The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-06-08 00:00:00

If this Bill tasted, be begged to ask what and bad that the most respectable members wee? would remain in the Commission ? wised by I of them who were now in say, that they would feel themselves de passed, and would immediately resign. is in ail ita provisions completely at variance inriple which bad ever been regarded as •ial to Ireland; that which went to assimi dnistration of law there to the administra n England. It went to place an insuperable etween, and initead of inducing the Gentry home, and spend their money there, it gave 'mires for alienating themselves, and for sir capital elsewhere. He therefore could • the . On his conscience he de• he slionlei feel from the moment this Bill h any thing like the provisions which it ted, be should no longer regard Ireland as retary PEEL was of opinion that it would 'e to place the Governors of Counties in • a totally different footing. If it were sjectionable to authorise the Lord Lieu: , ppoint Lord Lieutenants of Counties. he to be hot a technical objection. He hail, o objection to the title of Governor being re• he want d was a connecting link between the it and each county, to Quake them accurately with th- elsaracter of those who were placed Fistracy. He was ces6tient that very great wouhl result from thus enabling this Lord . to re-model - the Governors of the counties.— I r occasion be had said he saw great difficulty of reforming the magistracy of Ireland. lie hcnlties still, bat after the attempt bail been pon, and Nome progress made, be rlieulul be oin the house to wish to tee it abandoned. a provision in this Bill with respect to the it of Magistrates, which he thought ought to I. The remarks which be had made on a ,sion, which had been alluded to on his intro- Peace P Lion Hill, were applied to the f Stipendiary Magistrates to every partof !re lied thong& this ',wild lead toe He consent to give power to appoint Stipendiary tin cases of great emergency in order to pre .l- evils, and that under circumstances of very -nee. With respect to the Police of Ire :reed that something must be done. lie took universally conceded. It was to be borne at now when no external foe was to he was toned necessary to keep up an army of ups, besides 4,000 yeomanry. Was not this lost sufficient to prove that it was necessary me amelioration with respect to the police of e one county of Ireland twenty-six murders erpetratest and but one of the parties eon been brought to justice. Could any thing peessaty than to 'apply a resnetly to an evil When the expense of this measure was talked it to be horns in mind that it might be ex• tail to a redaction of the military force now audit' bat one or two regiments should in !e be dispensed with, the house would see ild effect a great saving. Some Gentlemen is.d that the pollee of Ireland should be assi that of England. This he admitted to be do t denied that it Will practicable. The Pre lice to be established under this Bill wattlil aye for arming than the ronstabies appointed ad Juries. and past experience-had proved Beers thee appointed were far less efficient gi osio isisg ete l p bee called pot by the Lord Lie* . Hythis Bill Ate Itlgkff• id proposes! to reduce the salaries of the of employed, so that no constable would receive 35/. per annum. All that he would request a was not, in the present stage of the Bill, to a plan for the amelioration of the police in It might be possible to introduce considerable nts in its progress, in order to check evils ad xist, and to be enormous. He saw no neces sting this as a party question, and hoped that with the importance of giving Ireland a bet they would suffer the Bill to go to a Com- 7 :RCROMBY said, though lie admitted two first, that the Magistracy of Ireland was de s!, secondly, that the higher and middling or aught to look up to Government for protec r than to themoklves and consequently that lial measure was necessary ; yet, though re le opposed the present Bi. He thought the rf ameliorating the present system would be e Magistracy. This would be the most effec tation which could take place. It was idle low/Tomcat not being able to acquire infor en they possessed the most ample means. It ors to introduce the present Bill without the last and most constitutional remedy, that the present Magistracy. The Bill would e the Magistrates under the controul of the by depriving them of any authority over halting Goverooment the source to which they ron every occasion. It would also have the ,sting a low jobbing magistracy, leagued 'nstables. If any means could be devised for • of tossing every thing dune by Government g by the gentry, sone was more likely to at tject than the present Bill. A most respects. rate told him, that if the Bill passed he would ommission. He believed this pernicious and measure emanated from the Marquess 11 el has said before, that the course the Marquess vas pursuing in India was like that which was pursuing in „Europe.; but be believed measure afforded a stronger parallel. rquiess of LONDONDERRY said, though t be much d'fference as to the details of the re anxious for tile amelioration of the Police Ireland. anti he therefore hoped the House r the Bill to be committed, and take the dis. its particular provisions on a futureday. 'THORPE considered the regulations of this of such a charscter that the operation of the rat have the effect of drawing every man of ty out of the NLigistracy of Ireland. RANT, after some preliminary observations, his :egret that hr could not support the Dill, with the duty which lie owed to Ire;auil and Ile fat himself obliged to oppose nut only of the Bill but the general r:nciple upon is founded. He was most willing to admit' hat the great i•hject of Bovernment was to rice was duly administered. But care must a in attaining this great object other inter. ot sacrificed. There were in a free govern• important interests which ought nut to hr Rehire he present measure was resorted to hr 1.11 why A4llll. system less ohjen:ionahle in its not tried ?—(ilear, hear.) Thia Bill, it the House, would go to place the whole of ler an armed police, subject to the immediate the Lord Lieutenant.—(Hear, bear.) Such vas altogether at variance with the principle iovernment. The Right Hon. Dentleman ented ie detail on the organization of the of Ireland, observing that while there were itrates in that country whose conduct wa s ehensible, there were others who had neve r important trust reposed in them. After e arguments upon this point, he proceeds that the measure now proposed ought not to TIII ST, lis i adopted till it was satisfactorily ?rived to the Haus- . that every plan of ikeharacter more andogous to the principles of the Constitution has been tried and found inefficient. He was well aware that two years ago the revision of the blagistrary was in contemplation, and be would now ask why this Bill hid been introduced before the result of that revision was known? He conjured the House to consider well the nature of this measure. It was one which not only affected Ireland, but might virtually affect England also ; for, if the principle was once established nith respect to one part of the empire, what was to prevent its being acted upon in another ? The Right Hon. Gentleman then contended that the ne cessity or the Bill might be obviated by a measure which should make the Grand Jury more strict in the discharge Of their duty, particularly as regarded the ap pointment of constables, who ought always to he men of unexceptionable charecter. He denied that there was in the Irish people au invariable determination to op pose the law. It was a well-known fact that, in souse cases, one or two constables had taken the leaders of riotous gangs, and carried them off in custody, from the midst of hundreds of their adlterents.-:(11ear, hear.) Ile deprecated the adoption of any system for Ireland that was not to be adopted for England ; and be parti cularly deprecated the present iystem, because it was one which went to encourage espionage in every part of the country.—(Cheers.) He was glad to hear the Bill de signated in the terms it deserved, as a disgrace to the British Constitation.—(Repeated Cheers.) It appeared to'him that it involved the greatest reflection that could possibly be cast on the gentry of Ireland by the extraor dinary power it vested in stipendiary Magisttates and constables, with the Lord Lieutenant at their head. The Right Hon. Gentleman here enumerated the different ap pointments which the Bill gave to the Lord Lieutenant, and maintained that such an extent of patronage went directly to break down the principles of the Constitti tion.—(('lieers.) In conclusion, he entreated the House to reject the Bill. if they were deterntined to do their duty, not only to Ireland, but to the British Empire.— (Cheers.) Mr. It. MARTIN supported the motion. Sir N. COLTHITBSI' supported the Bill. It could not be called unconstitutional, because the object was to preserve the peace. No person who hail seen the' state of the South-west of Ireland, could say the present system of the police was to he relied on. No one could say it would enable the people to enjoy the benefits of 1 the Constitution. Mr. GRATTAN opposed the Bill. Mr. V. FITZGERALD strongly supported the Bill, as 3 measure of necessity. He had no wish to trench on the right. of the Magistracy of Ireland, but he con. sidered the advantageous at the present moment. Mr. BROUGHAAt said, the Bill introduced for the first time in Ireland was a pernicious system of stipen diary, police, and the aggravated mischief was, it bad ■ tendency to perpetuate a bail system. He objected to the principle of the Bill, and moved as an amendment, that it be read a second time this day six months. Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Grant explained. Mr. S. CAREW supported the Bill. Mr. 0031. BROWN said a few words against the measure. _ _ An Hon. MEMBER under the gallery, whose nama we could not collect, opposed it. Lord EBRINOTON said, it was subversive of a free constitution. The house then divided—For the Amendment, 55 For the second reading, 113—Majority. 58. The BM was then read the second time. The Margaam of LONDONDERRY, in consequence of the lateness fifthe hour, declined bringinf on further the report foNonslay. The West India Trade Bill, and the Colonial Trade Bill were read the third time and passed. Mr. RICE gave notice of a motion for the lith Inst. on the subject of the II th Report of the Commissioners on the Courts of Justice in Ireland. The further conside►ation of the Report on the Su perannuation Act Amendment Bill was postponed to Thursday next. Mr. MARTIN moved the third reading of the lll treatment of Cattle Bill. Mr. MONtli moved, as an amendment, that the Bill be read a third time that day six months. Mr. SCAKLSTT and Mr. HOLFORD wished the Bill to be withdrawn. The gallery was cleared for a division, but the bill was read a third time without a division. The house adjourned at half-past one o'clock. THE GREAT dV4r4l EXPERIMENT. New Yortx, Max 9.—At the appointed hour yester• day morning, all the arrangements having been com pleted, the experiment was commenced, which was to test the practicability of hauling up an inclined plane, upon the plait invested by Commodore Rodgers, a large ship of war. The new frigate Potomac, of the class of 44 guns, and weighing, with the appa- ratus attacked to her, about 1600 tons, was to be tried. Though a light wind prevailed, the ship was introduced without accident between the ways on which she was to ascend, and at nine o'clock the power of three windlasses, worked by forty or fifty men each, was applied to the immense floating castle, and she began slowly to ascend. The operation was continued successfully, until the ship was drawn almost out of the water. At this moment, tie lashings which connected the block of the centre purchase with the large cable that passed round the ship, fore and aft, and drew her on, parted. This ac cident. means taken, in ease of such an occurrence, to prevent the ship from running back. The I, therefore, remained in her place; but, as it required some hours to repair the damage, the remainder of the operation was deferred until this morning. The experiment has, so far, answered the expectations of its friends, and we believe there is no doubt enter:ained of its coin- I plete success. Should their hopes be realised, the in vention will be of incalculable advantage to all mari time nations, as it will enable them to preserve a na val force of any magnitude, always in readiness for the time of war, without the expense and deterio►ation which necessarily attend the keeping a greater por tion afloat, than may be requisite for a time of peace. Favar. A(CIDENT.—Friday se'unight, as two la• hearers were collecting flints at the bottom of the cliff. a short distance from Black Rock, Brighton, a large piece of the cliff above them gave way : seeing their danger, one of the men ran along the base of the cliff. and escaped; hat the other, of the name of Jones, canning towards the sea, was overtaken by the falling fragments, and crushed to death. On the 2uth alt. an inquest was held at Swineshead, on the body of James !Warden'', sized 7d years, who was found by his wife (who is a very young woman) suspended by a curd round his neck from a beam in his barn. Dejection and despondency having been remarked in him by his neighbours, the Jury returned a verdict that he banged himself in a fit of momentary derangensant.—Be was buried on the day twelve. months that he was married to his third wife, and he was three times a s old. _ :NON. L4l, VOURT OF KINU'S lIP.sCB, Juxri. , Trinity' Term eonsrorneed CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Mr. Camenaaa moved for a criminal ioformation against 0, R • verend Magistrate of the county of tile. natorgin. for oorruptly committing to the county gaol a,' respectailft person, named Brown, up a convictioo antler the statute 6 Uco. 111, for coding young tr' the affidavits stating thal the trees had been bona ftdc purchased and paid for by the supposed delirquent. with di• knowledge of the committing Magistrate. The Court, under the circums:ances stated, granted a roll AViai. M. RICUARD CaRLILU. Mr. Coerce moved for a rule to shew cause why' the late Sbi•riff of London should not proceed to •se:l ' certain effects belonging to Mr. Ciudad., seized uader a writ &earl fireioe, in November 1819, and which the Sherif, in his return, stated were in his p.dssessi..n. waiting 'the further order of the Court. The Sheriff, upon thenonvictinn". U. a tiefetttinnt, and sentence to i ris imire isiul iltlee Ryment of the fine of 1,0110/., took pu *l4 the effect. in his shop in Fleet. street, a ith consisted of many works free from any blasphrutous taint, such as the speeches of Mr. Chas. P;aillips end itishop ttiatson's Apology fur the Bible. The abject of the motion was to compel the Sheriff to sell the effects se seised, inasmuch as the defendant bad no other means of paying the fine, anti if they were ortatiold, be might remain a pr:soner fur life. Tie Court considered this a new case, and doubt d whether they could compel the Sheriff to sell the ef fects, hat they granted to the Learned Counsel a rule to shew cause why the Sheriff's return should not be quashed, and upon cause being sliewn, they suggested that probably then an order would be moulded, adapted to the object in view. imharasmnts LIBEL. Sunlit' Waddington was called on to plead fro an indictmektairrgint him with vending a blasphemous libel, entitled " Paloner's Principles of Nature." This work is prosecuted by the Society for the Sup pression of Vice, and Waddington pleaded—Nut Onilty, and was taken away in the Keeper of New gate's custody. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Ju Ng 7. This being the first day of Term, the Jaages of this Court, after breakfasting with the I.4rd Chan cellor, came down in procession to Westminster, and beard motions of course, none of which were of any puhlic interest. At the sitting of the Court the Chief Justice placed the Cap of Office as Prothonotary, on the head of Mr. Barrister at Law, who had been appointed to that situation, vacant by the resignation of Mr. Wood roffe. -PVtf eft Bow-eraser.—Yesterday Joeeph Pearce, Esq. was brought to the Offiee, from the New Prison, Clerken well, in order to give bail to answer the charge of his wife Angelina, a Spanish Lady, on charge of •io lently assatlting and braising her in a most out rageous manner. The bail he offered at first was ob jected to; but afterwards procured bail, which Mr. Muumuu, and Mr. HALLS, the Sitting Magistrates, agreed to accept, himself in 100/. and two sureties in 501. each. On Mr. Pearce being taken into the Clerk's office to acknowledge the bail, he declared, that as soon as his bail was taken and he was liberated, be would proceed where his wife was and would drag her oat. Mr. Lewis, the attorney to Mrs. Pearce, was present, and hearing this additional threat, he went to the Magistrates and informed them what had taken place, when their Worships ordered Mr. Pearce to be brought before them again, and Mr. Lewis's statement being verified upon oath, the Magistrates called upon him to find double or additional bail, him self in 200/. and four sureties in 501. The Magic. Crates assured him, that if he committed the least breach of the peace towards his wife, his recognizances should be forfeited. James Lonsdale underwent a final egamination, charged with personating the person of Thomas WO cockes Heighton, thereby representing himself to be the owner of a copyhold estate at Cottle, in Lancashire, and imposing upon Mr. Bolton, an attorney, at Colne, who wrote to Mr. Beverley, his agent io London, re siding in Garden-court in the Temple, who was au thorised by Mr. Bolton, of Colne, to pay to Thomas Wiicocke's Ileighton, 111/. Ws. 6d. being part of the purchase-money of the estate, and Mr. Beverley requiring of the prisoner Lansdale that he should he identified to him as Thomas Wilcockes Heighton, led to the discovery of his false representation of himself. The prisoner Lonsdale was fully committed to take his trial at the ensuing Assizes for the City of Coventry, for having personated and signed a receipt for 211. 7s. by the name of Thomas Wilcockes Heighten, at Coventry, a few months since. Martutonountr-sTenar.—lrm.Hanburywas brought up before J. E. CONANT. Esq., charged with breaking and entering the premises of Mr. Luke Hansard, of Great Turnsti'e. Holborn, and stealing therein a ba rometer, a cluck, and many other articles to a large amount. Mr. Hansard attended, and identified the barometer and clock to be his property. The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and he was fully commit ted to take his trial. GROSS IMPOSITION:—.Yesterday two MOs, named flophins and Put- field, of shahhy.genteel appearance, the latter of whom, a short time afp, was tried at the Sessions fur a similar imposition, were brongbt up to this office in the custody of Clements, the officer, charged with having obtained two guineas from Lord Eardley, and other sums from other Noblemen and tientlemen of distinction, under pretence of being col lectors to charitable institutions. The Magistrate, After hearing evidence tot he fact, felt indignant that humane and charitable individuals should be thus its posed on, and trusted that the circumstance would be 'mule public, having no doubt that nefarious proceed• inks of this description had been practised to a great tztent.—The prisoners were remanded for a week, in seder that they way be identified by other Gentlemen. Le-'- 'At ten o'clock yesterday niiining s stack of neys Of the house occupied by Mr. Berle. tailor., Aiderstato-street, near Ball' sad !limb-streets fell with a tremendous crash, and drove in the ree f s of 'be two adjoining houies, occupied li r •mr, cheesemonger, and Cloodenan's Billiard Aside • la Hull and Montb-stre e t. The weighlututiag iall'aele asts were thrown into great rousts/ads* from the occurrence; some of their houses belisg In w very tli• lapidateJ state. Constables attended to warn thy passengers from approaching too near. Titre were several families and young children in the 66666 and a woman long confined to her bed, where the roof fell in; but no more damage was done, than the shatterinu the house's, windows, and partitions. Household implements and crockery ware all west to destruction. About ten o'clock en Thursday .night an alarm ing fire broke out on the extensive premises of -Mr. Bi ggs, a tallow-chandler a n d oil sod colour.. ' man, in Old Hravel-lane, near Wapping-Dock. Immediately adjoining the melting-pans of gr. Mgr, were those of Mr. Waite, a gresse-boiler in the neigh bmrhoed, and from the. nature of the combustible matter in which thertlealt, destruction at one time threatened the whole of that popaloas district, This flames soon communicated to the large wood yard of Mr. Pilkington. timber merchant. next door to Mr. Biggs, and about eleven o'clock the appearance of the fire was terrific. Rebind the house of Mr. Biggs, Mr. Jones. a milkman, lives, and he, with the utmost difficulty, saved his cows, ten or twelve In number, at the risk of his life, and bay'ng his face and bands ly burnt. The whole of Mr. Biggs premise{ have been completely destroyed, as well as those of Mr. Waite; and the same may be said of Mr. Pil kington's valuable property, - if we eteept his deist ling.hoitse, which fortinately escaped with little injury. On Monday afternoorr,a tireadfalaad destructive fire broke oat in some farming btiildi igs, situated about 4 miles from the town of Chatters., Cambridgeshire. (the property of John Fryer, jun. Esti; which cams pletely destroyed an extensive barn, granary, and other buildings, together with from 400 to 500 coortslis of wheat, and several stacks. It appears to have originated from a spark faints . upon some dry stubble, from a piece of lighted turf, which a labourer was carrying from one part of the farm to another. where he was going to bora the land. Sick use the rapidity of the dames, that in a very few minutes the whole presented one complete body of fire ; and notwithstanding every assistance was rendered by the Inhabitants of Chatted'. scarcely any part of the property was saved from the destructive element. -The loss is estimated at 30001. not snore than one third of which was insured. It is lamentable to add, that many persons from a neighbouring parish were ob served carrying from the premises the farming imple• went, and every thing which was in their power ti move. A notorious poacher, of the name of Little, well known in the neighbourhood of Maidstone, by tha nick-name of Diddler, was early nu Sunday morning quite dead. When found he presented a shocking spectacle, the lower part of his face and throat bein.; mach lacerated, and he was covered with a gore of blood. On tracing the blood to s hedge a few yards distant, a gun was perceived lying on the opposite side, which appeared to have been recently discharged. From this circumstance, and the situation of the luau's wounds, it is conjectured that he was following his pursuits, and on getting over the hedge, he was in the act of drawing the gun after him when it went off. and lodged the contents in his throat and lower part of his face. Ile appears to have staggered a few yards before lie fell. The body was conveyed to Cox• heath Workhouse. A yousg woman about 21 years of age, whose name we purposely abstain from mentioning, was rescued from an untimely grave early on Wednesday morning. in Whit-week, at Worksop, (where she attempted to drown herself.) by Mr. Sanderson, who had fortu nately left his room to call some part of his family up to wash. On looking out of the window, he ob served a female in great distress ; she shrieked loudly. and immediately plunged into the water. Mr. Sander son and his son hastened to the spot, which was more than one hundred yards from the house, and with some difficulty got her out before life was extinct. It appears she was married at the age of 17, to a young man about the same age; but on some account,best known at home, both parties weredesirous ofa separation, which took place about three years ago, and during- that period they have resided at a distance from each other. Having now arrived nearer mature age, it 501141 * the unfortunate woman began to think more seriously about her matrimonial engagements, and therefore re paired to Worksop, the residence of her husband, and made known to him her desire that they should be come again united; bat he was composed of more in• flexible materials. He was seen with her a very short time before the circumstance took place, and she as signs his cruelty as the cause of her rash conduct. It will be well if young people will endeavour to prutit by the publicity of this disgraceful occurrence, and consider it an additional proof, that hasty weddintts g Ily make long repentance.—(NottingLon ) We understand that in consequence of the reduc tion in the price of Malt, Mr. tits ester, of the Bag nigge Wells Brewery has determined to make his Ale, Table Ale, and Table Beer of such superior quality as will enable him to defy all competition. When we con sider the importance to families of possessing a beverage free from the noxious ingredients usually employed in the composition of that necessary article, we cannot be surprised at the extensive patronage he so deserve edly . enjoys. Snell patronage we hope will always be given to meritorious individuals who prefer a smal l profit and fair name to the fist of destroying the health of their fellow-creatures by a wicked and unfeeling cu• pielity. To satisfy the moat fastidious as to the genuine. oess of his articles, Mr. CIAPMAN makes hail yearly the following affidavit. " RICHARD CHAPMAN, of BRglligire Well, Rrevrery, Ahe, Table Ale, and Table Beer Brewer, anima' oat't and with that his Ale, Table Ale, and Table Beer, are br ewed from %felt and Ho ps only, and that he never has, nor ever will permit or suffer aoy drugs or other Injurious ingredients to' be used in his brewery. " R. CHAPMAN. " sworn at the Mansion-House in the CitrQf London, Merck di, len, before Me, NAGNAT, Mayor. " Y.Q. Orders executed for Ready Money.—All letters oust be post-paid, or not redcired. -1.4 tz~ -