The National Register. — London, England, 1819-07-12 00:00:00

4TITLY It. Ihibton. now in confinement were voluttnry inhabitant. of .prisons ; he was ter the Acts dying a natural death. that the per • sons now in confinement n:ight have a few months confini.mcnt • as *punishment for their conduct. Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN exprewed a similar opinion. If the Acts were suffeted to expire. many of the debtors now con fined would soon discharge themselves. lie adverted to the cir cumstances attending former Acts ; and said, that when trey were expected to pass, the prisons immediately became full. He thought the Act might net to be renewed ; that a breathin,e time of about six months eu"ht to he allowed.; to see tl:c 4 , 11h14 of suspending the law. Nlaey persons, it would he found, would immediately discharge themselves. As to the constrnetion of the Court, it was most objectionable. How could they he satisfied when they sew the Contioisiioner of his own accord imposing ; all of witch he could not even give an account ant those tees, to the amount of 4 , or .s.utof. in the course of two or three year,, divided between the Commie: oner his clerk. How could the Nlinistets behold such proceedings and rest satisfied? As to the charge of creelty against the Citizens in cppeehig the Insolvent Debtor,' Act, he rebutted it by obeerving, that the Corporation had been meet anxious to procure a mitigetion the criminal laws. Regarding the caution .befree the douse, be should have been the more pleaeedwith the Learned Mover hail he attended the Committee, an.l endeavoured to amend the law so as to meet with the appmbetior of the other I lo::se. Lord Carr trettesun obscaved, that the public mind was as much against resorting to the old law as continuing the 'present Insolvent Acts; but be thought, under all the circurnetancite, the beet course would be to retort the minion. *He hoped, early in the next Session, this question would be set at rest. Mr. CAt.CR AFT remar,teri, Nit there were questions in tegita. thin of so much Moiler:avec to the public, he lamented' that it Was deemed neausary to prorogue Parliament by the loth and Iltit sit . July, instead of Continuing the Sittings till August, winch would alford the orportemity-cr doing justice to the public. Mr. G. lawn, elite all he hand learned on this eursiect in the Committee, could rot tiorecnt to the eviminuance. even for a .hart period, of so - obnoxious and injurious a law. What answer woeld the minim row made be to the thousands of petiti mere who hail arpeesteheitthat House: and he did think that a return to the old Leg v:ould be less fatal than continuing Acts tinder which s' ninny Corinth were committed. SerjecintOestow es'keti why the House could Mt sit as long CIS the ',cords.: why were the Commons to adjourn. when the other House was sitting: why were they to pas, suclea meaeurees this in one day? If this were a Revemie Act, should they be taloned to adjourn Certainly not. Then shy notoconeider such mea sures properlyand cliiherately. Mr. B. BATlltrafT SUpperiC4l the motion. °been inst. that as the Commons took the lead, they were compelled to welt for the Lon: EBRINGTON lamented, after all the painful end exem plary enquiries of that House, that they be compelled to continue a law which they had stigmatized as a most petnicious tendency, merely because the Lordilail not time to exandoe the provisions of the new Act. As they had stigmatized the Insol vent Acts with some seventy, lie thought it would be adeiscable to resort to the old law. air. W. Count 1:,4 AT thoueht, after all the remerstrances they had received feum the people, that they would not be dying their duty by continuing the obnoxious Insoivent Acts—he was •thvourable to reverting se the old law. as the nitet advireehle (vitae to be adopted et the present momeni. Sir J. Mil :eruct bore testimony to the humane feeling of the City of London, a! evinced in their proceedinr regarding the Ciuninal Laws. Ile added: that the tithe: 'louse did not reject the new Bill from want of Inoue, but becairse they disapproved of tiara of it ; and, that the present Bill was'not actmg in contra diction *collie prayers of the people. It would affiottl them the -opportnnity to bring in a permanent law on the subject, and thereby to comply with the prooyerwoi the country. Mr. Aldernum Warn asked on 'chat principle the Home *could agree to pass such a measure in vrtie day and withont sultioring Any amenimint whatever to be made? And wieo the Court to impose tees twit pleased,and to divide the fees acanthi% to its option? Talk of the time -of that !louse-what was its time compared with the interests of all England. with the bun. diuls of thousands of pounds of injured tradesmen Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. The numbers one —Ayes HO, Noes 26—Majority 54 fir the Bill. Air. Alit nett° si etc then brought in the Bill, Which was rcad a Pint and simnel time. On the qiiestion that the Bill be committed. Mr. Alderman IVoon said, after tree divisioe, he shoel l'not prise further opposition. Mr. Allennta: W strums): remarked that the Acts attended to the debtors only-- it paid no attention to the creditors. He' 'reit,. if the Administration of the Court remained its time same hands nexteitesiiin, lie would more that the A twriley Geoieral be instructed to file a criminal information against the parties. sir J. GRAIIAV said, clog this Bill -would create great disgust throughout the country, particularly auningst the trading inte rests. Mr. Alderman WOOD , aslictl - wlicthar the does recently esta blished were to be continued? Mr. ItEPC::011HIP: stated, that the gentleman who hereto fore presided there, was no; likely to emitinue in his Aire. Mr. BATIIIIHMT said. as the piston of fees hod been pronounced to be irregular, there could be no doubt that a Weyer might sit in that Coen, thaers would not be confirmed. On the question that the Insolvent Debtors Act Continuance Bill be read a tl ird time, Mr. %V., t .tAxa prstested against the hasty mamma in which this Bill Was passing. Nlr.. Alderman Waren sir et said, if lime were -Hewed, there woeld be petitions from all parts of the rionney against doh , hill; and yet the House persevered in , 91441.14 'the Bill. As the Bill vies ready prepared last night, it Was proof of hooting beta amuse time in contemplation, and wet no notice woe , taken of such intention existing till the Bill was brought lo Sir J.(en.sn.tx expressed his deuidal protest against die Bill 'for die last time. Ilill trial &third time sod missed. The remaking business having been disposed of, the House. adjouraed to Monday. Letters from Gihntltar of the 17th ult. mention, that the Commissioners appointed by the •Spanish Government to lit out the expedition preparing at Cadiz, have been purthasing considerable quantities of provisions tior the Lse Ll the armament. Bills upon this Treasury at-Madrid, at certain dates, had been 'offered, but relimed in many instances, and the 'agents employed were compelled to .pay large sums .01money either in gold or silvcr. The adviccs also - state, that in comcquence or the want of a sufficient number of seamen to man the expedition, there had been an impressment of sailors in many of the Spa nish ports. Sir Charles VVolseky, necording to the account 'which is given of his speech at the Stockport Meet ing, in Wheeler's Manrheder Paper. announce►l int self to the ivople as having commenced his careerof Reform in France, where he war one of the AO to mount the breach in the attack on the Bastirel 3TIE NA'TIONA'L WEGISTER. TROM frfrENDAY NIGHT'S GAYE:77E. BANK HILTrITIES ENLARGED. .1. 'Daly, Woolwich, inukreper, from July 5 to Joh' I Bcll, Old Bud Street, ship rod ichurame tiroltr, from July 5 to Aug. 21. BA Ni KRUM'S. IL Miller. Taunton. grocer. IL Parker, Ellesmere, Shropshire. grocer. T. Harris, Et. N... 11013.1, Worcestershire, wrxillen draper. E. Turnar..Hoivarth ( . .tosa, laneashire, corn factor. J. T. Grw.thalgh, Manchester, dealer. 3. Rallis, Redhrilge, Soutli,ompron, victualler. W. Probert, Holborn. wine merchant. B. Porter and R. It. Baines, Kingston upon Hull, glue ma. ttlfacturtn;. E. and I. MM. igh Sure:, Southwark, hatters J. Hunt. Kbonezer Terrace, Commercial Road, merchant. Fentiman and H.J. Reynolds, Peterborough, haberdasher.. W. Kent, Hi3b liolltoro. stationer. DIVIDENDS. .114 27., T. Drown, Strand, tailor-27. M. 1.. Gay. Upper Norton Street, klarylehtme, stone nsason..4o, G. North, Rreek. funk, carrier-27, W. Dawson, Fenchanth seer , druggirk-2k. T. and J. 1./owley, 11,inkside. earn merchants-27, E. Fry, Hounthalitch, iipbol:terev-21, F. and C. Win, Maidstone, pa per inanufactur;:ri-24, N. Ablitt, Great 'tiantiont:i, coal merchant-2N, J Godchild, sen. d. and W. .ratison, .1. Good t hild, junior, J. Jackson, and T. Jones, yen. Ili•!mil) IV enrinooth, banker:-St, E. Run, It ntirriiithe Wall, plunds-r—D. .I. F. and W. Street, Itucklersturrv. sterioners..-u, *Kenzie, ('event Garden, merchant -27, F. Willeocks, I,lingtrm. mer chant-27, T. Greathcod and W. Outhwaite, Well Street. 11'01. close Square. groccrs-24, I. 3liliock, Rickton Heath, Salop, nurseryman-2s. F. and T. litlrd3n, Henley in 'Arden. War wick. tiraperw.wet, G. James, Lieerpool, merchant.— Atigu,t 2, W. A. ar.d A. Wood, Mneehe.ter, cotton wreliants—t t, . 1 . F. Smith, Sun Street, Rishomgate, sha4.l rittunifecturer--7, F. Forbes, Greenwich. druggist. CERT! FicATEs to be granted July 27. W. Dixon, junior, Liverpool, wine merdrott—T. Rhoads, junior, Hoxton, glass montiter-..11 Gre-nslade. Plymouth, builder—J. Goldic. Lawrence Poulitnely Hill, Cannon Street, vicrehanta—lt. l'.ShaTe. MiFklebria,;,.cork lire, money scri vener—T. Gaunt, Armley, it/wilco manufacturer—J. Itrwlshaw, Carlisle Street. Sotto. tailor—J. I.illey, Settle -irate+, York. raffititechant—W. Coleman. (Import, hak.r—E. Chop• pet. Walnut, Somersetskire, cabinet Indker—J. Sykes and J. Akosball, Nottingham. m 6 tats. DISGUSTING SUPSOIISTITION.—A siolation of the sacred rites of sepulture has recently been committed by an association of several individuals, linked to gether by a tuperstitim so vast, and for a porpme so horribly ridiculous, that it will scarcely be be lieved to have taken place in a loontry that boasts •superior civilisation to the rest ofnhe tuitions of the earth. The authors of this profanation, die: having introduced themselves by night.irto the cemetery of the Commune of Neyron (arrondissement of Trc vow', in the department ut• the Ain), opened the tomb of the •Sieur Antoine Quequet, late Mayor of that Commune. They then cut the head of the dend hotly, end boiled it for more 'than an hour in a pot, in the hope that, afto: this operation, the heittl would point out to them the good numbers in the l.ottery. The guilty persons -are all known, and have been indicted before the Correctional r.iLe at Trevou x. The number of suicides attempted or executed in 'Paris during the months of January, February, March, and April lust, amounts to N. 1., of which 33 were ikv females. Among them were 64 un married, and 4io married men -or wotnen. The greater part terminated their lives by means of fire arms, coal vapour, or by drowning ; among the lat ter there were 46. ef the ertire number 53 destroyed themselves from a disgust •of life ; the re mainder in consequence of derangement in their tatirs, misconduct, play, and tit:bn:fiery. Com paring this period in the present year 'with the corresponding period of the last year, there appears an increase in the present year of 41 deaths. • It appears from the Scotch papers, that the 4.4011 Provost and several officers of the Corporation oF Ltlitiburgit have .been compelied to attend the Coln, mittee of the llense of Commons on the affairs of the Scotch borghs, in consequence of their barring discovered a previous order to transmit information on certain points connected with the pending inquiry. Deacon Gillespie protested .against th e e determination of the Town Cumuli-to lliscfhey the -order alluded to, us likely to Iced to the sty since: taken by the Committee, sad thus to .ec:e.eion a great and unnecessary espenec whirls the Commit tee were anxious to prevent. Au extraordinary meeting of the Town Connell was held on the 2:tth ultimo, when the Provost informed them of the receipt of orders tbr the attendance forth with bctbre the Committee, of 'himself, the • i)euti of Guild, the Convenor of the Trades, the Col lector of Cess, the Cnriectur of Shore-dues at Leith, and the Treasurer •of 'Trinity , hospital, Beillie Smith It ova, • flat tht Treasurer be authorised to pay to the ?thcost reel. in advance, to puy the espences of three Members-of the Council to Lortlon ; Intl Ilsat they be authorized to draw from the funds of the ,good the sum of 3001. This resolution was streurously opeosed by Deacons Loivrie and Gillespie, but it was ultimately carried. One 6C - Ilie Edinbutglt papers, after stating that Provost `llViCes:zie has a salary of .1,0001. a year, and Convenor Deultobn only 5001. a year, says— " Must it not tend to lower the respectability and Magistracy of the capital of Scotland, that they should salt ccremonic consider it necessary to be supplied in advance with the burgh funds to pay, expenses incurred solely because they chose to oppose the retesonable ;Zealand of tlteir eitizens THE LATE lIRKE WHITE. At the present day the works of Taste and Genius are mule duly appreciated than al any farmer period Of true history ; and while many of the candidates for fame harm to win their way slowly amt difficultly, opoosed by t!...5: I our in fashion of the time., the tittle of the ptstitio, or the 11.110VOICUCe of ate cii:ir, the decision that lime Itpoti their titillation, and the permanent rank w loch thc , y are to laid , Is sinerriag mot final. ant! she sons of Gestius genet ally -seem predostincti to eocotintee the rutle,ti storms of ads es sity, and to strug gle unnoticed wells POS , ry dui misfortune, yet lianstcti dent merit will, sooner or later, meet its just reward. We are led into dirs.! remarks hoot the t equent allusions that has e been turtle in periodical publications to that e%lnt ottlinory in , tanee of juvenile talents aml-virtue, Henry Kirke who was snatched away in Isis cas Nest spring; the peculiar vain:• of whose works i Ili. coin hi -1146011 of talent, taste, anal piety, whirls they exhibit. A circumstance has recently come to our knowledee,wisich,sri the same time, SA ii aura LOSOUA to 1111 ISOry,ilisuoversn congeniality of sentiment, generosity- of rharacter, and ' nobleness ofspirit, highly creditable to our Trans-Atlantic brethren. An Americium who lately visited this country for the tirst time, awl :stlachert peculiar ititcle.t to the UMW, end ni-suory of 'Kirke White, :dace Mt ennead, ro shed over his 1011111'V kiii cd tear, asid tisiii int( nu tri:inument pelted to reeord hi, west!), applied to the family for permission' to erect one; —their consent ob tained, Ins Orders we's immediately g.ven to nor Esiiliete Canova to produce mtmeittinm: worthy of his clikel, att , l the merits of the departceletteellcuce it we-,10 perpetorsic. 'rite monument in now erected in A:I Sill:VA Chit:Hl, Cam bridge, and the tAlsies log elegant ant: appropriate from the pen or Pt urcssurttaf ;he, hiscriued cn the impe rishable 81141'114e :-- Warm with fenil hope. and learning's snercil To Granta's bowers, the youthful rout came; Unconquei'd powers di' immortal mind display 1, Bin wurn with anxious thruht his frame dway'd: Pule o'er his Loop, and in his cell retired, The inatisr student, Lahr!. and expired. eli! Goalos. l'aste, ;Ind Piety sincere, Ter early lost, Inithd studies ton civere.— Foremost to mourn %as geerous Southey sacs, He told the tak, end sliew'd what NV:ate Inui been, Nor told in vain.—Far o'er th' Atlantic wave, Wanderer came, i-nd sought the Poet's grave. ell you, low, stone. lie read his lonely ihime, And raisal this fund Lis Lime. 'SPIT trittni N 1710 t SCllool..—Tursdny the n pit public extrisrincrimi of the children under education itt this truly latolahte .took plaice in the si hoot mien Qaaker.strret, Spuatnetils. It ve'. l l hr rcerillei ted that hie Bit, el flightless the Doke of Volk had laid the foundation stunt nhove school haute: lust.. , ear, whirls was did for the-grattittuue educatiou of the ch,ltheis of the poor in he yriociplev of the radailished Church, , The buadiwß was crotpleird iu It con 11111 l itiouv it'll:. It is a square in,z, divided io hit) Porte, and rnetracitig all II c requis les nrceviciry ; one part is a ppropriiied for the ',0i1., oho hive si ...parole done, and the other far Diet u,s. 'A tic, o'clock the first pert, which was the noel commodious, oat filled ennipirtely olte-rhildren, excepties a clear pa-1.:., 11 - 1 t for the r patty to enter. .The girls were in their best clothes, witted upon benches nil the lea, and the buys on the right Ibe inner Mr I was appropriated for the company.— At half-part t no, the laird Blot:opal' Loudon arrived, and at three o'clock Pis Royal Highness the Duke of . Yoslc accom panied by theiDucitm arrived h our ran mgr. The drrn were then examined in the usual iticipert, and they aerated theinselero with n precision hiyhly gratifying in all the beholder.. and Creditable or the rtio,icr •od'eitistrevVrv. The Ihti:e and MOWN appeared - very much pleased.—The. Seerethry then read the Reim", t a kith it arpearro (het since IMP, girl. had been admitted, and that 246 Were tie v ht aKcndancr ; 529 hies had peen also admitted, and tr - t. r:e prevent. Chst of !orldisig,:3, l l•JOt ; amount of all benefactions and subscrioints,• t', It t deficiency, ex. chicive of cu' rent expettei v fur master and nt 5tre..e.,600/. Thi.uppe:red to he the Witte of the evtohlninnent. The Duke of York nettle a , . imprevs;ve speech, and dwelt on the utility of gbh' National !ammonia'', whirl. *AS obvious to alt the In hotee.i at the pi:event itietnecr. The Bishop of losidito minhythers orta.le handsome speeches, and a gout a-a:Wilton the spot. 'Nor broke up about 'vie o'clock, highly gratified and delighted. Letters from Clay4low,leceive.l on Monday, men tion a very important failure that has taken place in that city : the 'left , : and auceptanets fall little short of 300,0001. The'Stuart It:pets Which were in the pomession of Cardinal York, at Rome, have been transmitted from Rome to England tc the Prince Regent, who has .appointed Dr. Sean>cr Clarke and firer other gentlemen as Commissioners Under his royal war rant, and Mr. Pullen as their - secretary, to examine their contents, and t' report to his Royal High neva from time to time, till the whole of their contents is ascertained. It is expected some very important information -respecting the History of linglitml at 'those perhals will be obtained from them. Vhe investigation is to be conducted in a private manner. *i'he papers are extreniely volu minous, and filled setcrel.large packing ca:.es. They have hem deposited in 'St. James's Palace, in the late 'Queen's drawing-room, where the CometiN sinners with fl*:ir Secretary sit to examine and in , vestigate the contents of these ancient documents, 117rninviK Wool Fair.—This mart from being the first, night be lead in some degree to give the tone to toosc that tallow iu the surruunding district. We greatly lament to say, however, thdetiot only the qttantity exposed to ault was trilling, but the prices fell more gone one-third to what wa:; given on the average of flose cf last yeur ; and what was scli was only a few prime samples. The buyers '.r not only few, but they took little intercLt in the :no.r. ket. Such a day was never hefore known ainec ti u fair Was first estabiLl;ed as that of Werinemlay. V . 1 _o \ 1