The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-05-29 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE 01' LORDS, MAY 28. In the appeal " Meckle v. Dick," Sir Arthur Pigott and Mr. Leach were heard for the Respon dent, and Sir Samuel Romilly partly in reply. On the Motion of the Right Honourable Lord Hood, the Bill for Paving, Watching, and Light ing the Town of Ramsey, was read a third time and passed. The Stamp Duties Surplus Appropriation Bill, the Excheyner Bills Bill, the Machinery Expor tation Bill, the Irish Insolvent Debtors Bill, and some other Bills were brought up by Sir James Graham, Mr. Grattan, Mr. Dickinson, and oilier Members, and read a first time. The Stamp Ditties Surplus Appropriation Bill was read the first time on the motion of the Earl of Liver pool, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. The Scots Coors Regulation Bill was, after some conversation between the Earl orLaudertlale and Viscount Melville, ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday. The third reading of Gard's Divorce Bill was postponed till Friday, at ;he request of Earl Grey, who intimated his intention of moving to leave out the clause prohibiting the offending party from marrying again. The Loin Bill. the Isle of Man Customs Con sole:kilo', Bill, and the Scots Excise Officers Su rraonnation Bill were read a second time, and committed for Wednesday. The Irish Warehousing Bill, the Oil of Vitriol Bill, and the Scuts Roads Bill passed through Committees and were reported. SCHELDT EX PED r tow. CATHOLICS. -- SPA- N CAMPAIGN—STATE 01."IIIE COUN TRY. Earl GREY expressed his regret at again post. in the name of a Noble Earl (Donough. more), the motion relative to the Catholics, but it was wished in consequence of the. indisposition of his Noble Friend (Lord Grenville), who was particularly anxious to be present at the discusion, and whose assistance would be highly desirable. Ile was th,:refore desirous of postponing the mo tion till Tuesday the sth of June. The Duke of NORFOLK expressing a wish, that it might be postponed till the fallowing day, Earl GREY consented, with an understanding, that it should certainly come on on Wednesday, the 6th of June, and proposed that the motion of Noble Friend (the Marquis of Lansdowne), relative to the Spanish Campaign, should stand fur Friday the Bth ; and that his own motion should be fixed for Wednesday the 13th. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE acquiesced in this arrangement. The Earl of DARN LEY postponed his motion relative to the Return of the State of the Troops employed in the Schel.tt Expedition till Friday. The Lords wen•. ordered to be summoned fur the 6th, Bth, and 13th of June ; and the orders for the sth and 7th were discharged ; the orders for Friday next, the Ist, remained that day, being fixed for the Earl of Darnley's motion. ,Adjourned till IVednesddy. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAY ?B. The Brazil Machinery Export Bill was read a third time and passed. The Lowland D.stillery Bill and the Flax Bill were reported, and ordered to be react a third tune on Wednesday next. NAVAL REVISION. _ _ Mr. HORNER postponed, till the sth of June, his notice of motion for an Address to his Majesty fur the 15th Report of the Commissioners of Naval Revision. The Irish One Million Two hundred Thousand Pounds Luau Bill was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on %Vednesday. On the motion.of Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, the Stage Coaches Bill was recommitted.—Report on Wednesday. WOOLLEN MANUFACTURE. Mr. ROSE (the nsual form of Ong into a Committee on the ‘Vo;Alen Acts •having been gone through) obtained leave to bring in a Bill to repeal several Acts rela;ive to the IVoullen Alanu_ facture, and to exempt several persons subject to penalties under the billl4o from the obligation to pay. The West India Coffee and Sugar Bill was committed, reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Wednesday. The Inland Coal Bill and Pension Duty Bill werepread a second time.—Committed on Wednes. day. The Goods Warehousing Bill and Irish Beer Dill were read a third time and passed. co . reii civil, usT. Mr. PERCi:VALinovetifiTrieive. to bring in a Bill to limit the amount of Pensions, &c, upon the Scold' Civil List. Sir JOHN NEWPORT asked, whether any step of a similar nature was in contemplation for Ireland ?—and upon an answer in the negative from Mr. Perceval, gave notice of a motion on the subject to-morrow se'unight.—Leave was then given. Mr. PER,CEVAL then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to direct that an annual account of the increase and diminution of pensions, &c. should be laid before Parliament, and to regulate the controul over the granting of pensions, allow. ances, Sac.—Leave given. M.. WHA RTON shortly after brought in this latter Bill. Sir JOHN NEWPORT asked, whether this extended to Ireland? Mr. WHARTON was almost ashatned that he cookd not answer ; but the Speaker observed, that the title was geoeral. After a few words from Mr. Horner and Mr. Itankes, the Bili was then read a first time, and ordered to be read a iveond time un Wednesday. Mr. PERCEVAL adverted to the object which had been for some tune in contemplation, of aug. / l imiting the salaries of the poorer Clergy. This was perhaps the more necessary with respect to the Clergy of Scotland, as the poorer clergy there had not 4 connection with Clergymen of a supe rior rank, as the pourer Clergy of this country haft, so as to maintain the dignity of the Church. THE STATESMAN. Upon the whole, the amount necessary, as far as . had been ascertained, to augment the value of the poorer livings there to 1501. a year each, was 13,7001. a year. He adverted to the exemplary conduct of the Clergy of Scotland, and expressed hid hope, that the House would have no objection to vote 10,0001. that night, so as to go rather be yond the sum ascertained to be wanting at present. Mr. HORNER had no objection, as there was no public body that discharged their duties to the community better than the Scotch Clergy. He only wanted to know how it was to be paid. Mr. PERCEVAL explained, that proper per sons were to examine what Livings were below 1501. per annnm, and how much below that sem, and to report to the Barons of the Exchequer, who would pay the difference. The House then in a Committee of Supply voted 10,0001. for th 6 above purpose. Report on Wed nesday. LOTTERY AND VOTE OF CREDIT. Mr. WHITBREAD iiitended• to object to the Lottery Bill, and to say something as to the vote of Credit, but wished to do so at the time most convenient for the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. PER.CEVAL could not name a day at pre. sent, but engaged that an opportunity should be afforded. Mr. CREEVEV wilted (as we understood) when the Chancellor of the Exchequer intended to move for the Grant to the East India Company ? Mr. PEI CEVAI, replied, on Thursday or Friday. KINGSTON-ON HULL'S PETITION FOR REFORM. Lord MAHON presented a Petitien from the -town of Kingston.oli.Hull, the substance of which was, that the Petitioners lamented that tile House of Commons was losing ground in the public opi nion, from its vote on the %Iralcheren Inquiry, and other matters—that the Petitioners were auxi. ous to support every just right of Parliament— that whether they had the privilege contended for or not, they did not presume to determine—but that its exercise in the eases of Sir F. Burdett and Mr. Gale Junes was very suspicious, coupled, as it had been, with the grant of a Sinecure to Mr. Yorke. That if it should appear that the House had the privilege of imprisoning at discretion, it was at least necessary that it should be pure in its Constitution, otherwise that the power would in effect be one in the hc►nds of the Minister of the Crown, and of those who dealt in seats, like Lord Castlereagh and Mr. Perceval. The Peti tion concluded with praying, that the House should revise its proceedings ; that it should take steps to carry Parliamentary Reform into execu tion ; that it should abolish sinecures, and pay every possible attention to economy ! The Petition was read, and ordered to be laid on the Table. Mr. BARNARD obtained leave to regulate the office of Treasurer for the Counties in Ireland. A Gentle►nan, n hose name we could not learn, moped for a copy of a letter to the East lodia Di rectors on the subject of the freight of extra ships.--Ordered. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OP KING'S BENCH, MAY 28. MARTIN AND CO. 0. PHILLIPS. The Plaintiffs are bankers, and brought this ac tion against this defendant, as the acceptor of a Bill of Exchange for 6651. drawn by a Mr. O'Sul livan, of Cork, dated the 20th of November last. It appeared, that the drawer had given to the De fendant, as the consideration for his acceptance of this and divers other bills, to a considerable amount, securities which proved to be good for nothing. It was proved by the witnesses, that, at the date of this Bill, and for several months before and af. ; terwards, Sullivan was in England ; and it was therefore contended, for the Defendant, that the bills, being upon Irish stamps drawn in London, were void ; and as, for that reason, the Defendant could not recover against Sullivan's estate, he had proposed to the Plaintiffs in his relief to resort first to Sullivan's estate, and to pay them the difference that the Plaintiffs, who had been non. suited in the Common Pleas on Friday last, in ano. ther action against the same Defendant on ano. ther bill which was similarly circumstanced, had rejected. From the evidence, it partly appeared to have been a practice of Sullivan to bring over with him from Cork Irish stamps; and that perhaps he drew bills in Ireland in blank, making use of them here. The Jury presuming this might have been a bill of that description, found a verdict fur the Plain. tiffs. TILE KING V. MIMI ELLIOT. The Defendant had been found guilty of selling planks, at Torpoint, they being the King's stores, and bearing his mark, the broad R. He was sen. teuced to pay a fine of 501. and to be imprisoned six months-in the County Gaol. Mr. PARK m oved fur a Rule to shew cause why a writ of Habeas Corpus should not be issued, to bring up Thomas F. Morris, confined in. the King's Bench prison, that he might be discharged front I the Royal Marine Corps, under . the Act of the 49th of the present King; which sets forth, that a man enlisting must nut be attested, before (21 hours after such enlistment, and within four days. it was set forth, iu the affidavit, that Morris was seen drinking with several persons, and a serjeant of marines, at a coffee-house, in Surrey ; and that he, l Morris, was so intoxicated, that he was in a state of insensibility. On the following iiMorning, the 6c:skeet said he was enlisted, and had been attest- 1 ed, although he acknowledged it was before the 21 hours had expired. The COURT held, as he was a prisoner for debt, and not held in custody as a marine, they had no jurisdiction ; but when he was enlarged (sim Isis present confinement, and was forced to join the corps, it would then come under the cognizance of the Court.--Buie refused. CONSPIRACY AND FRAUD. Edward William Roberts and Robert Brow were brought into Court, pursuant to his Lora- ship's order of Monday last, to receive the judg ment of the Court for having been guilty of various acts of conspiracy, swindling, and frauds. They put in affidavits, with a view of averting the yen. geance of the law ; but the Court taking into its I consideration the heinousness of their offences, Sen._ tenced Roberts to six months and Brown - to twelve months imprisonment in Newgate, and within the first six months thereof, that they should both stand in the pillory, at Charing.cross, fur one hour. - Mr. Bunnowes moved for leave to file h critni. nal information against a Magistrate of the county of Somerset, one Dr. Wells, for corruption in his office, in not receiving a complaint against a Mr. Hunt for a breach of the game laws. His affidavit stated the following facts : that an in. formation against Mr. Hunt had been exhibited before Dr. - Wells, upon which a summons was regularly issued. The Borsholder w h o had the summons could not find Mr. Hula to serve it, but on the Sunday, the day before the summons was returnable, Mr. Hunt went to the man, and asked him if he had not a summons for him ; and recuiv. lug an answer in the affirmative, he desired that he might give it to him. The Borsholder properly replied, that it would not _be a good service on a Sunday, and declined givinc it to him. Mr. Hunt then said he was going to B ith nexiday, and should not be-back fur a fortnight, and desired that they would get a new summons, and he would attend it on his return. The next day the Burs holder attended Dr. Wells with the view of stating what Mr. Hunt said, but was surprised to find Mr. Hunt there instead of being gone to Bath. The Magistrate asked if the witnesses were ready; being told thoy were not there in consequence of what Mr. Hunt had said the day before, he said he should not wait fur them, that they ought to have been there, and dismissed the complaint. The afft lavit also stated that Mr. Hunt had told a per son he would trick the fools. On these grounds a criminal information was prayed against Dr. Wells, as lending himself to ph.. Hunt's contrivance, especially as lie refused to receive a new informa tion. The Court said, the quantity of injury done was too small, and the informer might have gone before another Magistrate.—Rule refused. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 98. SITTINGS AT WtsTmilsrEtt, suronE Sllt JAmEs MANsrogLih WINTON V. BALL. This was an •ctiou for assault and imprisonment. Mr. Scrjeant SIIIPIIIRD stated, that the Plain. tiff, who is an Attorney, went to the house of a Mr. Vincent at Somers Town, to serve a process of this Court. The wife of Vincent being indig_ nant at the attempt to arrest her husband, brought in the Defendant, who is a Constable . , and de sired him to take the Plaintiff into custody ; Ball accordingly seized him, and he was dcaggetl in the most disgraceful manner to flatton-Garden Police Office, where the complaint preferred by Mrs Vincent was .slismissed, and the Plaintiff dis charged. The Learned .S,:rjeant observed, whe, ther the Defendant is a Constable or not, he saw no breach of the peace; while the woman was ) present no assault was committed—and this man has been guilty of a gross violation of his duty. Michael Gale stated, that he lived at Sqm,• rs . Town, and that he went with the Plaiwis t o serve a writ on John Vincent. The door was opened by Mrs. Vincent, and Vincent imin e di. ately jumped out of a room up stairs, and said, '' if you come up stair - s, d--n my c—s if I don't knock you down." The Plaintiff said, 44 I have a Writ against you, and I will serve it." lie th e n served the writ, and Vincent told his wife to go for a constable. Ball (Ume soon after, and sail, " I suppose you want me to take charge of this fellow." Vincent said '' yes." Ile then seized him,' and said, ' 6 you must go to the watch.house." Winton at first refused to go, but he was corn. pelted to proceed to Ilatton.garden, where the Magistrate dismissed him. Mr. Serjeant BEST endeavoured to prove that Winton had committed an assault on Mrs. Vim. cent ; hut the weight of evidence was in favou r o f the Plaintiff, and the Jury gave him a verdict, with 101. damages. , POLICE. GUILDHALL...MONDAY, MAY 27. BEFORL MR. ALW:RMAN MAGNAY. Three Compositors, named John.-un, Dultua.and were brought up, on a charge of assautt and trespo., s .—mr. Walter, one Of the Proptieturs of The Times Ncnstioper, stared, that me :Sunday night several prisons assembled 'typo. site his Prititinw" Office, for the purpose of smuts Mg twee of his workmen, anddeterriag him Irmo coati :m i ng in hi s employ that the Prisoners were partirtairly Active—and that one o f them had actually succeeded in assaulting the man, as mild be stated in evidence. . • William Bearley. the man on whom th^ alleged nmult was stared to have been cotinnitted, then deposed, that at ten o'clock he wasseized in die passage by the arm, by Johnson, when he immediately reared out fortsi-titnre—the titan it stantly hare w.—Sisnrily after, how ever, the three were taken into custody—Johnson mitt Dutton ito a 11%141k-house is the neighbourhood, and .ipier in the surest.-1 hey welt. con mined fir the night to the Poultry toirupter, nn a ( sharge of being " diserderly."--41ivie was no tither evidence to sup. port the charge. In their deleiwe the Prisoners sr.ted, that their reasons for going nit the premises was to see some friends who worked there--and as to the assault said to have been committed ha the person , of Brarkg, they po-itively aVerted it Was fitly, ina , murh us one of the patty (Johnson) wily pulled hint gently by the emit, for the purpose of ill luring him in etnee out and take a putt of porter aloug a mill hi. old friends.— Alder did not appear fill the premises. The Prisoners %%ere ordered to bad bail, whicli was bathe. diately complied with. Wityrren t PF:lSa turday, seven men, named James Swe. rte.!, Pear.e, Eitel .d I'n r:tit Fleming, Maurice Corastius Hage4, and Joha a c noun, were charged aith entering the rouse pf Mr. J4!in Bolding, the Eagle mai Child, at Woodfo.d, in Sunday night, the /Nit instant, and beating the Latallural Ana shucking manlier. The :0).11w-trotted ilersoLs are in Clerken. well prison.—Yesterday an es press came to the &lice, that Mr. Bolding died at four o'clock last Sunday afterrioun, and lies fur a Corocer's la guest. • • It rroN-G itnES. * —Yestertlay Thomas Waters watt fully committed for trial. charged with Knit% into the luitae of Mrs. Brywa, in Middle-ran, Ittonsowit, to Arc pretence NO hire lodgings, hut stole a Naar or boots, the property 4,1 Mr. Masan, a lodger in the house. • James Tisdale and Nary Martin were fully committed fur trial, charged with r.,bning Jame,: Parker of 1•21 10.. %%Wile they were riding 41 a cart together,and ad in a state ut Haus.. ie: . UNA.° v-ii 4 I.L.—Yesterdav '!'horses Event, a man of di , cent appearance, lint evidently- th ranged, was brought 4),-- fore the Sitting Magistrates, under the following cia-unr stances: —Oil Simla% evening tat! Prisoner came to the White Morse Public-house, io Union street, asked fur liquor, and behaved in a nutcagenus man n er. !The Landlord desired him to leave the howls., sin which he took up the polo r, aid struck „him violently. tie way th,ii taken to ti:e Watch— honse. Golf, the Oilicer, shortly after went into his birth where he found him hanging; lie sins cut down directly, and soon recovered his strength. AA lie irtssed the White nurse in the morning, on his way from the natal-house to the Hull, he requested to have the advice of an Attorney, which was granted; lint nit wooer had the Attorney left him than he proceeded to destroy the fulaittne, whitlows, &c. itiel did damage to a considerable amoutit. tie was ordered into the custody of a keeper of lunatirs for the present. CORONER'S Imouver.—An inquisition was ti. ken yesterday at the G ran and half. Moon pablir. house, Half Moon-street, on the body of Mr. lid. ridge, a tallow-chandler in Oxford.strret, who was drowned in the basin in St. James's Park, on Wednesday last. The deceased, it appeared, was a very respectable tradesman, about fifty years•of age, and had slept at his father's house at Chelsea on Tuesday night. lie was retucning tar business at eight o'clock on Wednesday morning, when tee was seized with a fit whilst walking along the batik of the basin, anti he fell into the water and was drowned. A number of persons witnes sed the catastrophe, and the unfortunate man was taken out of the water alive, but he died in the evening.— Verdict, Accidental Death. A publication has lately appeared, in the enticing form of an historical Novel, which engages muck of the public attention. It is written, as we au derstand, by a Lady %ell known in the fashiomi. ble circles, who thinks proper to conceal her real name, and to substitute that of Priscilla Parlante in the title page. This work (entitled Ferdinand and Ordella, With authentic Memoirs of the Russian Court, after the demise of Peter the Great) commences with a Preface of some length, and observations upon the attempts made, in some respects, and the neglect in others, to reform out system, moral, political, and social ; and it roil tains so many applicate and judicious remarks upon those topics, which must be interesting to every individual at this momentous crisis, that the work in question appears well worthy of that attention bestowed upon it by all ranks and descriptions oT readers. The Preface also contains some severs animadversions upon many of the illiberal and contracted opinions promulgated againit duals, authors aid society in general, whic h s p . pears throughout a late popular work, caPed Crelebs in search of a Wife, besides various de e p and serious reflections on the mischievous tendency of sectarian prejudice. We shall, when the li mits of our paper permit, be incliued to give some , extracts from it, which will be interesting to nut readers. MATH. At Madras, on the With of October last, the Lady of R. Townsend Fatqultar, Esq. of n son. M/UWEI). Ou Friday last, at Ho'Wigton Church, Sussex, IL HAM, Esq. Major 2d Light Infamy Regiment, King's Gel tuiin le gion, to Miss Emilia Charlotte Borges, second daughter a Sir James Bland Barges, Bart. Beau-port,•Sas. PIE. On Saturant' , the 26th i•pt. nt Brigitte", ,tlf,na, ife of h;er o f Jacob Foster Revnblds, sq. of Cal shahoer tut du g Robert Barclay, Esq. Berry-intl. • 0 LON VON Printed and Yublislu 11. I.P V M ibe ' S TA/11511AI OPTICS r e FleittAitreet. - DUBLIN POST OFFICE. Mr. SHAW (of after adverting to some misconduct in the Dublin Post Office, in charging postage fur newspapers transmitted under the franks of Altnibers of Parliament, nioved for a Return of the Newspapers for which postage had been charged at the Dublin Office, since the Ist of May last,. such Newspapers having been franked by Members of Parliament. Sir HENRY MONTGONIERY seconded the motion, and observed, that the Postmaster-Ge neral was for a considerable part of tiQ year in London, leaving the business to the management of the Clerks. Ile also said, that he had written on this subject to the Post Office there, and had never been able to procure an answer. Mr. MAGNA UGHTEN defended the conduct of the Postmaster-General, fur whom it was ne cessary to be often in Loudou, and obsorvetl, that none in the situation had ever been more attentive to the duty. Mr. GItATTAN and Mr. PARNELL con curred that the Poet-Master General had paid every attention to his duty ; but blamed the Clerks of the Roads, who ought to suffer some pu. nislintent. Mr. WELLESI.EY POLE stated, that mea sures had been taken to prevent the recurrence of the breach of privilege complained of in future, and that if, upon inquiry, the Clerks of the Roads should be found to have devi:►ted from their duty, they should sutler some punishment. Under these circumstances, he hoped the motion would be withdrawn. Mr. SIIAW agreed, and it was accordingly Withdrawn. IRISH BUDGET. Mr. FOSTER observed, that it was desirable the Irish Budget should be brought forward in a fuller House, and on that account postponed it till Wednesday. Mr. WELLESLEY POLE put off the Irish. Law Officers' Bill till next Session, it being ne cessary to cosult the Judges with respect to some parts of it. If any of these Offices should be. come vacant in the mean time, care should be taken to fill them op so as not to prevent Reform. The Howth and Holyhead Harbour Bills were reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Wednesday. Mr. D. GIDDY brought up the Report of the Duke of Ormotid's Prize Purchase Committee. Resolution agreed to and a Bill ordered. . The Isle of Man Smuggling Bill was read a third time and passed. The Land Th Redemption Bill was committed. Report on Wednesday. In a Committee of Ways and Means the Land Tax was ordered to be charged with the Pay and Clothing of the Militia, and Allowances to the Subaltern Officers of Militia, in time of peace. The Lottery Bill. Was brought up—read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday. Mr. PONSONBY moved that the Irish Bog Drainage Papers should be printed. Ordered. A person from the West India Docks presented an Account of their Receipts and Expenditure tot the last year. Ordered to be laid on thelable. Adjourned till Wednesday. L