The National Register. — London, England, 1819-10-18 00:00:00

OCT. 18: FROM TUESDAY NIGIIT'N GAZETTE. —*- By Ids Royal Ilighneu the Prince of t 1 ales. Ra:µ•nt of the Coifed Kingdom o. Great Britain and Ireland, in the uam and *utile behalf of has Majesty, A I'IIOCLA NI AT lON,, Gconne, P. It. Whereas the Parliament stands I rorogued to Tuesday, the ed day m November next. We, in the name and ton the behallof his Majesty, and by and with the advice of his Majesty's Privy Counuit. ea) hereby publish and declare, that the said Parlhmient shall be further prorogued on the said Yd day of November to Tuesday the x3d day of the said month; and we have given order to the Lord High Chancellor of that pat of the United Kingdom of Gnat Britain and Ireland called Great Britain, to prepare a commission for pi °roguing the saute accordiny,ly. Arid tee do further le.reby, in the name and on the behalt of his Majesty, and by and with the advice afutesaid, publish ar i d declare, that the said Parliament s hall, on the 13d day of November next, be held and sit for the despatch of divers urgent and important abitirs; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, :Ma the Commis sioners fur Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at Westminster, on the said 25d day of November next. Given at the Court at Carlton—house, the I lilt day of October. Irstio, in the 59th year of his Majesty's reign, 601) SAVE THE KING. At the Court at Carlton How*, the 11th of October. present. hi. Royal Highness the Prince Regent in Council. His Ho, al I aving been pleased, in the name and on the belialt of his Majesty, to appoint the Right Hon. George Hatry, Earl of Suiniiind and Warrington, to be Lord Lieutenant of the county of Chester, and of the city of Chester and county of the same, his Lordship this day took the oaths appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy. CROWN OF'F'ICE, OCT. 9. MEMBER returned to serve in this present PARLIAMENT. CIT r of If LIIEVOIILL—Richard Seudionure, of /Lent church, in the county of Hereford, Esq. in the room of Thomas Powell Symonds, Esq. deceased. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. W. Brown, I.4awltnhall 31arket, fishmonger, from Oct. 16 to Oct. 30. _ . BANKRUPTS. .1. Levers, Kingsbndge and Backfast, Devonshire, woollen manunteturer. Solicitor, Mr. Price, New Square, Lincoln's Inn. .1. Itoaksley,held, grocer. Sol. Mr. Wilson, Gresille Street, 1 I anon Garden. It, Lloyd, Liverpool, merchant. Sods. Messrs. Dacia and John, Palsgrave Place, Tetuple Bar. G. Stettintan, Birmingham, victualler. SoL Mr. Edmunds, Lincoln's Inn. It. Sanders, Worcester, glove manufacturer. Sol. Mr. l'latt, New Boswell Court, Lincoln's Inn. IL Stone, Floore, Northampunnhire, baker. Sul,. Messrs. Longdill and Butterfield, Gray's Inn Square. J. Peters, f/orking, lime burner. Sul. Mr. West, Southamp ton Buildings, (unt:cry Lane. 11. Sututuers, St. Swithin's Lane, merchant. Sol. Mr. lion. Chancery Lane. T. Stanton, Drury Lane, cheusemongcr. Sols. Nlu.srs. Iti chardson, Widbrook. N. Edmonds, Valliant/It Street, hatter. Sol. Mr. lligby, Golden Square. W. Goodwin, Cambridge, currier. Sole. Messrs. Bleoke and Co. Arniourer's Hall, Coleman Street. INQUEST ON JOHN LEES. MANCHESTER, ‘VEnsciDAT, OCT. 13. Thitatoming, in pursuance of the adjournment, the Jury met et the Star Inn, to resume the proceeding, in this ease. At ten o'clock tthe usual hour for commencing the examinations), the Etnut was crowded to excess, but it was nut until nearly eleven o'clock that the Coroner entered. Shortly, however, before his appearance, Jir. Ashworth and 3lr. Barrow entered the room. Mr. Ashworth then, achimsing himself to the persons present. requested to ►now whether there were any individuals Mere, by whom he could be intimped who were the person► who Ltd sent anunymuus :esters to hint front London. lie did not believe that there were any persons present who would have done it, but he wished to Snow we parties, as such attacks were highly injurious -to him in his professional capacity. Mr. I fanner said, that he might make similar complaints, of similar attacks contained in anonytuousletters to hum both troll London and this town. Mr. Ashworth.-I>u not suppose that I allude to you. Sir. Mr. !lamer protesmal his ignorance of any thing of the kind as respected Mr. Ahlmorth; but lie begged leave to state, that he had received letters containing limit aspersion, upon Isis character. Mr. Ashworth.—lf I cannot find who are the parties, I cannot help it. But I ant determined nut to receive any of these letters from the post office. 1 shall let the pus, other keep them. The Coroner now entered the Court, and the conversation was dropped. As soon as Mr Feriand had taken Its seat, Mr. Ash worth was maim to addre,s the Court, but lie was interrupted by the Coroner stating that the Jury hail not been called. 'file J cry were then called aver in the usual form. Mr. Ashwotth commenced in these words:—" Now, Sir, ve nous things have come to my knowledge to which I cannot shut my ears—things which affect the independence and impartiality of a body of men immediately connected with the invesugatitth uf this case." The Coroner here interrupted the learnedgentlemun by saying, " I big your pardon, but if you will allow me fur a moment. After a short pause, he continued, " It is the request of the Jury that the inquest should be adjourned to a later period. Several of them have suffered very much, so as to affect their health, by fatigue and attention. It is my desire, therefore, in this novel ease, so extraordinary in its ciiisuns,tiniccs, to adjourn the inquest from this day to the let December. 1 have sufficient reasons for myself in so doing; and if there is any thing wrung, this will allow time for an application to the Court of King's lhnch, not only by those immediately . concerned, but by others who appear here. Therefore, taddresstng the Jury), I disshiss you tu.day, anti I will take your rixognizances to appear here on the Ist day of December. _ _ Air. Homier begged leave to be heard for a moment. If this extraonlinary terinmation should be carried into execution— The Coroner, imen opting him, said, 6. 1 do nut know you; I object to hear you at all; you have been heard too nitwit aF row v . Mr. Harmer wished to observe, with all due deference, that no Coroner was justified in unneceaaarily adjourning the inquest. Coroner.-1 have nothing to say to you; I have heard too much already; it lain doing wrong, you know where to obtain redress. Mr. Harmer earnestly request dto be heard for a moment. It waa th: brat importance to show that it would be a ingli mis demeanour to enjoin': the inqui.st. Coroner.-1 repeat, that I have allowed you to say too much already. l'urning to the Jury, be said, 6. The Court, is ad- Mr.ourned Ilanner.-1 have here settled law upon die subject, and I should be glad to know whether it is the wish of the Jury that thuinuest should be adjotuned. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Coroner.—The Jury! You have nothing to do with the Jury. You have interfered a great deal too much with the Jury. already. Mr. Banner defied the Coroner to prove it. lie denied that any thing of the kind hae: taken place, and he appealed to the Jury to any whether any thing had come front hint a any period. Mr. Ashworth (addressing Mr. Harmer.)—The Coroner has done with you now. (Here Air. Barrow whispered something to the learned gentleman. lle then continued.) I was certainly ready to have brought forward decided cases, by which it would appear that some measures bad taken place which might be the ground of a criminal information. The Coroner has stated to you that you have an opiwrtunity , ofapplying to the Court of King's Bench to impugn his yodgment. Mr. !lamer.—Mr. Barrow has suggested to you, that there are sufficient grounds for a criminal information. 1 beg leave to ask against whom it is to be filed, and the reasons and ground of it ? Mr. Ashwtoth.—l cannot say that now. I have no doubt but that in due time you will become acquainted with them. As you have been connected with the inveitigation of this case, no doubt you will be also connected with the criminal information. 1 nave no doubt but that Courts of Justice are open to every body who may think the Coroner lia.s acted wrongly. Mr. Harmer said, that it did not appear that these proceedings lied been adopted by the wish of the Jury. The Coroner.-1 beg to hear no more item you. Mr. Harmer represented to the Coroner, that he had not stated to what place the inquest was to be adjou.y.ed. Conmer.—l have already stated at the star Inn, Deansgate. Mr. Hanner said that he certainly had not heard it. Ile also wished to know at what hour the Court was to meet on the Ist of December. Coroner —At ten o'clock. Mr. Dimmer. —That adjousnrrent will be recorded. The in• quest might as well have been adjourned to this day six months. &tele of the jurymen may die, and some of the witnesses nut yet examined may die in the mean tens. Mr. Ashworth.—The Court of king's Bench is open to you. The Chief Coroner of the coentry is the Chief Justice of that Court, and he will superintend the jurisdiction of the Coroner here. Mr. Harmer concluded by suggesting that during this long adjotunnieut all those already implicated in this altitir, as well as others who :till might be implicated, ought escape. The Coroner then lett the chair, and die inquest was adjourned until the Ist day of December sett! !! AIANCHESTER.-cOURT OF REQUESTS. MlLtib V. WltOt. FEES CLAIMED BY THE CLERK OF THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. Mr. Hill, of Chester, presided as Chief Commissioner ten Commissioners sat upon the Bench with him. After some ordinary cases were dectiltil,Mes,rs. Milne ((lswald Nliitir, clerk 111 the magistrates at the New Halley, mid Mother to the enroiler), liar row, Nalllll, and Renick , ap peared, and a request was made to Mr. Hill to hear the case in %slick they were concerned out of its order, us they had to attesita elsewhere. This req:lest was granted. . Mr. Milne stated, !hut he made this application for the sant of /13., whieh was the minima or fers due to him as Clerk olthe Justices of the Pt act' fat Salford, upon recog- IliZalleeS of hail, entered into by r. ft roe, to appear at the next Lancaster assize S and An.saer ie six indictineuts. Hr did not el 000 se to keep Mr. Wine in custody for the fees, and he therelose now apirlied to the Court to order payment of them. Chit r Consmissioner.—Have you any witnesses? Mr. Milne.--Yes; here ate Mr. Edward 144110 W cud Mr. William Daniels. They were sworn. Mr. Borrow is alto Sallie WI/0 ap peared at the inquest 111$011 JO.lllll Lees. Mr. Idaleow deposed. that fur War I 1 years that he had practised at the New Bailey, these fees had been paid: the plaintiff always Chill god theta, and his father always charged them. M . 1 7. Whitworth (a Commissioner, who sat npon Mr. Hill's right hand) asked. if there was any authority kir demanding such tees.? Mr. Milne referred to the statute 22 (we believe) Geo. H.. which authorizes juslices of the peace to regulate the clerks' fees. Air. Mill said, be was aware of that, and of the legality of the demand. but die could nut deride 11111.111 hie 0%11 kllOWlrlige without evidence. lie had Lein piesent w lien the Jusiices fur Cliesisise fixed Iheu tires their. Mr. Barrow depart!, that 3lr. Baron Thompson had ►anetnoted these tors 41 Liatteostri imthe year 1199. Mr. 1 - 11 considered that guile atittieuent. Mr Whitworth said these tars were not legal; the Judges did not attempt to exact them in hoodoo; and aNi.ed Mr. Milne whether Mr. Wroe had not been appre hended on a magistrate's warrant. . . Mr. Milne.—You ale not a commissioner, but a party. Mr. Hill was about to check this...ally, when Mr. Whitworth stood up, and belienteuily said, " I will nut be insulted by this fellow ; I call upon you to commit lino tor contempt; I will not sutler any other business to br one into till he is to tttttt itted." loud shout of up planse from the spectators.j Mr. Hill remarked to Mr. Milne, that such observations were not proper; but that probably he was nut :Male that Whitworth was It CO 11111 l ',sumer. Ma. Milne said he bowed with great respect to 3lr. Stewasil ; and if he had (Mended the cu 1111 l I,ssi 111 l ei s, lie must sineei el) apologized fur it; but for Mi. Whitwut tO he should tike ho notice of 1 . r. Hill.—That is improper. 11r. Whet wortle.—Thaf is adding instill to insult. I in. sivt that that tenon he committed. 1 have vceee one com mitted for a flinch lees offence. The chide Court of Cutioniervionen4 have been invoked the °ugh mr. Mr. Kruslww , the clerk, wilS iuteri opting these obser vatious, and inueretiing with the bosun...hi before theca, when Mr. Whitwuttli checked hint fur stick conduct: he asked, Mr. Nicholas Whitworth, what have you to soy? Whitworth.—You are only the clerk, Sir. Know your own duty, and euutine yourself to it ; yuu ire but the servant of the Court. Coa , iderable debate ensiled as to the legality of the %%enrol*. Air. Whitworth urged that they were illegal, ao, founded upon Lord enentar, which was itself itlrgal he had gut the opinion of the Just level authorities in the country to that effect: if this were allowed, a trading magi3trate and his clerk might rein e man, though he had the wealth of the Uuke of Devon- Mr. Hill said. the legality or illegality of the warraut wan tut tun to the treAtion. Mt. Johtuam (at 4-unisninsioner, but not upon the bensis uu thin cans) ()detest Its qua ei,lileilve 11l thy. care, hot tin eVlllrilee Nab iiiatllllls,ii.le, at. lie hail nut hearu that e a.r. Mr. Hill said he Anew tiothiug there of what they did in London. Mr. ftatillhata (after aaking their oplui0115) declasi ed the commissioners to be nosoimosealy for the plaintiff, hot opine being challenged and obliged to My .ire again, lee said 6 weer for the plaintiff, old I for the Girl. odae.t. Mr. Whitworth and Mr. Johnson again urged the com mitting! of Mr. Milne for contempt. Mr. Hill telused, and thanked God that he knew nothlti of the ',aeries. Mr. Wroe appeared fur himself, and seemed much die. satisfiedwith the result. The following is a copy of the Address voted at the County Meeting held at York on Thursday last, which passed with only two dissentients:— " To His Royal Highness GEoneie Prince of Wales, Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. " We, his Majesty's moat dutiful and loyal subjects. thf Nobility, Clergy, and Freeholders °Eike Comity of Yoi k, humbly entreat peimission to approach the Throne of our gracious Sovereign, with that reverence an atieetion %vitt: h it becomes us as a loyal and flee lir °plc to entertain te wards oils lawful and afflicted King. " We di tply lament the malady which has so long aid unavoidably w it hdraw n his Majesty from ilia. public in tercourse with his faithful subjects which tended so min If to streligilitm their attachment to Isis %acted person, antl and to increase his Royal confidence is their loyalty dad aticction. "At the same lime we humility beg to as,nre your Royal 111;0111es., its the Representative of our Sovereign, th it our fidelity to year Itoptl Illustrious Fa mily, and our devotion to the laws of this realm, are 111141- tei able, " We feel most strongly that the prerogatives attached to the dignity of the King, that politically he can do tat wiling, that he is the distributor of justice, and the lime lain of mercy ; are as undoubted and as beneficial to his people as that the laws of England are their birthright ; and we entreat your Royal Highness to believe, that we, acid the great bulk of his Majesty's subjects, seek only our constitutiotial rights, that the laws may Rule ill peace and quietness, sad be administered with equal justice dud mercy to all ranks of the King's people. " We beg to assure your Royal Highness, that we lien with gratitude your Roy al Highness's declaration from the Throne, at the close of the last session of Parliament, 'that no object can be nearer your heart than to promote the welfare and prosperity of all classes of his Majesty's sub jects, which cannot be effected without the maititenauce of public order and tranquillity,' and your Royal High. ness's • that determination to employ, for that purpose,the powers intrusted to your Royal Highness by law.' In ae rordance with your Royal Highness's gracious wish to preserve public (ruder and tranquillity, and to prevent (lie, subversion hajepy Cow:Walton, acid with feelings of ardent veneration for the laws and privileges of our iodise laud, and an anxious desire to hand them down unimpaired to our children and their latest posterit v, we humbly entreat permission to remind your Royal lighness, " That it is the undoubted . fight of the subjects of this Realm to hold meetings for the put wise of considering any matter of public intai est, and of adopting such resolutious acid proceedings thereon as arc conformable to law, and may appear to them necessary for Ilse maintenance of their con stitotional privileges, and the general welfare. " That to disperse by violence, and still more by the employment of a military force, a meeting law fully mum bled, and peaceably held tut such purposes, is a dared vio lation of the law, and an alarming invasion of the rights of the people. " We therefore humbly heglease to represent to your Royal fl ighnet:s that we have learnt with unfeigned concern that a meeting held avowedly for such purposes at Manches ter on the 16th of August last, Lit which it has not hitherto apiwared that any illegal act had been committed, or that previous proclamation to disperse had been made according to I in, was suddenly attacked and dispersed by a military force, whereby the lives of a great number of Its Majesty's subjects were endangered, and many of them wounded and sante killed. " That we have seen with surpriseand regret, that to the interference of the military, attended with such fatal con sequences, your Royal Highness has been advised by your Ministers to give the sanction of your Royal llighoess's approbat ))))) whereby they have prejudged a most important ,in t iert or judicial investigation, and have pioclaimed it proceeding to he meritorious, which has the appearance of being illegal mid highly criminal; a measure full of danger to the unbiassed and equal adininistration of justice. " That, whilst we strongly deprecate every tendency to a breach of the peace, we feel it our especial duty to re sist, by all la %still means, any attempt to intringe on the rights which the constitution has solemnly sanctioned for the protection of our common liberty,— and which it is equally necessary, for the security of the Crown, and the safety of every rank oftlie State, firmly to maintain. " That without adverting to the objects to which the meeting of the 16th of August last was directed, we feel that the circumstances connected with its di•per.irw, call fur a full investigation, iu us ii that measures, Wliiell, Ulf. explained, trod to establish a preet dent of the utmost danger to the bliei ties ol the country. nray be constitu tionally vindicated. it found to admit of • sari-faelory jus tification ; or, if nut, that they may be authoritatively 'narked w ith due erasure amid condemnation. " We, thereto' e, insist limubly implore year Royal High nest, Mel yoa will be pleased to asseisible Parliament. with as little delay as possible, arid recommend to their immediate care a whm) inquiry into these transactions." CONGRESO Sircer-80xe5.....1t will be retnembered that a certain number of gold snuff-boxes, decorated with a miniature of the Prince Regain in enamel. and studded with brilliants of the first water. were manufacttired in this country by order of Government. and presented by Lord Castlereagh. in the smite of the Regent, to the govereies and Princes assembled at:the Congress at Vienna. These baubles constituted a large item in the current expellees of the year. and the folly and profligacy of the measure were commented upon in Parliament at the time. One of these boxes is now m t sale in the hands of an eminent jeweller at Brussels..... Six inindred and :ital. have been offered for it by a itodse iu Loodon; butt that sum has not yet been accep. tvd. It would be curious to discover what branch or the Holy Alliance could treat the present of his Royal I liglitass she Prime &gent %vial so much indignity.