The National Register. — London, England, 1819-03-15 00:00:00

N • -` .\ 2mptrial Padiamcnt. HOUSE OF LORDS. ISONDAY,DIARCII 3. Lord A ucktaad mowed the second readiag of the Chimney Sweepers' Bill, which. after a short debate, was carried by a sa:kjority of 3, and the Howse adjourned. TUESDAY, MARCH 9. The Doke of Glunre, rr and the Marquis of Downshire took the oaths mid their seats. Lord Avers presented a petition from 1,300 inhabitants of the pari-ti of Mary-le-hone, fur a repeal ur improvement of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. The C.trl of Jytealtery presented a Petition from Marl borough, it/ W alteratios itt the Coal Ditties. The 3iuskigglere 801 was read a karottil time.—AdjuUrtied. WEDNISDAY, MARCH 10. Sir James Graham and eeversl Members from tbe Com mons brought tip tour Private Dills, which were read the 11r4 time. . . . . . . The Steam Veasel: Tonnage Bill, and the Smugglers' Bill, weut through Committee-.--The House adjounied. THURSDAY, MARCH I I. The Steam Vessels 'Prmnage Bill and the Smugglers' Bill were read a third time and passed. The Cutlery Bill went through a Committee.—Ad journed. FRIDAY. MARCH !Y. The Marquis of Lansdowne presened a Petition, signed by the Mayor and Commonalty of Norwich, in Common Hall as sembled, praying the House to adopt a measure, giving them a General Goal Delivery twice instead of once in the year. 1 hey have at present only one Gaol Delivery in the course of the year. in consequence of which a considerable portion of the pi i.or.ers remain eight, nine, and eleven months in confinement, without being brought to trial. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY. lIARNII 3. PEXIITN WILIT.—The motion baying been agreed to, to 'mime the aitiouriwd debate, that a new writ be issued for Ye eon, in the room of Henry Swann, ousted by the Elec tion Committee, Sir C. Burrell took a review of the minutes of evidence— the acts of bribery committed by Mr. Swann and his agents .---the general character of the conduct of the 800 ough—and the contlicting nature of some of the evidence. Henry Carter and others were proved to have taken bribes front Mr. Swann, and those who afterwards voted f 4. the opposite party, did 1.0 because they got higher bribes. It was thus proved to have been rioturious that mosey was passing for votes. (Hear) The mode of bargaiuing fur the vote* *us, in many inituaces, pursued iirdividua ly ; but beside* such practices, " public breakfasts" appear to h pve been openly spoken of —( Hear.) lie complained of the rejection of some evidence by the Coin milieu, lie thought the rase merited the interference of lb.! HONE. it was nut vs ild and visionary Reform that he desired, he wished to see tangible Ket'orni, and this instance orded the opportunity for such amendment. lle should move fur a Committee to enquire into certain illegal prac dices in this Borough, he, however, thinking that it ought to be thrown open.--(llear, hear!) It an', however, moved, at the suggestion of the Speaker, that the issuing of the 14 tit should be postponed, if the House contemplated ulterior measures. The Chancellor of toe Eacrierier thought that the alleged general corruption in the Borough had out been proved. (Hear, heat ! and getter& laughter.) sir F. Borden mid, Hon. Members might talk as they pleased about thi • unfortunate aril detected Borough; but a hat was here brought to light was the case with all the rpm of the Boroughs.—(Cries of au!) They might cry " nu, but so long as facts s lid " yea, yes," their criea would avail little without the walls of that 'louse, whatever they might do within. The flank was notorious; it had been defended on the ground of its uuturiet); and to make a 'scape-goat of th.s unfortunate Borough, a hen the rest were to toe same condition ' would be an act of hypocrisy and ion/mice, to which he would u-ver consent. hit tar from this Borough having been greedily corrupt, lie thought its" moderation" ought to be matter of astinaislinieut! (uc h laughter.) It al `lowed a Member to put c base his seat for about •zaool. w hile the return for pithier Boroughs a.,s regularly sold lop :WOOL The se a ere facts. He knew mini) iiciabeis alio g..ve 8000 . each, for their seals; and 'their the thing aas thus no torious us the sun at nuon-don), it aas a mocker) to a nic It he wild not consent to touch llte ri.:h sof this I ou,ll, SO long as the Boroughs- ;,;ei 1114 S.vpiteni was allow cd to . o.dislue. Mr. Bread said he sus iled to see the %shote Borough system corrected, and it would have been aniended ere tins i•ut tor the a ild andvi:' or dortritat s t h at bad gout lut lb. (Loud theerit.g tr., the Opposition Beni lies). Ater tar n her üblet*attolla, the titiestittll respecting the isuct.g at the Wt it %,a. pottp,,,ted . . TI, miscount; thilros, ntsposed of, tin: llouse journal. Tt renAv, MAISCII 9 BARNSTAPC.—LoreI Cliee t re,enteil a Report frotn the Barnstaple }Act:limb G.tennit tee, tlecl sting' mat the eleetwit of Sir M. \I. L ,peg, for that Dm ugh was %old. (liter.)-- Itie then preiroted a Jpe.t l Report bout the said Couituetteeolet t!,at sir M. M. Lo v ez, by b:, bail at the heels goilty or bribery atoltreat tug ; and that he .s isieJpacoateil to sit in the p.e,ein 't L .11 tttt rtie also deemed it to report that the,: oiLl geiter4l sy,trin of to ruin', is giro,: forward to it 11..r.ittgli, that it 641-ante itichtlibeht tot the iitt.t•e U, tuake rat pi a.y lido the ca.e, In order that the It use itite;lit ztil , p' s clt s.eii. and re sot (lies a, tot CirClllll. stauce, should rtq lire. (Ileac, hear.) 111, Loithiliti. basil, he was also Instructed to move that the muffles ot the Com mittee be laid belort the Ii iose; and that the isimitit.: of the 11*.rt till Ilia, day se'.inislit, that the Mouse thi b oit be to oto...es...ititt of the Moitite•. Muth'''. were ag;eetl to, and the Minutes presented and mitered to be priuted. CATtInLIC EIISSCIP.tt lON.—Mr. Grattan grit tiolice, that uu the tpUli lit liit , iihi •Ilhissa a motion trspecting the liege 1111140(A, of hi, Majeat, prulessii,g Lim Rowan Ca4llOllC • DIAS rok Brougham p re , e uted Petill. , ll !tom pet in estitint,ter, atas renewal tit the Delibo ,' Act; the llou. Nletuber, how ever uhsersetl, that he approved of this law, hut atimitteal it iv be atraceptible of cuu.iderableitopruveturut. ~. Tue &Bator-Gowns! observed, that it was out is the e" - templatimi of his Learued Fritud (die Atto.rney- ( elleral) to repeal the law ; oa the coutrary,, its priuci,; , l• "8 ap proved, and it was Wended to move for a Cuts tnitlee to 'stearin& the mean: of remedying the ackuuwla died do tett s. Mr. Band. after remarks from Mr. Curwen, F. LOON, Arc. untamed leave to bring iu a Bill to amend the Guile Laws. Excise INFORMATPONII.—Mr. D. Harvey moved for an ac count of &mita lititurinatious filed in the Ezebeciiter the result of them, the costs on each side, &c. mud in support of the motion he adduced some cases of coutider able hardship. The Miami,-General complained of the motion as an at tack upon tho , e distinguished characters theCommissiotters of Eartse, their Solicitor, and also on himself, fur, as Attor ney-General, he had the comfits-tin of the prosecutions. Alr. Aidersnan Waitbongo and Mr. Tierney strongly sup ported the Motion. The Molise theft divided, for the Motion 54—against it 12 ity 11. The tither orders of the day were then dis posed of, and the House adjourned. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10. New COAL Mlles.—Sir C. Mordammt presented a Peti- Pow Birtnitigham, sigued by the Digit an d Bailiff, till the Magistrates, and 5000 of the tulialtitauts. against any alterstion of the Duties on Coals. Mr. Cakref'l, basing breu misunderstood as to what he said on a folksier night, said, that he was favourable to the Duty on Coal, carried coastways being talsen (Alaimo:Lief ; anal that hr at the same time thought it bad policy to im roe any tax un the raw material. I•SOI.VF.Nr ISERroue ACT.—Alderman Wood presented a Pori hot fr one of the Wards iu the City again-t the Renewal of the lusolvent Dcbtors' Act; or, if it should be deemed right to renew It, praying that measures might be adopted more effectually to protect the Creditors agaiust frauds, &c. . . _ . Mr. Brougham observed, that previous representations of Su• .1. Graham had given rise to much error. Mr. Chu Is om was nut thr iolocipal assignee—be had nothing to do with such business—a Mr. these was appuiuted to take SILOS trifles as might be delivered up by the Debtors while they were iu Court. The autuuut of such deliveries lest year amounted to WWI. What had beers gained from them amounted to 60,6001. and he believed that property not yet disposed of would amount to f•ur times as much. Sir J. Grahams meant to snake nu charge against parti cular individuals; enquiries would set the question at rest, and he believed that it would be fouud that there had beeu very improper conduct somewhere. Mamiousits —Mr. C. W. Wpm moved for leave to tiling in a Bill for the better regulation of Madhouses. It was similar to the Bill which had already passed that House, but hail met with mteve.4lll oppositku elsewhere. lie• sides the licensing of Houses, fixing visitatious, &c. the regular certificates, and the registry of them, would be re quired; and the nand misrepresentation of names should be punishable with peuulties. hi Houses where one patient only Mai cuiduied, it si Id IRA be lawful to receive such perrou without certificates; mid those certificates should be lodged with the secretary of State, there to be kept se cret, end but t a be consulted without the Secretary's leave. At present such person was confined and excluded from the benefit of the law, except lie should have some individual to iiiterhire atilt the lunatic's hiterest.—Motion agreed tat. Mr. W. Pole, in reply to Mr. %limit', staled, that tile Bwk would he solopOrd weekly with silver to the amount. of 30,0001.; a n d that 3:5.e01.11, would be ready weekly, if so much were wainterl.—Adtiturued. TI/UNSIPAY, MAUCH Mr. Alderman Waif/max obtained leave to bring in a Bill It/amend the Acts for the recovery of small debts in the City of London. Sir itlwn moved the Order of the Day, that the matter of complaint a.taitist Mr. Wyndham Quin be heard at the Bar. He begged to state, that the Petition er's Father, Mr. F. Grady, had not beets concerned in the manufacturing of this charge against Mr. Wyndham Quin ; that it was prepared by a person of as unim peachable integrity as was possessed by any Member in that House ; butt that whether he coutitmed to de sert e such praise note remained to be seen. lie moved that Mr. C. Smyth be called to the bar. Smyth was called in at six o'clock ; he stated that he was a Barrister, and had practised at the Irish Bar since 1803. His examination was proceeding, when Mr. S. ffidriley gave notice th t, if any portion of the evidence were publi-ied ►ill all tile examination:, were completed, he should complain Of such a ptililivation aS a breach of the 1)61 rdf the douse.—Adjilurned. 10.111AY, M‘Hell Petitions against any alterations of the fluty on Coals were presented from Scotland, Itridgenorth, Workington. Stourbridge. Coventry, and the Ward of Aidgate. Read, and ordered to lie on the ta!;L:. Petitions against the renewal of the Inso:vent Debtors' Act . . were presented fromfront St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Bristol, Stour. bridge, Iludderstield, Newcastle, &c. Maul, and ottleral w lie on the table. rwt:ATE.—A Petition, complaining of the crowded state of Newsate, front the Common Council, was prt seined by Mr. Sheriff' liobtru, ; such state resultin. , from the numerous cont. I - Influents thither by the Nlidillesex Magistrate•. ; and praying, that the same tai: lit be refernal to the consideration of the I rbon Committee. Mr. Alderman If stated. that in consequence of the crowd. d state of Ner - gate, it was impossible to make any further classi fication; and this ingiossibtlity was the mote parent and lamentable in the case of the If. miscreants recently sentene,d to Newgate most improperly, by the Magistrates at the Clerken— well Sessions. There were 4 persons in Newgatc under sen— tence of death, and they occupied all the cells. v.) in num— ber ; p. that there MAI not the opportunity of separating those niiscreAlltb. Mr. Inberforre deplored that the condition of the Prison was such as to prevent the chararters alluded to from being differently confined and punished; and lie thought that some remedy, LI it were only of a temporary kind, ought to be provided. Mr. Brougham took it for granted, as such Petition was at last sent froin the Corporation, that all possible means hull been first resorted to by the City ; and that in thus .plyinga for the in terfere-nee of Pathanient. the inadequacy of their own means was adnaitt d. ( I fear, hear!) Petition read, and referred to the Prison Committee. p k . v THE NATIONAL areiSTEIL . 4* ' MARCH 13. Mr. Quiw.—..On the motion of Sir R. Wilson, the House then proceeded in the enquiry respecting Mr. Windham Quin; during which it having been prored, that the Petitioner, T. W. Grady, had told one of the a itnesses that, if in Iris evidence be spoke disrespectfully of him, he would kick him about the street. W.Grady was ordered into the custody of the Serjeant at Arms for this gross breads of privilrge. The business was then proceeded in to a very late hour. after which the orders of the day were gone tluough. and the House adjourned. TUESD.IY NIGHT'S GAZA7TE. FOREIGN-OFFICE, 111.4R0s 9. His Royal Highness the Prince Anent ha• been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to appoint Charles Knatchbull, Esq. to be hi. Majesty': Conss.l at Nantes, and all other ports and places its the department of the Lower Loire. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. J. Mather, Manchester, builder, frum March 2; to April 5. BANKRUPTS. J. and C. J. Fourdrinier, Rickmansworth, parer-makers. J. NI ewer, Ileath-street, Commercial-road, mariner, J. Jusontieson. Globe-street, Warping, uta.ter-asariuer. .1. and E. H. Tuckett, Bri.tul, grocers. T. I'. Power, London-street, merchant. J. lkstuforth, junior, Watlt-upon-Dearne, Yorkshire, butcher. J. Stephens, merchant. R. Heath, Cheltenham, carrier. DIVIDENDS. March 30, J. Moore, St. Johu-square, brandy-merchant. —March 13, W. Footlell, jun., goeenhithe, merchant.—. 17, R. Bishop, Whitchureli, Hampshire, born-draper-31, a. Singer, Met-street, Keusingtoo, haberdasher—ld, J. Rowlatt, Charterhouse-square, merchant-31. J. Lung-laue, West Sillillitield, saddler-91, 11. Setree, John <treet, Holborn, nsuney scrivener -37, N. B. and A. B. French, and J. Barton, Old Smith Sea-11.116e, merchants—. 16, N. Thurnbury and E. Taylor, Stroud, Gloucestershire, clothiers—April 6, S. Walker, junior, Manchester, grocer —lO, J. Macneall, Preston, Eanca,hire, F. Naish, Tiverton, Somerset, clothier. CERTIFICATES to be granted March 90._ T. Twynam, Plymouth, flour-lactori—.l. Dari.l,Threail needle-street, merchant—W. Collins, Two AIM-hill, Glo ccaterehire, pin-manufacturer -J. Churchill. Stanhope %tree, Clare-market, cuntmuu brewer—F. G. I. flogs-nail, Norwich, nialtster—G. Hart, Norwich, iruismouger—Js Nicholls, AUXILIARY SCHOOLS. On Thursday, a numerous and respectable Meet. ing was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, for the purpose of forming a School Society for the parishes of St. George, Bloomsbury, and South Pancras His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, who had condescended to take the Chair, was unavoidably tthsent. The Duke of Bedford consented to become Presi. dent of the Society, but could not attend the Meet. ing. His Grace sent a liberal donation. The absence of the Illustrious Personage was a great disappointment to the Meeting, which ulti mately voted Joseph Butterworth, Esq. to the Chair. The object in view was the dissemination of use ful instruction among the boys in the above parishes, and particularly the sons of poor Irish people in St. Giles's. The advantages flowing from education were described in eloquent terms, and several reso lutions, promoting the object of the Meeting, were carried. An extraordinary personage attended the Meeting, namely, the Archbishop of Jerusalem. This Ecclesiastic wore the costume of the Greek Church, and appeared a man of devout character. He made a speech, which was explained by an in terpreter. He is travelling to obtain a system of education best calculated to promote and extend the Christian religion. He expressed himself an advo. cate fur moral and religious irstruction. . . One of the Clergymen present observed, that it would be most honourable to this cumin) , should the Archbisl:lp of Jettualem carry from England, to the city in which Christianity originated, that system of education most desirable. After the Mar quis of Tavistock, the Bishop of Norwich, the lion. G. Bennett, M. I'. Mr. Brougham, and several others, had been added to the list of Presidents, the Meeting male it liberal subscription. The mercantile world suffered a severe shock on Thursday morning, in the failure of the very emi nent house of .1. Hammier' and Co. The outstanding debts an acceptances NI little short, it is said, of 200,0001. This calamity has been principally brought on by the declining state of the markets, the house holding large quantities of clover-seed, cotton, and tallow, the whole of which articles have undergone u very great depreciation. Among their acceptances were bills to a large amount, drawn in behalf of the Prussian Government; but these latter have all been taken up by Mr Rothschild. The title of Marquis of Annandale, whit h has been dormant since the year 1792, is now claimed by a gentleman of the name of Johnstone, as the lineal descendant of the Lundy.