prevented ^ Petition from Mr. Edmund T•wesend. complaining of great abpces in the ittinahtlir..tioostif the Rankrupt Laws.—Referred to time Committee .if Bailtnipt Laws. . • Lord K IRK WALL prevented two Petitions from Denbigh and !masher . place in the County, again t the LeatitcrTas.—• ordev'ed to lie on the tah , e. A Petition wail received Tram a Cnaveyencer of font ran' practice. against alterations in the practice. A person from the Ram India.heuse prevented Arcetints Reinlations made in the Ere ladies, containable to Act of - , ^. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, that 1 Rest_ probable there would not he a tali' attindanei of -'Members-10-motraw, owing to particular - 'ciftiensstaeces., He therefore propised, that the &Ude it lie Aging tihodid adjonto Gear to morrow till Friday. Mt. - CALCRAFT had no intent*, to Oppose lb. isetitio, ilui he 'lobed to know whether the Army lhadmates would - certainly con* his 'ota Friday Oe 'Mot • pardcolaily as be etatitlitood that the twit itito - id ortbe Fiance Committee could nit be C 06.. cludetbefore to•rnortoW. • The CHANCELLOR of the EtCligtiggit said, he was tote the Haase woiWiiiit be &Weis Of any premature discussion. They mist, haideter, he *woe of the importance of 'intiodeeinethelle. - tiny . 841. The EstleriteS Might, in the first its elf,* be considered es to tboiwparts if th e' ', w hi c h re we not likely to tlr. subject of rotate d/g. cu,sinn. Mr. CALCRAFT only wished to know whetbet the Estimates would come on on Friday Or nok. --' The adjournment till Friday aris thin agreed to. A oration war agreed to for requesting the attends ante of Lord Vistount Melville on the CocornWei elf Es peeditere, &c. • GHAPLKINS OF PRISONS. On the third reading of this Hill, ' Mr. CUR WEN remarked, that his object lair,., only been to prevent the Isaiah espatirlitriri of the money of the counties. He did not desire improper. ly to abridge the power of the Magistrates. The Bill was MCI a third time and passed. '• The Office Indemnity Bill was read a second Maio, and *eot thvonih a Committee. Lord FOLKESTONE presented i Petition for Annual Parliaments, &c. from a pact of Glasgow.— Ordered to lie on the table, and be piiiiied. The Scotch Aqua-vita Licence pill weut ttrouigti a Committee.—lteport on Friday. • Accounts were received of persons tried and cone view!. PUNISHMENTS. Sir S. ROMICLY role to move for leave to brlpg in a Bill to remove from the Acts of the 10th end 1,41 b of William 111., each parts as took away the beacfit of Clergy from , persons iudiited and triad tee stealing .in dwelling-houses, &e. It etas eat nem. sary for him to eqter at any length on this subje;t::-... The opipion of the !louse of Commons, he th hi s `e had .been pretty fully.xpressed. This Bill .'' a, net passed' the 'Howse twice in last Parliamelt, and toe l . - in.itnpresea. On the lest occasion the Bill paspd • eithost . eny Apposition whatever ; hg might tkevicere spy, unviiiriously ; yet the Bit( • Iv; in tails lyst f oce rejected, by A t , other jrouse. Orr !het 1'1).1;4 it Jsiutipßt.i?i" ptript fr hire' to soy . ra nch ; yet be coal .noi. refiaiiikoas laying sometMug on the ye. sent stale of the .admarlipation of Justic e in the country.. This might best appear from the returns or the number ,q crioninith n:itirehenried, kried; con. victed, and. ex.eauted. TOO . reiuriii froy4;los to 1816 inclaisivY, makiiig 10301, showed flut ender these Acts .Q 53 vrtisits has been inelic . terl ; . itt-these ouly 11,3 had biers sapizally coevicted„ but not tine !lad been esecutvi. Of simple larceny, 365 had been found guilty, Chia was a strange circumstance:ln the. administratlon, of tbe Laws, a. hen such siumbera of persons were charged with celilial oireobes. :A. high authority,. 3 , 1 r. Justice , Illadtstoire, had made particular remarks on the (Accts. of the praCtice of Juries retuining.verdicts founded on the value of ihe sum.at the time of, passing the law, compared with its, present ',aloe., There was another Bill of !tic (Sir. S. Romilly's) to which he might allude—he meant that as to capital offence for stealing in houses, &c.. to the amount of 40s. In 10 years, up to 1816. 1097 persons.had been tried on. the Act ; of these 293 had been capitally convicted. but sot one of then had been executed.—[Hear, hear!]—ln 18l6 f 1.31 were tried, of whom 49 were convicted, and only one executed. Altogether, of 1,200 persons indict. ell, one only had in that time suffered by the law. Of 342 persons convicted, not one had beets executed. lUnder such circumstances, however, crimes actually multiplied, and the sentence of the law was not car• vied into force. It was a matter of importaoce for the House to take into full consideration the state of the Criminal Law, in other and larger respects thaw as regarded these particular Acts. The recent pip. rice had been not to carry the laws into esecuttnn generally, but only its cases of extraordinary geilt and enormity. But there was another brooch of the ' law where the practice of the administration oriastice was different—he alluded to the cases of fraudulent bankruptcies and forgeries, its whicts • system was pursued directly the reverse; hot here it might be seen that, under the operation mod effect of severe Laws, the crimes intended to be checked had beets enormously multiplied. He could find only One in• stance of conviction under the Statute of Geo. IL when the individual received the [total pardon.—. Those who were acquainted with the Bankrupt Live most know well what a number of fraudulent capes occurred every year, during the last 40 years. Yet during a .period of 85 years, he found only Nor con victions carried into effect. It appeared that pu. merous creditors, in cases of this sort, though defrauded, came to a determination to leave the debtor to impunity, rather than take the alternative of proceedings which might lead to the shedding of blood.—[Hear, hear, hear!]—The offences, of * forgery had also obviously greatly multiplied—per. ' kips, by the lornc . elistencenf so much paper.cer. tench, not merely of the Bank of England, but, of other Bodies, : sqd the gibueral augmentation of the number of, paper .securities. This might have ren dered it nearly impossible to wocee4 on the former system. Pardotit were foepd neceterry ; but he be. Havel few werejgranted, except ender ticcumstances e 1 particular tfealificetioo and mitiistion, Ile held A • •4