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w ~ .. Y~~ 4 s. . i --. P'; ~` r knger. on the time of the House, but move for heave to bring in fte Bill. • • Mr.. IV: BATHURST seconded the motion. Mr. HORNER e.xpressed his approbation of the general principles of Lord Redesdale's - 4dr, but tat the same time felt no objection to support the Bill of the Hon. and Learned Member, sw,far as it might really lro considered as.an -imendinent of that Act. He decidedly cdndenmed, however, the notion of punishing - a man for insolvency, except where the fraudulent or dishonest motives were mitt explicitly asr.ertained. Mr. LOCKHART supported the motion, and es pctially approved of that clause which discrimi nated between the honest - and the dishonest -cre el Or. Mr. ABRRCROMBIE opposed it, heeaus'e he thought ,no case had been made out, which called upon thellouse to alter the law as it now stood. Mr. LluasT spoke in favour of the motion. Mr. Scrjeabt BEST replied. Mr. BARING regretted that more time bad not been given for the trial of the original measure, or at least that if any just cause of complaint ap peared ag - Ainst•it, that a Committee had not been appointed to investigate the subject. Leave was then granted to bring in the Bill. Mr. P. GRENVELL postponed his notice relative "to the payments of the • Bank in specie, •to to morrow se'nuight. _ Mr. WILDEaFoacn-gave notice that on Thurs day he would submit to the House a motion on the subject of the three persons who, having been condemned to the hulks for a violatinn of the law relating to the Abolition of -the Slave Trade, had • since been pardoned. The Greenland Fishery Bill was read 'a -second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The Irish. Excise, . Irish Customs Tobaccu Duty,. and the , Poorhouse Bilts 4 were.read a 'fbird time :mil passed. The Irish Sugar Drawhach went through a Committee, the Report'of which was ordered tube received to-morrow. • TREATY OF •PEACE WITH AMERICA. Mr. HART DAvrs , rose to move an 'Address to the Prince Regent; on the conclusion of the Treaty of Peace with America. , He trusted that there were few .men in .the country who we not peel suaded that the war with that country was.un provoked on our part. It bad been waged, not for aggrandisement Or vengeance,- or the diffusion of. our military glory. Great . Britain stood Co o _ _ high in the rank of Nations to induce her to pur -sue.such objects, and - required no trans-atlantic lame tó add to the splendour of her reputation.— The Americans had avowed principles affecting our maritime lights—right i s iu which not our glory and our indepe . ndence but our very existence was involved. Those riglits tte 'bad - secured,— We had made peace in the true spii it of peace, and as the representative or a . great cornmcrial . . city no one felt more. semibiy than himself the advantages which we should probably derive from it. The war -had brought both countries to esti mate one another more fairly. America had felt the powel- of Great Britain through the whole of her territory and in her very capital, and had-ex perienced that this high-minded country- would never hesitate to sacrifice her immediate interests whenever her - honour was "concerned. Ije Con- Chided by moving— " That an hnruble - Address be presented to - his Royal High, ness.tbe Prince Regent, returning the thanks of thellouse to his Royal Highness, for his having been graciously pleased to order to be laid before the House a copy of the Treaty of Pence and Amity conthluded between . Great. Britain and the United States of America; and to assure his Royal Highness that having fully considered the . same, they reflect with the utmost gratitude and satisf ac ti on on th e fresh prorif thereby afforded them by this important arrangement, of his Royal Highness's aitions regard. for the welfare of tho arrangement which they twisted would establish a perfect re eanciliatiuu and a permanent friendship between •riations finite(' bv so many ties of cofflmon interesC' • . Mr. roNsoNBY declared that there was not a man in the ountry• who rejoiced more since' ely than - himseifatthe restoration of peace between Great Bt itain awl the United States ; but he must say that it would-he extremely disgraceful to the House to present the Address moved by the Hon. Gentleman as it stood. It• was the duty - of Par liament to inform his Royal Ilighness-ot The gross misconduct of his Majesty's Vinisters in the pro secntion of the war, and in the management, of the negociatious of peace 'with America. The Right Hon: s Centleman then entered into a minute review of the negociations, contending that the treaty determined rio subject which was in dispute before •its signature, and that 'no one pretension asserted by his M-ajesty's Commissioners in the Coarse of the transaction, had not•been ultimately abandoned by them - and condemned the delay which had taken place in *tife, conclusion of the treaty after the signature of the treaty .of Paris, by which the peace ofEurope had been apparently. secured. Tie three great points which had been insisted on by his Maji7sty'.s Government as a sine qua non, were all abandoned. The Right Hon. Gentlemin then entered upon the consideration of the clause in the treaty,- by which the settlement of • the boundary line between our possessions in North America and those of the United States, - were to be referred to arbitration. He was sure that the Eatperors of Anstria and Russia and King of Prussia would-find it the most difficult problem to solve which they had ever had since their acces sions to their Crowtss, to-say wheve this boun dary line should be drawn. The most natural way would have been to have appointed two Com- Inissioners, with power to-call in an independent :Sovereign as umpire. There was no , mention in the Treaty,ol. the subject of - itapresStnent- or the right of blockade. The pretensions of England and America were left exactly as they were before ivy - this 'treaty. It was signed ott • the 24th of Thcemher last ; the . . Treaty of Paris was signed on, the 30th of May, and he had found iC impos sible to assign any reason why• such 'an interval shOuld-have taken place between .. the signing of the Treaties of Parrs and Ghent. What was the consequence of this delay At; useless' waste of treasure, and an unfortunate and • ever4o-he 7 lamented waste of the blood of the country, 7tvizich had been sacrificed by this delay. ti e would venture tO • say, that' the war of the Orders in Council had,bastened the progress of America towardsbeinga great manufacturing nation, and It great naval power, by at least another century. Tltere was, nut any European country, not even • France, ' WA!' with Which he should think so daugerousto the security and permanent lute tests:. of the . conntry'as with- America. The his- tory of nations proved, that one• nation never treated aaother witli even justice, if a certain degree of fear did not enter into their regard. He truste in God that it never would be necessary to ente into another war for tile sake of the two nations respecting each other. There were no two na tions- whose interests were so blended, as those of England and America ; and no countries, where it was so easy for ,their Governments to observe. the relations of peace and. amity. He trusted that tits contest would spew both countries that their true interests were, peace, and that neither could injure the other.—.(Hear, hear !) As a native of' this country, when he looked to America he felt a nobler sentiment than - jealousy ;—it was a proud circumstance to reflect, that England was the pa rent of. such a country as America, and had•raised that wild into one of the most civilized conntries on the globe. America was the only free •natitin besides our, oven in the world ; aml England had never yet been endangered by free States, but by States-of a different character.—The Right Hon. , Gentleman then moved an Amendment, expres— sive of regret that a Treaty had not been sooner concluded between the two countries, and of a hope that the peace concluded, between the two countries would be lasting and permanent. Mr GOULBURN wished to call to the recollec tion of the Right Hon. Gentleman; that he - had himself allotted; after the Repeal of the Orders in council, there was no longer any cause for war on the part of America. There was no clause in serted in the treaty respecting our maritime, rights, or our right.of blockade, bemuse it was considered that this Might have had the effect of injuring i • instead nf strengthening these rights. If the _ . right Hon. Gentleman had read the documents given to the public, he would have found that the American Commissioners were expressly instructed to insist on stipulations against the impressment of seamen, &c: It was on the 25th of June last, that they were for the first time authorized to give up this stipulation ; and until. the receipt of this power, it would have been useless to enter into any conference, as it would have been impsible to 'conclude any peace. - There had, lie contended; been made no demand on the subject of our Indian Allies which,had been departed from. A paCification had been procured fort Item, and a definite boundary (Hear t front Mr. Potisonhy)—:-a boundary ac cording to the Treaty of Greenville, in 1811. The. efforts which we had made.for our Allies were not the less laudable because they might ,be deemed by some persons Savages, and were thought by one Hon. Gentleman as objects beneath our attention. As we had entered into, engagements I.tith them, we were bound' to regard their interests, and de fend their independence, witich was not less dear to them than' to the most civilized people.—_ Through the earlier notes of the American Nego ciators, the claim on our part that these nations Should be considered as our Allies was strongly opposed. The same opposition being made to our possession of the Cakes, - it- was dseemed more con ducive, to the general safety of our Colonies to give up that advantage, in - consideration of ob taining advantages for our Allies. It had' been said, that all the concessions had been made on the gide of Great Britain, so that _all the delay was attributable to.oar'Government.•. The Right Hon. Gentleman .(Mr. Ponsonbv) who brought this . charge, should lave catiticred that he was not justified in judging flinni the garbled papers pub fished by the American Government, when there teas no hope of pi ace. 'The fact was, concession's had been made on both sides. As • to the appoint, meat of •Commissioners to decide the right to the Islands in the Bay of Pas•samaqUaddy, that was a subject which did not depend on geographical knowlelige, but was to. be supported by written • and oral evidence, as to what had been formerly laid• down as the bounds of Norte Scotia.' ll e therefore contended; that no blame was to be im puted to his Majesty's Goveranient, and should therefore support theoriginal Address.. Ml. POKSONBY explained. Mr. BARI IsT G agreed, that though the Treaty he fore the House had been-one of the worst pieces of mismanagement Which bad ever come under their censure, - no 'blame attached to the Co-minis sioners, but to the Cabinet without consulting which not a Note was written. After sending to Ghent such a 'display o f talents and - character, from the Admiralty, Doctors' Commons, 'and the Colonial Department, neVerlad a Treaty been concluded, so meagre and unsatisfactory as that on the table. 'He could not comprehend why - at any fate the discussion of the great points in pute between the two Nations. had not at last been' entered upon, to see at least whether softie agreement could not .haVe, been come to, in stead olleavibg. trs liable to the renewal of the war with America, whenever a war occurred with an European Power. It was- especially necessary that the question of impressment should be discussed. In its obnoxious shape no Nation could submit to it, as it was liable to be ex , ercised by the most ignorant persons. For our own sake, we should have come to some under standing, as the natives of Great Britain in the American service was said to be one third or one fourth of all their commercial navy. On the whole view of the subject, he contended, that , the greatest neglect had been shewn by - Ministers in not concluding the Treaty at an earlier period: if Peace had been made at the time of the Treaty of 'Paris; we should - have concluded a defensive war with hOnour to ourselves, insteod of having to, regret concessions, after signal failures in the North and South. In the, North, had General Prevost been able to take possession of Plans= burg, he could only. have penetrated nine or ten miles further into woods and morasses, in order to retreat again;, and in the Soitth, the notable expedition against New Orleans had completely failed. t'hul our brave troops been successful, they could only have pfundeed a few.warehouses of cotton, belonging to merchants of Liverpool anti Manchester, and must have retreated on the first warm 'day (or at least sc., many as cou ld wa lk) from a Climate' m o re destructive thhn - the'fogs of Walcheren. He concluded by expressin g his hope,. that from the terms of ale pence, and ttreTircum stanees under which it 'Was concluded, it was not improbable that it would he lasting, Ministers would use their utmost endeavours t( c onc ili a t e America, and to make arrangements for a Com mercial Treaty. Mr. GonLanaN - expl'ained. Mr, MARgYAT spoke . in favour of the Addrevr, coateadin- that in 1787, America had conceded . _ to France tloa right of searching for seamen, which she refused to Great ,Britain. Mr. C. GRANT Said, that the subject under the discussidd . of . the House was -strictly the 'Treaty, and the subject grafted on that- was the • conduct of his Majesty's Ministers during the Negocia, tion. It had been observed, that . several ,points remaining unsettled, the Treaty was not emu , plete ; but in spite of what he had. heard, lie. really thought that ten adjustment would. be made. He-would not enter into the subject of the origin of the war, but Mr. Madison had said, .that if the • repeal of the Orders in Connell had been known, it would not have prevented war. He had heard it said, that the American Governthent was required to (10 this.; but when Mr. Jay addressed Washington fhr an account of his negociations, he replied, that he -conceived it miconstitutional, anti that the precedent would be dangerous in the extreme. - He (Mr. Grant) contended, that this Government was bound in honour, policy, and justice, to give. : its protection to the Indians, whom, they had “Irawo into the - contest against the Americans; and he thought it a high honour to this Govern ! . meat 'that, they • had . secured , -the Indians die possession of those rights and pilvileges which in his opinion had been so shamefully sacrificed and. given up in the treaties of 17(33 and 17.53., Sir J. MACKINTOSH expressed his satisfaction that his Honourable Friend who had just sat down had-given him an opportunity of doing justice to the • ingenuity of his argument, while he had to combat its reasoning from - the _beginning .to the end. No man could feel more favourably thanhe did towards the cause of that connection, which he. would wish to see for ever established between this country and the United States of America. Lord 'CASTLEREAGH spoke chiefly in answer to the last speaker, and insisted-that there had...been • no unnecessary delay ;. that_ it wa . s perfectly wise . to display the full strength of the country, in order to• bring the negociations.to a - favourable end ; that• whatever might be, the• bonourahle character of the RusAan government, it was utter ly inconsistent with English feelings to submit our rights to its interference ; •aud lastly, that. we had honourably obtained for the Indians what we were bound,to obtain for them, thpug-bertainly we had not gone so far as the Hon. Gentleman would have wished, who, in his zeal ,for what he called.civilization, seemed to have overlooked•all the principles of morality and good faith. Mr. I. P. GRANT combated the arguments of the Noble Lord. - Mr. ROBINSON stated, that as to the attack on Washington, as - that - event took place in the mouth of August, and the first meeting of the Commissioners was on the Bth 'of that month,• the event would have equally taken place, - it they bad concluded the Treaty the first dayof their nieeting. The House then .divided — For the Amendment, 37—Against it, 12S—Majority, 91. The original-question was. then carried.—Ad-• journed. . . OLD BAILEY. POISONING A FAMlLY.—YeSterdily, at these Sessions, the trial-of Elizabeth 'Penning, for at tempting to poison the family. of Mr. Turner, law .statiouer, of Chancery-lane, On ,the 21st of. March, took pla*ce. The facts of this case have so fully and so recently been before the public, that, it is almost unnecessary to - repeat them.—They were recapitulated on this occasion with great accuracy by Mr. and Mrs. Turner, Mr. .Turner,' . .senior, K. Gadsale, the - apprentice boy,. and - Sarah-Pear, t h e ma id, Th e m a nner. in %%Thick the prisoner be . came possessed„ of tlic..poison• was • satisfactorily provid; as well . as its' operation and quality. The prisoner called God to witness her- innocence, both as to the act and the - intention:' The RE COIrDEr: summed op the evidence, aliirthe Jury h av i ng re ti re d fora few minutes, returne&Wlth a verdict of Guilty. The unhappy. culprit instantly fell into a fit, screamed and cried aloud most bitterly, and Was carried from the-dock in a state of insensibility. The risotto-is - searcely:twenty.- RAPE.—AdkillS, a butcher,- at Southgate, was charged with a rape upon Harriet Collins, a child under- ten years 'of age. The child resided - with her grandfather, - near 'the houSe•of the prisoner. - One night, in the'month of November, be becken , ed her over to his- shop and accomplished his pur ppse. The child's evidence wits rather intpro balite, and the mother had consented in writing totake 201. and receive 301. more -by instalmefits'- for her daughter's violation. The RECORDER pint a stop to the case, and the prisoner was acquitted. LADY MARY FITZGERALD. On MOnday evening there was an Iniruesf herd on the body of this Lady, whose death, as we have before noticed, was occasioned by her clothes taking fire ; the Inquest was held at her Lady ship's house, No. 33, Charles-street,- Berkeley. square,-before A. GELL, Esq. Coronerfor the City of Westminster, and a most respectable Jury. • • It appeared, that, on last Saturday night, her Ladyship was sitting in her drawing-room alone : about nine o'clock her servants were alarmed with a violent sereaming and ringing of the bell, they ran • up and found her Ladyship standing near the door enveloped in flames ; the butler wrapped the hearth-rug round her, but it being too stiff; it did not answer - the desired end,' on which the flames wet e extinguished -by. throwing water over her; t h e few remaining, clothes she had left were torn off, and she still - kept calling ont'for water ; me dical assistance-'vas immediately provided, but she expired - at six o'clock in the morning. 'There were no great - marks of the elletts of the tire ; it is sup posed that her death was hastened by the fright and Weak and delicate state of her constitution, she being in the•B9th year of her age. • Lady Mary Fitzgerald was many years one of the Maids of Honour -to her. present Majesty, until she was superannuated ; she was sister tot he late Earl o . fßristol and Bishop of Derry, and mother to the- unfortunate George Robert Fitzgerald, who was executed about 30 years ago •it' Castlebar, Ireland, charged w i t h being. accessary to the murder of Patrick Randall M•Donnell, an attor ney ; Fitzgerald was a man Well known in • every . Court in Europe ;- he was tried by a special com t»ission, .and executed immediately after he re ceived his sentence. The verdict on the present. i nqu iry, was, Accidental, Death, by her clothes , catchins - fire. low" YORKSHIRE LENT ASSIZES, PRIUS COURT, Manor l- 1 1 1 , The foll Owing Cause, which excited e cinsi( l . e so hie interest, was tried before Baron Tny' and. a Special Jury, . ALLISON V. NOVERRE AND OTHERS- ! m e The .plaintiff in this action is a gen t 'sTilrs' the profession of the law, resident lit fiti tt to rs field, and the defendants are three of the Dir oco -of:the Noliwich tinion Fire.,and. Life I nsure at .Company, The action, which had been 0 5 0 time before the Courts, was instituted be er, id: • policy of insurance• for 10001. Which bad effected, on the marriage of the • plainti ff t Tr a iesi lady of tbe.,name of Ormond,. a. native 0 - 1 . anti payable to the survivor of them. fer 6 It appea'red on t'vidence,-"that'the partie„soip married at-Knare6brO'; in the month - ("' h id) 113). 4, .about. tivy, months subsequent •tOow%ce, ,period the policy was effected in the Unit ) " AS , fore which institution he at that time . Agent. On applying 'for • this insura" ce ' e at Allison addressed a letter to the Secr etar y No b ;ect office having satisfied' itself on the Su,i'id of the inquiries, transmitted the policy in q ue•- fralli to Mr. Allison, which he found on his retur n aich his tour. . On the death of Mrs. Allison , 7 sb alt place about the end Of . JanUary, 181 3, at • after the holding of the special cominissle rd York, the event was announced to the due course, and the usual certificates tran sni iicY , • but instead of receiving the am o unt or the P- bi o ► conformably to the terms Of the contract' ibe • provided that the amount should be P aid ,itcl4e of survivor within thre e m on th s a f te r the de ce l Oa' • either of them. Mr. Alli son wa s inforu l i ` c de" the Board of Direct Ors had " learnt that flat her . ceased was of such intemperate habits, 30tlier premature decease could be attributed to . cause," on which ground the payment wa s c oo held.' The plaintiff accordingly brought l'ls iii' to enforce his claim ; and upon the suit he' l T lt stittned, the defendants res i s t e d the par b e , • • a cd ten separate pleas, so th at th e i n quiry- e -al e - s air no less than ten' different issues, which 's er e 0) 4 -stantially these--Ist, Non 'est factum ----01 % 0!. office had made, no such policy 2d, Thal l e asea not in force ; That the deceased was t u''filtat when the policy was made ; 4th and sta; e she was intemperate ; 6th'and 7th, 'That tit tifivate . of health' was. untrue; Bth "and 9 1 ", 1 thi s the plaintiff falselyOd fraudulently proca re ,',o o certificate ; and 10th, That the plaintiff hat' the _ a false declaration in "regard lo the - 9g° 0. _deceased. • . • . 0 65 ,, - I n the course of the trial, the Mole 0. pleas were aband one d, e x e e: q . that of internrAffiaia' I • And the plaintiff, i n supp or t o f hi s cas e, call"„ .t il e , different witnesses, wh o deposed, that at "- 15 of effectin g th e insurance, and for v1° 4 , 1 4 6 ' t‘yelve months aft erwar d s , M rs . Allison et- i i og' good health, with some intet mission aris ilig t v two miscarriages ; and that from early' life the period of her death, s h e was of re gular b t i c a and by no I ne as addicted to the vice itnP a- o aa her' by the L ' rec t ors o f t h e N orw ich .1 4 i rc ile ar i . Life Insurance Office. The witnesses an c° a ef red in representin g M rs . Alli son , a t the t i sa oS ; her marriage, and f or man y mon ths afte r as a fine, blooming, handsome- woman, ° f% to te" complexion, and healthy appearance; theY s dders .. also, that the disturbances in and about fi t u dta °/‘ field; in the supp ress i on o f w hi c h th e ida o: o o s '' professionally a very active part, and ,wa s . 11 911 quently exposed to great.personal dange r, 'aacc' visible influen ce on hi s wife's health, and 1 " . " fl a high degret of nervousness and debi►itie The defendants, on th e o th er h a nd; c alle (4- cs ei,V different witne s s e s, w h o s'worelhat the d ee , i , e th' if both before her Marriage, and-subsequent ;e3 period, : dra n kJ o• excess .' PaRKE,. in a forcible reply, which °c loft' upwards of two hours in th e d e li ve ry, al iul n 3 a t :c o ,, a ; eel with great ability tipodihe evidence , a- io t`'' den - med. the co n d uc t of• the Direct ors-- strongest terms possible.. ver 7 , l The JUDGE summed up the eviden c- ; bte t- , shortly, observing that it was quite in l P °ss i'ye 3e ' ' . belfeve that any person could for a serie s o t - befi r lead the life described by the.wituesses f ( i r „ 0 0 1. fendants, and still continue to exhibit the a i r o l t ear" ance of 1. , 00d health. Such a' course of bete peraiice, .said his Lordship, must have 1 °" • 50 tile troll ll ishle4 i l l a e s r t . ed nearly_ fifteen hours: Jury, after retiring for about one / e a verdict for. the plaintiff—Dannwes 14 ' 1 Counsel for, the Pl a i n tiff," Messrs. P•A g- r ,•;;0 1 ` 1 ':,‘ PlNG,Attorney, Mr. Counsel N or .l° tlle Es p ; efendants, Messrs' 1- ' 1° 14e 15(5. ' Sr.;:iat.cl - 7 - , and ALDERsON Attornies' BIGNOLD and BICKERSTAFF. skips at Market Ships sold. COAL AIARKET, 1 0 • priCe. 6 05 , 119. i Newcastle 831 3Bi. (I ' l ‘ t t i o ) 4`25 .0 31 Sunderland —s. t ,. • I Stone.Cual. •. , . 0 Od' >S Cindfrs - 0. f a lte r c On the sth inst. at WeymouZll, the Lady 0 , —ir Yea, Bart. of a datigliter. BIRTI-r. MARRIED. ro,:hat r e e j o iL Yesterday mornitig, at St. Georges Church, 0 3 . 9° , c t e , jat* Lord Edward O'Bri en , t o . Miss Methuen, Yo"t'ge- ti 6 ' of Mr. Methu,en, of Lower Groivenor-street. l‘la r I ,„, , , 0 The same day, at Mary-le-honne Church, th ( -' qj s ders e i7 Benson, Rector of Mersthaus, in :,,urrey,'to Ms' ' 1 •1' 0' Wiinpoletsti•est. . . iclliA rri lit er • Oo the tlth inst....at Mary-le-bonne Church,. t - i i i Jag ma , lioe. El. of Lincoln's Inn, to Mary,Elizabe ' • of Daniel Byain Mathew, Esc :'of We 'mouth-street' st ri°4 ' ei " f f 4en 13e 3m At clitton, the Rev. Nathaniel Bri4es, Vicar 0 la te • Sotner , .ethire, to Alicia Jam; only .daughterof the , Icy Ruraght, Esq. . : w O in n ia t ,i li t e o e r t ahlizi,r,!,st. 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