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160 Imperial parliament continued from page 147 , accounts ; where the Sovereigns, great officers and small, little and !at ge char me., &c. were all mixed up together. He mai n tained that he was the hest friend of the Sove reign and the !..olf c reigh's popularity, in de sirin g that this old tesstery should he terminated. If people del not inquire, all this might do as well as moteinl ;ab p ut un tgbitu . suttely for Anal a s)stene. they now lived rying ae He therefore maintained that it Wii% not consistent with the dignity and p opularity of the Sovereign to he so mixed up with VATIOWA officers, and to be so paid ; his income being paid out of the penny on the barrel of ale, and the halfpenny no the gallon of whiskey. (Hear, hear.)—lt , was amazing in what strange company they found his Majesty. There WAS not greater verities in the Ark itself. There was the Vicar of the Tuner, with a salary of 11. 13.. 4d. his income was a good example to many great officers. 'I lien there were the Master of the Hawks, the ,Keeper of the Lions, a Latin Secretary, and a " Watch man to the Exeliequer"—be did net know whether the Rielit Hon Gentleman theset was here meant. (Much Iregliter.) All incomes and persons were mixed up with the Monarch. Was not this in reality de grading the Crown, and exposing it to unmerited unpo pularity and remark. But then it was said, they must resettle the Civil List at the Commencement of a new reign; it' sit, why not do it in some regular and rational niode ? As to fixing it for life, that was as absurd as the jumble which characterized the whole Civil List. Dorilig the last reign, they had to advance it three tithes, and to pay debts off twice. And the Droits of Admiralty were of as vague a character ; be sides they might be of dangerous tendency, the money not being under the contronl of Parliament. By b the death of a lunatic 1 13 /. had bee n received ; 17 , 000/. y another demise ; by the Dutch prizes upwards of one million.; and sup p osing such sums were received on the eve of a general Election, might it not be diverted to un fair objects ? These slims had oil some occasions been granted in aid of the Government, and thus things might be most imporiantiv change d ; for the King, instead being unable to stir without the Parliament could proceed from his own funds. It wasalso of intportance as regal Jed pensions fur Parliament granted some, such as those given to Lords Hutchinson, St. Vincent, and Nelson; but others were greeted by the Crown to various Right Hon. and other Gentlemen, which, had they been proposed in Parliament, might not have passed with quite so much unanimity. But the fond had been exposed to some abuse —and lie particularly mentioned the case of Sir Home Popham as an instaisce—the case was an alledged smug ;ding transaction. Another objection was, that the loud Skew iu the way of Ministers a temptation to which they ought not to be exposed. He did not say that any Sove reign or Ministers would go to war on such account; but if eight or nine millions were to come in as prizes it • might (and that was enough for him) mitigate the calami ties of the event. Prizes obtained before declaration of war went to this flraul, and he said such prizes, were pur ashased at the expense of the honour of the country. That lie said, was the fact. Let theta look at the Demist' prizes, and the Spanish prizes, where millions were obtained.— He tberefoie wished such funds to cease to exist in such character ; and such change would deprive our rivals of the opportunity to malign our country, who only envied its greatness. No officer approved of such proceedings; they said they were things which made an Englishman hang his head with shame. As to the Barbadoes 3 per cents. they were granted for the Islands, for local pur poses; but the Parliament, and then the Crown, got hold of them. (Loud and repeated cheering for some minutes.) He bliwild therefore move, that it is expedient that the House do take into its consideration the droits of Adnii ratty, the Cs per cent. ditties, and other funds not usually deemed within the mitred of Parliament, in order to make such provision respecting the same as shall he con sistent with the dignity of the crown, with the interests . of the people, sod with the maintenance of the Constitu tion. (The cheering was repeated from all parts of the house when the Hon. and Learned Gentleman resumed Lis seat.) Mr. CANNING resisted the motion, contending that the usage of tour reigns had established the coarse of proceeding ; but conceded that the Accounts of the Re venues and Grants from them should,as a matter of course be sessionally laid before Parliament After remarks from Sir . J. Al'lntosh, Sir J. Newport, Mr. M‘Donald, &c. ; and a pointed reply from Mr. ,Brougham, the House Ist Twelve o'clock ilivided. Ayes, 155 Noes, 273—Majority againthe motion 118.—Ad journed to Monday. The following documents are interesting, as they relate .to the motion made by Mr. Brougham in the House of Commons respecting the 4i per Cents.— " An Act fur settling an impost on the co 11111 l udities of the growth of this islaud ; passed the 12th of Sept. 1663. No. 36. " Extract—. Whereas our late Sovereign Lord Charles 1., ot• blessed memory, &c• " And for as 111111:11 as nothing eonduceth more to the peace and prosperity of any place, and the protetion of every single per-on therein, than that the politic revenue thereof may be in atone measure ptopotßoned to the pub licLcharges and rspete.es : and also well weighing the great Charges awl espetises these toted be of necessity in maintaining the bunion and dignity of his Majesty's au thority berc—(foe• public meeting in the Sessions, the often attendance of the council, the I eparation of the furls, the building a St 2/Sl.u-house and a 'll5Oll, cud all other ptibt• charges 111/ . 111110141l 011 lilt ; do, 111 considers lion thereof, give and grant and sin:res.-to. for t ver, and du nowt I lily &side your Excellency to accept these oar grants ; and we I lid, play y eitehey that it may be I . ll4Vird, and ire it enacted b. mss E‘telieney Lei d N itiongittry, ul Pai ham, Captain-IL:roe, 41 41111 Clout Governor of this lentos' ot Barbadoe., 411.1 all (Abel the Cal thee Wands, anti Hy and , with the ettiett nt of the council Jatt the 4 ;4.1,th-wets of the assembly, few e-entatives ot this stand, ono i antimony of the rdiii , •, ll 6d l an iniptett ot cos,inti he, limo awl atter pnblicatioli 11, scut, liaised Upon Ilse mauve commodities of this atter the porpoi and 111 111a111:1 and form a, 1• ..1 •.;it r art doo m 414(1 ap,lolll lell 1 1141 iv to say , "I .l. . " votion,ol.,“ - t lint growth 01 produce Of this 141,11,11141 411411 1r• -l.it.pc.l (Al the halla• 11.4,1 be paid to our Soiree-iv. Lord toe King, his heirs a n d saw cebtora fur over, tour and a halt in specie for every live score." THE NATIONAL REGISTER. .'_.-------------------- of Cum " Journals of the House mde o . arrison and Wilson were still silent , and ap- Cumul ou s, vol. 13, fol. Oa. I 1701. I Ann. partok. H utortroed. " Ti n ' order of the day for the house to resolve itself Mr. Brown said, " 1 have now to show you the dark into a committee of the whole house to consider of the side of the picture. Your omfortunate miserable corn supply to be granted to her Majesty , for the better sup- paitions in crime who were tried, are ordered for execu. port of her Majesty's household , a nd of the honour and tint) on Monday morning; and you, Harrison , Wilson , ( , ) t. t . Ter, Strange. and Bradhorn, are transported for dig n ity of her crown, being lea st:— con- ' " A petition of the agents, l tlanters, and merchants c erned in, and t ra ding to the Island of Harbadoes, was "' Wilson. who before had appeared perfectly callous , presented to the house, setting forth that there is a duty the commodities of th e 64 of 41 per cent. utt 0 island, ex- now exclaimed, " Ali 1 our poor friends; lam indeed ported thence, which was wanted by an act of the said sorry for them." Harrison said nothing; the others island in September, 1663, for the reparation and building were too much occupied with the joy of their own escape of fortifications, and delraying all oilier public charges to bestow a thought upon those who were to kakis i n cident to the gover iiiii ent there, which has been col- their lives. , leered by officers appoin ted b y the con iiii issitmeis of the Mr• Brown said, "There is one o f the most remark. customs in England, and applied to other uses, whereby ante circunistancea attending your eases that ever took the fortifications are run very notch out of repair, and other public necessary works are unbuilt, and their ma- p ace main any occasion; and ; if you have any feeling, a l most make ' a deep andindelib . le impression upon you. ..nose ver y persons against whose lives your hands were the said „.. easiness unprovided ; so that in case of a war, abort to he raised are island, and all other the sugar plantations to the windwardthe men by whose intercession your of Jamaica would he in danger of being lost if an enemy should attack it, %WO would be a vast loss to England; lives have been saved." and praying that the said duty of 4.P. : per cent. may be Gtichrist has been respitcd, without mention of the applied to the uses for which it was given, in order to the cot Those wh o we or p re conde m unishment red todie were then put into d e fence and security of the s a id island. " Ordered, that th e said p etition do lie upon the table, and were ft alone for the nigt. un. se p ara te ce ll s. , to be considered by th e house day morning Mr. Cotton le h visited them singly but S was not able to make any impression on their ? Is. Mr. " Fol. 813. — Colone l Granville reported to the Corn- Brown had judged it prudent not to bring them loge (erred, to whom the said Barbado es p etition was re ferred, that they hail directed him to move the house, titer to . public worship in the chapel, from an apprehen . that an humble address may be made to her Majesty, that start t hat they might disturb the solemn ceremonies of the duty or impost of 41 per cent. arising in Barbadoes, and the Leeward Islands, object to an annuity payable religion by a display of their infidel opinions. In the to the Earl of Kiiiiioid, his s he ire „d „ s i g „,. h e app li e d course of the day Thistlewood was visited by his wife for the repairing and erecting sock fortifications, and and sons Brunt by his wife, Davidson by his wife and other public uses for the safely of the said islands, as her children, and 'cidd by his daughter. Majesty shall direct, and that an annual account how the Up to a late hour Sunday night no alteration was said duties shall have heen expended may be laid before visible in the manner of any one of the prisoners, the House of Commons. except I)avidson, whose mind was evidently softened "Ordered accordingly. after the interview with his family. Tidd has from the " Fol. SgS.—Mr. Secretary Vernon reported to the very beginning preserved an uniform and consistent house, that their address having been presented to her steadiness and solemnity, but free from dejection or fear. Majesty, relating to Barbadoes and the Leeward Wands, lugs has been generally dejected; the re st p erfectl y in. as to the former part thereof , that her Ma j esty would please that the ditty or impost of ai per cents may be different, and even hardened. No one, except their fa. applied for the repairng and erecting fortifications and mulles, has been allowed to see them. Alderman Wood other public uses for the ' safety of the said fica ands, islands. and applied fur admission, but Mr. Brown felt it to be his that an annual account bow the said duties shall have duty to refuse, having been instructed to admit none been expended may be laid before this house; .her Ma. who had not received a special order from the Privy jesty was pleased to say that she would give directions Council. accordingly." The preparations for the execution were going on dur. ing the whole of Sunday, and at a late hour at night the noise of hammers was still sounding. The ad Bailey was crowded with an immense assemblage of spectators during the whole day. - -. EXECUTION OF TRAITORS E CONVICTED THE CONSPIRATORS. On Saturday the Common Sergeant, in consequent. of having been written to by the Lord Chancellor on the subject, made his report to the King in Council of the 11 men convicted under the late sp ecial commission. The judges who tried the prisoners likewise attended. After two hours' deliberation, and hearing the report of the trials, the following were ordered for execution on Monday, in front of Newgate, viz.:—Arthur Thistle wood, James logs, Thomas Brunt, Richard Tidd, and William Davidson. The remaining six, who pleaded guilty to their indictments, were respited during his Ma jesty's pleasure. Mr. Brown, the Governor of Newgate, received the warrant at seven o'clock in the evening, and, accompa nied by Mr. Pullen, the under-sheriff to Sheriff Parkins, immediately went to the condemned room, in which were sitting those who were ordered for execution, at tended by eight officers. When he entered they rose in the most respectful manner. He held in his hand the Recorder's warrant, of the contents of which they ap. eared conscious. A dead silence prevailed, but there was not the slightest agitation observable in the counte nances or manner of any one of the prisoners. Mr. Brown addressed diem in the following words:— " It is my painful duty to communicate to you that 1 hold the Recorder's warrant for the execution of you, Thistlewood, Ings, Brunt, Davidson, and Tidd, on Monday morning. 1 hope and trust that the short time you have to remain in this world will be employed by you in making preparation for that to which you are going." Thistlewood immediately, and in the calmest manner, said, "The sooner we go, Sir, the better. Our wish is to die as soon as possible." The others expressed the same sentiments. Mr. Brown.—" if any of you wish to have the assis tance of a clergyman of any persuasion during your preparation, let me know it, and I shall apply to the authority by which I am convinced you will not be refused." Not a word seas uttered by any one of the prisoners. Mr. Brown then sari, " Let toe entreat you with effect to give up your thoughts to the contemplatiou of the change which you are about to undergo. Your time in this hie is very short: dome it to repentatice, and prayer to that Being who will not desert you at the moment of fatal separation." The prisoners did not speak hot make any sigh. Mr. Brown then left the room, and the miserable men turned to thy conversation in which they had been etteaged before he entered, without any reference to the tidings they had just heard. Upon going to the condemned room, where the six cm:slur:tuns who pleaded guilty were confined, Mr. Brown observed a very sinking contrast to the scene which lie aa.i just ginned, as lag as regarded Strdnee, Bratlburii, Cooper, ilia' Gilchrist. Ile entered tv ith the Recorder's warrant in his hand, which contained tile cheertug intelligence to them. Strange, liratiburn, Cooper, and Gilchrist, seemed struck with consern..- non ; tut Harrison and Wilson showed 110 5)111111011:N of agitation, but appeared rather to despise titan in pat condition of their contimitions, and uttered lint a suit expressive of hope or tear. Mr. Brown then wormed them, that URIC% hod b eet , ex t r uded to till:111, 411111 that their lives vvert. spared Strange, Cooper, Iliad lalfll, and Gl:elitist itt:lnetli ,Liely fell on their knees, and, after a pause, gave utter once to incoherent and unintelligible expressions of gra war On Monday morning, a — t a very early hour, the inha bitants of the metropolis were in motion, crowding in immense numbers towards the Old Bailey, in order to witness the execution of the five State Criminals, viz. Arthur Thistlewood, H. Tidd, J. T. B ,W. David- Suit, and J. logs, convicted of High Treason. As early as five o'clock the Old Bailey was crowded to excess, and as the time approached for the criminals to be brought out, the adjacent streets, the windows and roofs of the houses, even to the chimuies, were completely filled. Not a nook was left unoccupied, and cohabi tant sums were paid for seats in the houses near to the spot. The crowd was greater than has been seen fur many years. The arrangements for the preservation of the peace were complete. Bodies of Life Guards were stationed in the Old Bailey, Newgate-street, Ludgate-hill, and other places adjacent, and six pieces of artillery, with about 100 artillerymen, were placed in the centre of Black friars-road, about 300 yards beyond the bridge. The civil power was also in great force. The scaffold was hung with black cloth, and on one part, immedi ately behind the drop, five coffins of plain wood were placed, to g ether with a block, on which to lay the heads of the criminals for the purpose of decapitation. In the interior of the prison similar precautionary arrangements were made. At an early hour the five criminals were brought from their cells, and placed in a room together, where they were attended by Mr. Cotton, the Ordinary, who, with other Gentlemen, were unceasing in their efforts to awaken in their minds some sense of religion, and of the awful situation in which they stood. These humane endeavours were, however, fruitless with all but David son, in whom was observable a most gratifying change. The others maintained the same indifferent* which they have manifested from the first. Davidsrm prayed most fervently, and appeared most thankful for the attention shewn to him. He took a glass of wide early in the um ttttt ig, and also received the Sacrament. The others refused, although repeatedly urged to do so. At about hall-past seven the 'trimmers oe , e conducted to the Press-yard, attended by the Sherdis Rothwell utti Parkins, their Under-Sheriffs, Aldermen hit C. Flower at Wood, and Mr. Brown, the Got er..or. Lord M• vastley, rite lion. Mr. Vernon, and many other Gentle- Men Were also present. While the irons were knocking off, some slight altercation took place between Aldrrin in Wood, Mi. Sheriff Parkins, a ilil Mr. Sherdi Holluyell. The two former Gentlemen expressed a wish to pint some ques tions to the prianwis, and had begin, to interrogate Thistleotxxl, who seem. d inclined to ne co 1111 l tunicative, when Sheriff It.altes••ll itiler'ered, and.would not allow the COllVersolloll to proceed. This produced a MUM .,trance. on the port. oi Messrs Wood at-il Pali:ins, but %I r. Rothwell persisted in hits deivrininalin, and the conversation ended. We intil, rstaitd, howi vet, that the prismicrs declared that they Ott tic Illte.gletl into the p lot. It Is the 101eliti011 tit Aliksiliall Woo4l to bring toe sub - Jeri hr fore Parildlllelit. The pi isoiterS, Wliell the eons were iltsplarrd, and their hands secured in me usual way, were led to . the entrance of the ;prison ; and, at a go titer before eight o'clock exactly, Thistlervood came on the sca ff old. He walked with a firm step, and appeared perfectly collected.