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~. :~ ;~w; 218 AN ANECDOTE: VERSIFIED. q l / 4. tPross ass Anon ieag f er.l Durhant—Monday, Au.,:ost A. New u.tle and 13an —:":.1411 day L AUgusl 14. Catimar— Friday, Atio.t *2O 4171e60—Saturd LaniaLatr--Wctliarstin,,Srpttsuber I. 7. , onprrial I)artiatilcnt. 110 , 75 E C.,' LORDS. m4)Nu tl. .111.1 i 3. T Z; EADAV. It'LY 6. AL A. Pat--an odd joker—and Yankee more sl a y, Once ritting together, a gallows,paNs'd by: • .aid the Yankee to Pat, " I doa't tr...lte too free, " Give that gallows its due, and pray where wodirl you i‘e?" " Why, honey," said Pat. " faith that's e.. ily kaown ; " I'd he riding to town by inys.liall alone." IV own! ERN C MCC. IT. Bef , re !Ir. Baron Jtfr. Justice BA Y I. EY. aid I:urk-saiurth, July 24, at tltc Cily Of York. POOR RAT".:A Marquis of LaNscrowNt rose, lens, art to notice. to mos e that the Bill for preventing the rnis anplicatiou of the Parish Rates he read a second time this day ree month.. The Noble Niarquis Bated his objections to the ni 1, which were principally confirosi to the enactment , : which empowers Churchwardens to take chihlrtn from their parents, and put them into WOrkhotUes. This, lie contended. ans do stniymg all the moral and virtuous feeling which children derive trout parents. The Lord. knew that all the ties of morality an.:ong the poor arose out of affection for their offspring. and to s. , :hdraw from them those principles of affection anti vit.- would ',e injurious to the interests of society. To draw chil dren at an early no from their parents, woMil have the (fall of depriving them of all those advantage, whieli in general they de rived front their paretr. , . The Noble Manlius cooehtded by .:vein; fie Bill be read a second time ttis day three months. 'Pile EARL of if.tnnowier admitted there were defects in the Bill, which induced him to consent to pniAyone it. The EMIT. of (Arco root. concurred in the propriety of de- Eharating upon a question of this nature. The effect at' this ineeatre was a considerable increase of expence, and it was pro • blematkal whether it would do good or harm. 't he Marquis of LANSDOWNE ;aid a few words in reply. tad DARNLEY sum:oiled this ar;,niment of Cie Noble Marquis. Tic motion was then carried without n divirinn ...... iVSOLVCNT lhtTom,' ATT( E. T. *.NI) moved. the Insolrmt lichters' Bill be recommitted. The Hume accord ingly went intoa Committee nn the Bill. Lord 1101.1. AND suit]. he Japed the Bill would pass in some Jame. Lord Ittalottale ohaerved, that no intrEdnicnts would make Cle efficient. The chturcti were then severally amenat.d, and the Biil with thritd amendments ordered to be printed. I.ords then 1)room-deft m into witnesses on the Barnstaple Bill, after width they adj,mrned. PrTif.lcANi'l./CENItItCe 111. L.—The Earl of 1 .A enERDALE. Tort:mat to voice, moved, that the AlehounA Licensing Bill be rIaLl a ttoinzl thrie tali* day three raJnais. Agreed to, and the threv...n out. 1t1r.1,3 RESITCTING Tn.trmt —The Earl of LAUT)EPZIALE maned a flcsolatinn to tr• entered on the Journals. and heroine a S'a! :11g order. It 1110 in substance, ** Ite,ulvo.l, that no r..a1:1 - g•to Manufactines and Comm snail be nmad a first tic:a in tl - is House until a Select t'ornmittee shall have enquired kto the expediency of such measure, and relented to the House die feuds ctf their extualination."—Agreed to. Atcurned. IVFI:rSPAV, .WT•Y T. INSOLVENT DEI:T - t111i ; said, he bat rcuton to Ruppo , .e the antendinents in this Bill would not be a;,-reed to in the otlitr lloun Parli.oncnt, therifore he should inove the Bill bv re.nononitted dd.: day three niont:ts. HEnEsnAtE Raid, every uniestiltnei.t by bin self ram geted hid proceeded front a cow - tenon that he wits 14;islating for tlie convenience end interod of the public. The Loan Cismect.r.s.oft regretted tit it this Bill. and ano ther t import4nt,. viz. the Bar.ltsupt I..ta s' Amendment Ili I, had cotne so the Lords At en late a period of tle Session. He to:int:red in Ow propriety of withdrawing it, and expressed a licpe that it won,: undergo due consideration before the House tact next £7w,olon. Nikiun vr.4 agreed tc. r.n2 t!.e Bill, iam for tbe preient Cry .131. Lord AUCKI.AND ptesented a Petition from Inverness, pray ing Ilefivm in the Borough system. • The ltiah Bank Payments' Bill was, read a third time and lam - .1."1.:\T ISt:wrung' ilif.T.„--Mr. ARCRCROMATF. and .e.ner Member; from the Commons brourlit up a Bill, int:tied an Act 1.6 tXMltilltiC in fioce until three momis liner the neat ties t::l. , of Parliament, the A.:r. of Lir present N.jeity relating to :uoireut. De' tors.—The Bill was read a And time, and ordered tc Lc read a accond time to-morrow.—Attourned. klitllST l / 1 1% JULY 14 The Scotch Church, Hill. on tile tuotion of Lord :Vklra!: was orth.rrd to he committed this day three months. The Insolvent llcbtors' R 11 wssrcact a seesoul ti me . On the motion of Lord JIE LVILLE, the Szoten Ounis:ancnt till K ai tlii own out. Tile Earl of 110511.1 N preslatod a Petition from rertAin ti.ria4. at !lends!. pi grim{ a!teratina in the Alan tage Act. The 10 , 341 Pill leas read a third time and passed. 'Me Irish S ill Pines 11C:1:24.1 Bill, lifter a bright UrpObitiAnto wa rain .\Y. ITINTI 9. The Irish t wolvent Debi on,' Hill was tea 4 a oecoawi time.. The En3lidt lasolveat flAtotti Bill sent through the Com- I.•)en A MAU-torn [Averted to the Rankropt !Airs' Amend. rite:lt Dia, and t*:te Bankrupt Commi , sinacrs' Hill, observing, that tlie,e Bills were of too much importance to he passed at tho I.le,ent period of in; Satalern i he therefore moved they be read v.:; day three months Atit:r a fe.v word , from the I.onn Cal.kxciA.Lon, the motion 1 iv. agreed to, and th , ! hills thrown out., The Charitable Foonth.tions Bill was committed. STATE OF Tut Putsrts.—The Martiuis4 wet happy to inform the (Tro% e. elm the Contra;twe oppoitutd to esquire into the t,t.tte of the Prisonx would tnake thttr report '.‘luntlay. It was Ns:No to proyase any measure during the pre,ent Session. hot tattle next Session he should bring the subject bef-wt the I ious?. With that intent the Noble Mariptia unwell :in humble A.!,11,5s to the Pricer: Vet:tuts requesting his , Royal !Ileums:. to order all psi ere relating to the State of the .Prue, n: to be la:t1 before the House. The Address was agreed to. Eit.aVa Tamn.—The L:zispolvxt:, Futaturt i THE NATIONAL REGISTER to notice. rose to call the stte.)tion of the House to the subject of the SlAve Trade. 110iTSE OF CONIMONS. mosinAY, JULY 5. relasxcts.-Sir 11. Pairsr ELI. moved the thriller atOttlil inent of the debate on Ids Finance ltellolistiona till Wtdnorday near. The CHAN CELLIgIa of the Excitadttoa availed hirisef of ' this opportunity to state. that, es the quarter ended this day. he had been able to ascertain, though not quite so precisely as he wished, the returns of die ltevenue made to the. Exchequer under the heads of Cusiocus and Excise. lie had the setisfaction ar state, that there baddseen all increase upon the present quarter, compared with the corresponding quarter of the pree%ling year. of 14n,000/. This Cwt well the more giatifying. bce4use tile re turns fur the corresponding quarter of the preceding . year, dis• closed a receipt to a very unusual amount . that receipt had ex ceeded the corresponding quarter of the year preceding by 1,100.0001. ; so that the returns do the quarter this day capiea exceeded even that extraordinary receipt lw 44motag. lie might add, that, although be was not acquainted with the exact state of the femurs in the other depattnients. lie had no reason to be lieve that there haul been any material diminution. Cha.riirotrwit Butisitty.—lln the motion of Cold .1. lies. 5y.14.; the House went into a Committee ern the tor:impound Bribery froth:moults, Mr. Mutilators. was next called. and examined regarding the money tramactioes to promote the return Of two Members. Air. Childs was then exam:fled, and to the same tEct, touch ing the realuneriaion for ilia votes. Vt'uness produced an ac count of the Stllll4 eXpVlldt'll for votes., &c. This sort of C.irrup tion was extremely prevalent in the Borough. 'flit! House resumed, and the minutes ut evidence were ordered, presented, and directed to be printed. Lord J. Rossi: it observed), that as most of the evidence bad long been be ate the House, he should move his re,olutions t— his first was, that such a system of corruption existed in t;riun• pound as to call for the serious interference of the ilottlie ; and secondly, that early in the next S;:ssiial tile House would take tile ease inw its serious consideration. (11,or.) The Noble Lord observed that two evils had arisen since the Revolution, corrup• tion in the Boroughs ; and, secondly, the existence of large towns where there were no Itepresentatives. He was not only for throwid open same of the Bosolvlts, and where eases of noto rious corruption occurred. to trati6liar the right of returning Members to large towns. The reasons which induced him to think of proposing this course lie would reserve till next Sessio.a. —Resolutions agreed to nem. con. A Message from the Lords announced that their Lord. ships kid agreed to the Friendly Societies' Bill, with Attend. meets, for which they desired the concurrence of the I lease. Mr. WYNN called the attention of the /louse to the case of A. I Annb, st witness examined before that house, he having Mwtroyed a paper material to the elucidation of the Grampound Election care. Mr. lamb destroyed the paper in qtie,tion after he had been fir: examines', and pending the progress of the enquiry; and such conduct, the Hon. Member thought, could not escape the notice ant'. cen , ure of the House. (/tear.) lie moved that in so doing he had been guilty of a WTI/di of privi lege, and a contempt of its powers. Motion agreed to, and Mr. A. Lamb afterwards ordered to be brought to the liar to morrow to be reprimanded. The blouse then went into a Committee on theCamelford Wee. tion.—Briberies--examined :Mr. Hallett, &c. and resort to inonow. The remaining Orders baring been dirrored of, the House adjouroed. n;san*v, JULY 6. Mr. W. SMITIi prescuted Petitions from the Protestant enteis of Great and Little Houghton, in Cumberland, and roan Chester, praying an Mteratiim in the marriage Exctst: I NI*OI)I.VrIONS.—Mr. \V. F.311T11 also laid upon the table a petition Erten Jeremiah Abell, a prisoner in Nom ich gcol. The hon. member stted, that this was one of the many cases where the supposed offender had beet•. induced to consent to wiwn in fact afterwards no such cirnplomise had been completed by the Crow n. Tine defendant, a ►mall tanner, was prosecuted by the Excise, for pznaltics, to the amount of 1,0001.; and notifit'asninildag he leasable to prove most di►;inctly an ebb, by 17 witnesses, against the single testimony of the informer, his counsel on t•te 110.1 had conseluvl to a con:promise thr 3001 , contrary to the mpresi injunctions of the detendant. Aftetwenla the matter had step' tar mote them a year; the poor man vas then Lt:ten into custody, and had been now eonflied for to months in Norwich gaol. 'f he hon. member made several observations upon tie severity of the case, tmd upon the clear ness of the proof of the alibi. It could be established, that the ialotmer was actually in Norwich at the very time he had sworn that he was watching - the alenclant and six. °diets engaged in the mitygling tnuisaetion in qut.•stion. Two of those inutv►duala had not yet been prosecuted. The prayer was, that some .cups might be taken by the tioose fur the relief cf the petitioner CiLtsicE.l.Lott or the Ex0NE41:1:11 did not ohj.:ct to the petition being laid upon the table, but ate felt a along persuasion that, unless the Board EACItle hail had reason to bedoe that the fact:, in the petition were tepee, they *Oulu have owered the ills:large of t:ie petitioner. lle adiaitted that the ►tatvttyeuts were extraordir.ary. Mr. W. SMITLI added, that the cue had been before the Treasury for a year, utol all possible mains of information had been aftinded. Tne coutizet originally employed by the peti tioner did not conduct his defence, but put his bust into the handset another basriaer. Tice :mi. member war very much >urprised that so terious a matter bud been allowed by the 't tot tery to sleep so km 4. The hon. nitrnuer read the Widtsvit of a witness, who saw the inturmer in Norwith twice, and in the mean trace he could not have travelled 30 miles, t.,e distauce Nom the city at which the nansaction wok place : M3OIC story sewed to he an absolute fabi It was ordered that die petition should be printed. On the motion of Mr. rN,N, Mr. Altaander,Lambe was brougl. t to the bar, tepriroandcd, &LAI dmeb-rged, on the p:synnut of his fem. LATS.—Sir. J. AIACkINTO6II pillelliod a reroyt of the Committee appointed to enquire into the state of the Crain nal Laws. In moving that it be printed, We lion. Alcml,er adtertisl to the contents of tlit- report and the deliberation with which the Committee had yreceened. They were Anxious not to pireecil with levity ; and seeing that they could not make any reFmt, die opinion* of widen timid not tie duly considered that Session, they coninad themselves to the collecting of Tile report was fir from hang to coniFkie and lull as the Com mittee desirtil, and as pi rftxt as the !louse would 'meatier ena bla tiiem to make it ; but rt wa ,, complete as far as re;:a.disl the t i mn o di,t o objects pees:,atid to the rpetice of the i'citurnittte.—As to the ‘ oot r ntb of the repot, its first part consisted of convictions and Axe nouns, return/ that were wore wapiti,: than any hither to uniong3t them was s rttuin .4003 1699 to 1614 fur London and Nlitlelleivx , and n was expected that many similar returnb`were being pm-Faired. -'l'i .e City of London had tonitueusl itself with great liberality lo the prorating of evidence.—lie was story to bay that no return front ireituat had been nomie ; no notice had Len taken by the ofiietrs there of the rcquist of the Committee ; hut tie trusted that these evils %mild fees reirodi,xl. As to the state of crime, lie Mt cabal/tenon in being able to °intim! toe srauanent of the Noble Lord that crimes vt viohnee and atrocity hod greatly ilimiuisired—they had valia nt:lied to remarkably that me fart could hardly be credited, if it were not fains.orteti by t h e. return,. They had diminished in • weintr rrnrrtion than limn two to one, as =Drag.(' between the hut thirty years, and the ittily yzarslollowinkt toe revolution ; JULY 1,2. and this too uotwitlisnaniiing the growth ate great City on the Southwark side of the Tiaunes. There was no instance of City cot:Wining more thud a million of inhabitants, which at:in-d -en so mach security &gable; !muds, ; the chances against being es :owed to moiler were 5 o,ottl eh:litres in alsie. "pal this tool a his very partial infringements Olt I lie kb ray of the mittject. iiistlitithous of fake were baldly Louisa toll our times. Tiec whose never nos gratifying; and it she - neat that the people, alt teeter night hvve been their distresses, Ind not hest any of their national humanity.—(Nere, Near!) Tho next otojeet of the Committee olio lit e 511!uinc the state of the renal 1.4 a 111 which were now acted upon and which were aneless;. to ascertain %%Inch in fain, ereGed tit he acted oink'. They proposed, nest Session tat bring ht a Bill to repeal I hose acts; hut others they- proposed tat leave where the terror would be likely too be mm4o. Iteaardiug thew• latter they had examined a variety of witnesses, but -laid abstained from e %omitting the Judges floe' runrl!cr• atom and delicacy for their tituatitoes, as it would be ninit and oteheroming to call Olt them to blame IiCIS h tht•v mi g ht he tequired to >;ive,judgmcnts. The had examined several Counsel, awl !wet me to-inanely of some of the retired Judges. hey !incense examined several Magistrates. Sir A. Macdonald also atten.led, mod gave evidence toot a us deemed of great enitie.luz-nce. Mr. Cuh;uhoun, . a do had beta Moi.istrate tor ti 7 nolduo ed eataahle testimony ; they aim here testimuity to the reluctance of persona nl i . cute a here capital.puoiblenents so ere likel j to result.. The nest important body of evinence was dereved front the triad tog class of London nod %testi/nosier ; and they displayed 1111 . 00. million and humanity beyond a hut lie hint expected to thin, a it's all his high respell for thine important portions of Soria ty. Their intelligmice :tool humauity ems:then. if it did nut exceed what could he found w any other class of society iu the world. (// , -air, tear!) They were for mitigated punishments, id: Mingle iney were cosineepieutly exposeit to forgeries, bhoplioLing, &e. ; and they did so on the go mend 111111 they print a toe se ills flare eel tautly. As it noes a as, Thu, fem. of *tyro e punishment made them dread Inprosecule. Mr. Carr, l he Lacise Solicitor, also gave impurttnt evidence; nod particularly resulted the good elects foliose hug the chatter of the law regarding the forging of stamps. Fraoselelent citaracteci and triune:mei' desired tevi-se penalties, because they iniaghwd that they a oultl I" enforced but rarely, if at till—(//ear!) They next examined Mr. J. Banner, what, during the but tacitly yea, s, had bee•u toner rued in upwards of 2,000 Crown aunt hi, evidence at once retlecte.l I 444444 our on himself, and was advantageous Li/ Ilse of truth. '1 he witness staled. that prosecuil)ll declined coining forward; that persons feed oili..ers not tat he named an Juries; ;mot 'that olot t Mese% ilivared ilb he pillilDhed On the severest pro:ants, because they ealcul,ned on the known humanity of Jetties.—(llia. !) 't his was evidence which.vs - as not the result of alertly, it was the lesson of es.- perience. On the subject of forAery, in particular, they hail examined many ha/onsets, Mr. J. smith, Mr. Barrett, &c. and had collected on such sultject important evidence unit opinionte. They hiadstated tbst many private forgeries were nut punished on account of the severity of tire penalty; strait they redden, th-at they should combiner their property nines secure, if the punislimest were leeeet•l'd. 'Mr. Goldsmith had said that he could mention many Moulted instances %%Imre forgeries bad escaped punishment on account of the ssverity of the law. ale could nod fatigue the House ;sills 'newts de tails finial the air tort. Besioles the Ithlh he had previously mrmion. d, the Comniittee re( oinm, ailed the Itringiag in Hell to consolidate the Acts imprrisit petal' punishments The Art, regoiroliug forgeries required peculiar attention. Change ...Asa requisite accompaniment of that int.:mire to canine Cash P. 13 own 1., to whirls be deeaten the lions* and cottony pledged; and it aas desired to restott to that nschil establisimient, the the charoteter it had toss, rattier by the badness of the limes Ilion ti ens the till wishes of iodividuals. To actual forgeries noel erre fur extending the same 1111 l islioneat as was sews, &it lot counterfeiting the coin; but lira tittering or poi sesbina tinged eines. they mere fur less:venlig the punishments, t tang transportation, or iitsprisonenent and bard tuba's, at .he discretion of the Judges. This au, agreeing a ith the opinion of the public, an opinion nut hastily lormed, slur ilk. ty to subnele with the passing. To that opinion, when at deliberately formed, it was policy to attend. SMALL PDX.—Mt. W. SMITLI expressed the rev. t with which he had lea' nett that vaticionit;on was greatly neg lected in the huge county of Norfolk ; that ioneulation for mite Small-pox was este usi rely adopted , and its Ctill.PtallCl:ne Ilir B , IIIIIIIOOY wits /aging t extensi►ely. laid unit tile must alarming et:eels hail begun to make their appeal ani'e. He mitten that the subject woutel nut oc lost sight. of I.y GU10111111C1:1; Blot such meatuses a, conk' be nohow. d amok/ be enforced to presets( the exteusiou oti that ea it the Sinall.pux. Sit F. Butturrt, according to notice, brought forward. the subject Of MI. Mallinsma's Lite-presei se r ; whieb, after a few observations hoot Mr. W, Stain' allti Sir Cot ninon, was ueginivett without a division. Adjourned. nEDSESDAY, JULY 1. Fixa stcw.s.—The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved for certain Amount, illustrative of the suite of the net produce of, the Revenue of 1817, 11, 19. &c. In doing this, he could not lose the opportunity of adverting to the flattering prospect pre sented by the condition of their finances. The tatuuter's nue of I&17 was 11,460,00/.; of ItilB was 12,181.01001.; and of the quarter just closed, 12. 1 :04.00 4 1.—(Har.) This inacase was most grutify!ng. The whole ',lnduce far Dili wee 4.3460,0001. ; for Plitt it wts 44;,Soill.00111.; and for the year just closed it WAN 49,m41,006/. T:l.:re was Mn increase of more than 5,2 1 ; 0 ( 0 0:. as compared witii 1617; and this it would be recollected, was during a period wl:tu there were no new taxes.— Hear, HWY.) The accounts were ordered, alio wards prc‘er.ted, aril directed to he printed. Sir .1. Il'lstrosx presented a Petition from Inverness, for Burgh Reform. and prayiag that they miglat be rescued front the fate of Aberdeen, that of having a preVanui d. 11.1 iaenttray thrust upon therm—Petition ore'iered to be. printed. CA51E14'0111) ELECIIO:4.--Alr. D. W. IIAIIVEV moved, as !t,:-Attution, that the !louse would resume the col se:cretin!' of the corrupt practices at the Camelfonl Election, esr!y in the hr:t Session. Ile said he should atterwurds move, Mat the Wait be; delayed till ten days after die meeting of the next Scfssion. Mr. Pa tsoosE moved, as an amendment that the Report be row talc, ri into further consideration. The original motion aas put and agreed to • and the i.stting of the Writ was ordered to be deluyed ull 10 day, after the neat .!teeing of Parliament. Insot.eEnT DEBTOIIIS.—Mr. AttEncnostntk moved for leave to bring in a Bill to continue die existing lobolvent tors' Acta tilt three months after the meeting of the next Ses:;ion of Parliament. After the failure of the or w Bill in the other !louse, he did nt: bee whether any enlier. reineay was kit for da in . except they were inclined to think (with mute 'label's) that the unfortunate persons were to be le ft without any law a: all. biz W. CLATta °Waved, that many hunt'zcds uf chc labol• ~,.~ '..; llllk r f