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hien more convinEnt to the House, occupied ea ic *al on roost important subjects; but, as the non. Member had brotrzht on 'he subject, he ebnuid have his support in it; and he trusted l:c would I ave the support of his Mi,esty's Government also, most of whom had, vlin in opposi tion, expressed themselves in 30 praiseworthy a manner on the subject, that it was quite inconsistent to imazine they would, now they had the power, refuse to grant that inquiry they had severally so energetically' called for in vain at the time. Mr. GEORGE LAMB thvoght that as the Hon. Member birncelf had admitted that so rn toy of the poiiri- cal actors in this unfortunate affair had gone to their ac count, and removed from this mortal stage. ) it ivas a case which rather called for the exercise eh one of the higher feelings of Christianity—forgisseness of injuries—than fur the gratification of a spirit anxious for vengeance. There was no doubt that the Courts of Law were open to the petitioners, if they could substantia'e the statement now made to the House ; and in those Courts it was certain that the question would he more easily sifted to the bottom, and more satisfactorily decided than it would be by any Committee of that House. I❑ rising to resist the motion for an inquiry, which on a former eecgsion he had supported, he must say he did so because he felt that an inquiry, which was then desirable, would now be inconvenient, and Fol. the most part fruitless, end without aim or ithject. Nor, from the tone of the Hon. Member, and his pronouncing this to be t case of wanton oppression and cold-blooded murder on the part of the troops engaged, ;cis it at ail probable that the alleged ohiect the Hon. Member had in view would be ausweredsiss namely, that the Committee should proceed to etamine into this ease calmly and impartially, If the House granted the motion of the Hen. Member, then, the terms of that motion, which was not less than the appointment ..f a Select Committee to inquire into the military execu tion indicted upon the peaceable and unarmed multitude assemlied at Manchester to petition fur Re!otin in Par:ia• must, un the 16th of August, 1919, decided the question at once as to the conduct of the multitude being pesceat.le, and the guilt of the military and the Nlagistraty. if the nouse telt the propriety of sanctioning so sweeping a motion as this, what bad they is do but to summon the parties before them, and apportion the punishment due to the offences which the House by the motion svainned they had committed.—(Hear.) The language of the motion, it should be remarked, was in dirisot contradiction to two verdicts relative to this affair given at the time; and the lion. Member himself would recollect that all the evidence which had been rejected at the examinstion at Manchester was ruled to he admissible in the case of Radford and Tlirley, tried afterwards at Lancaster, and yet the accused was acquitted? How then could the House now in. tetfere? lie certainly had never ceased to regre that an inquiry had not been granted at the time though he must say that, in the present state of the I. ou n try, he theught it wotild not be the precise time when any question pregnant with so much fruitteee excitement ebould be brought on by a discreet adeotsate of the people in that House. An inquiry at the time would have been desirahle in another point of view, as it would, to tete the lion. Member's own phrase, have prevented the tipping up of old grievances, and have afforded no opportunity to the Hon. Member, or any other person in that House, to at tempt, by vehement invective s to arouse feelings which he had hoped bad been put to sleep by the softening hand of time. He should oppose the motion, especially because it was a motion which went to prejnilge the case to be con sidered in the Committee; because it was a motion in con tradiction to two verdicts of Juries at the time ; and lastly, because 'it left no option to the House, if they agreed to it, but the bare duty of calling these pirties to is bar, and meting out punishment to the effenders. He felt it was altogether inexpedient, upon an all; gatio❑ that violent animosities existed at the time, which rendered the attainment of justice difficult, that the case should be again opened to Patliament, when the Common LAP, Courts were still open to all parties aegrieved, and AV I en, from the length of time which had transpired, it was not probable 'bat the Grand Jury shonld be effected by any personal or improper motives, if any such ever existed in that quarter, in deciding upon an indictment presented to them by parties so aggrieved. He felt, therefore, under these circumstances, that he had a duty enforced on him, which was to meet the motion by moving the previous question. ihe pi evious question being put from the Chair, Lord MILTON said he cou►d have wished that, under the circumstances, the Christian duty of forgiveness cf in urries bed not escaped the attention of the petitioners. more especially as personal feelings of resentment had had so many years to cool and subside. He did not mean to say the Hon. Member for Preston could well avoid doing what he had done ; nor could he charge the petitioners Tent, any extraordinary inconsistency, in these coming, though so late, to that House, to inquire into grievances of so serious a kind. It was too much to task human nature so severely, and attempt to stifle the voice of complaint. Though he regretted the agitation of the subject now, he certainly should support the motion of the Hon. Member for Preston. Sir JOHN BYNG deprecated the use of the term murder, which had occurred in the speech of the Hon- Member, as applicable to the military, which were under his command, as commanding officer of the district. He bad been sent for, and arrived the night after the affair at Manchester, and though he sought and obtained the most authentic information on the spot and at the time, he found no reason afterwards to be dissatisfied with the re sults of the inquiries instituted at Manchester, or those instituted abeut a year after, or again in the year 1822. For these reasons he should support the arnennment of his Hon. Friend. Mr. STRICKLAND, in a strain of high compliment, alluded to the patriotic and praiseworthy conduct of the venerable father of the Noble Lord (Lord Milton), who took so energetic a part on the memorable occasion alluded e, Though twelve years had elapsed, and, front ;he cir cumstance of many of the parties connected with this transaction having gone to their list account, little could be ; xpected to flow as a result from the motion being granted, but the tendency of the inquiry being to jet the history of that period right, he should support the motion. Lord ALTHORP, in reply to the invitation given him to second the motion by the Henourable Mover• observed, that, he was far from convinced by the statement, that he should even support the motion for an inquiry, of which he did not see the practical utility. It was said, in no very measured language, that no time could blot out the recollection of such crimes as those charged against the parties concerned in this melancholy transaction. Yet, he would answer, that if any outrage or any murder could be substantiated against parties concerned, there were the laws of the country open to the petitioners who were in terested in avenging those crimes. It was not the prac tice of that House to inquire info cases of individual offence. Its duty was rarely ever to interfere except in cues of political crime, which operated as a bar to justice. It was true he had taken a decided part at the time these transactions took place, in order to bring about an inquiry into the whole of that melancholy transaction. But why bad he, and others who acted with him, done so? not so much to bring the offinders to justice, but to examine on what grounds the Government at that day had presumed to notice publicly the conauct of the magistracy and the troops engaged, and award tbew, before investigation, the sanction of the thanks of :Lis Majesty's Government. That was the• ground, and the principal ground of his anxiety for an immediate inquiry then, because he consi dered the Ministers by this conduct were, in fact, partici pators in the crime. . Sir HENRY HARDINGE remonstrated against the rc of language so improper—it was assuming that a crime had been committed, which all inquiries as yet went to disprove. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER regretted he should have fallen into the error complained of by the Hon. and Gallant Officer. Ile ought not in fairness to have inferred the fact, and he was glad the Hon. and Gallant 4 )fficer had interrupted him, so as to afford bite an oppor tunity to explain himself. He should haste said that he end his fiends thought Government by its instant approval had intended to throw ever the parties the shield of its protection. He remarked that since then inquiries at Manchester and on the two trials had very materially affected the features of the case. They were riot called en by the practice of Parliament to interfere in cases which' were cognizable, and could he reached and redressed by Courts of Common Law. II re, he presumed, no politically food result would follow from granting the motion now. Court! of Law had decided, and there was, happily, no ne cessity fur them to try individuals concerned in these transactions. Finally, be should support the amendment, because he was net disposed to agree with the Hon. Mem• her, that the inquiry he demanded would satisfy the feeling of those whose relatives were either hurt or killed on that occasion. Sir HENRY FIARDINGE said that, as allu,,ion had been made to an individual whom he was proud to call his friend, he must say that if his Majesty's Government meant to stifle inquiry because Lord Castlereagh, to whom be supposed allusi“n had been made, had gone to his ac count, he, as a friend of Lord Castlereagh, begged it aiight take phee. It was impossible that Lord Castlereagh, being a Minister of Foreign Affairs, should have partici pated in any crime connected with this transaction. He a_3 . 0 thve . if,this inquiry was to be stopped merely on t igatitl•Nohle Friend of his,—viz., bird Cas t, • 7 o his account, he was the last man ip tWA . • • 0 41 , Ai •, •-• v '\t Id consent, and if his Majesty's ~~~`~~- ~~ z,-~ ~ Guvernment put it o❑ that.footing be abould feel bound to vote for the lion. Member for Prelton. Mr. CHARLES LAMB certerhly did not mean at all to put it on that groom!, 'ciecause the most responsible in dividual wet - still alive. He most decidedly declared his intentl'On never to put it at all on that ground. Sir HENRY HARDINGE had so often read the most nnwnrthy, illiberal, disgraceful attacks npon tood Castle reagh, that it could not lea a matter o surprise if his friendship inducsol !lino to desire an opportunity of meeting the sharp. Dr, LCSHINGTON said that, according to all an established maxims of the law s investlg ition might take place after a lapse of yeera. ate wished it to be ascer tained, as a wartalng to future generations, whether or no spies wore employed by the Gov. rnment—whether these spies did not instigate the people to acts of insubordina tion or not, and whether it could be pros-ed by evidence before the Committee that the•teahsaction lola been caused by them ; not that punishment might fall upon any man now living, but that this House might assert the doctrine that the employment of spies was a practice 'at be abhorred by every Englishman. That spies might be faithful to the Government tn betray the people, but, as a necessary concomitant of the fulfilment of that duty, they had ever been found most foremost to encourage the men whom they considired it a merit to denounce, and for denouncing whom they procured their great raward. It was to pre vent the recurrence of 'this detestable practice, and that Englisionett Might have a beacon to guide them, that he should support this motion. If this nnitiain were defeated, aa the last act of an unrefoomed Parliament, it would conic again en aoethe: day when the people were properly representael, and then the House would have to enter into tte investigation with further and greater difficulties in ascertaining the truth. It was not to punish A. B. or C. D. that Hon. Members would go into this Committee. They w ould go into the Committee to sae whether spies were employed, and whether the military or yeomanry had conducted themselves with due foresight or not. If at a political meeting three or four lives were lost, and 1.300 persons wounded, it was the bounden duty of the Hug re to institute an inquiry into the transaction, to in vestigate all the circumstances, and then, if they conceived the authorities had conducted themselves with forbear ance, to give them that praise which they had justly earned ; or, it they had neglected their duty, to award them that degree of punishment which would he suited to their offence. Sir R. PEEL could not avoid expressing his opinion on the question, after the language which he had just heard from the Learned Gentleman opposite. He hoped that he should never be found to shrink front the statement of those opinions, however unpopular they might he, if be found them essential to the administration of justice and the right constitution of society. He protested, therefore, against, the doctrines of the Hon. and Learned Member for Ilehester (Dr. Lushington). That Hon. and Learned Member said, that the House was bound at all times, and tinder all circumstances, to institute an inquiry into any enforcement of the laws in which blood was shed and lives lost—no matter what period of time might have elapsed...--(Hear.) Now he ready did not comprehend how the Learned Gentlem - .n could defend his consistency inthis instance. Why had the Learned Gentleman, according to his own principle, allowed the cases of Merthyr-Tydvil and Knocktopher to pass by without Parliamentary M r-pity ?—(Cheers.) And on what principle could he, as a Member, justify his conduct in having abstained from bringing these cases mailer the notice of the House?— (Cheers.) Did the Learned Gentleman, himself a Judge, mean to contend gravely before that House, that the force of the laws, and the decision of the ordinary tribunals, were, after a lapse of thirteen years, to he suspended or superseded by the commencement of inquiries in that House ?—(Hear.) He (Sir R. Peel) was unconnected with Government; but he felt, he hoped justly, on the subject of the course which, in such a case, should be pursued by any Government, and I.e would tell the Hon. and Learned Gentleman (Luahington) that there was no vindication of his feelings in language such as he had used, when he had abstained from insisting on an inquiry into the eases he (Sir R. Peel) had mentioned. The Hon. and Learned Gentle man bad observed that the employment of spies and in former. was in no case justifiable, and that the Govern ment which made use of them should be held up to public execration. He (Sir Robert Peel) agreed with the Hon. and Learned Gentleman in a portion of his opinion, for lie was ready to admit, that if any Government, to attain any object, selected persons to entrap those who were afterwards to be signalled out for the vengeance of that Government, no punishment, nor no public execra tiou would he too much for them; but to say that on no occasion, nor under no circumstances, the Government were to avail themselves of the information which spies and informers were • found willing to offer, would be tiG abandonment of the duties required by their station; which he certainly was not prepared to sanction.—(Hear, hear.) To put a case but too famili ir to every one—would the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, in the times of the conspi racy of Thistlewood anti his associates, have rejected the evidence which some of his associates tendered to the Go vernment ?—(Hear.) Although not in office, or connected with those in office, he would not join in the clamour which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman—a staunch sup porter of the Government—was disposed to raise against it on this occasion. " But," said the Honourable and Learned Gentleman (Lushington), " if the House did not now consent to the motion of the Honourable Member for Preston, the very first act of a Reformed Parliament will be to institute an inquiry into these transactions." He (Sir R. Peel) wanted no arguments ;,gainst the meditated Reforms of that House—(llear) hut if, according to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, the crowning act of the wisdom and justice of a Reformed Parliament would be, to institute inquiries into an affair of this hind, after a lapse of fifteen years, and when the grave bad dosed over many of those who were parties to it, then he would say, that no stronger argument could be adduced against Reform.—(Hear, hear.) Atter observing, that he believed the Secretary of State of that day, and his esti mable friend, Mr. Hobhouse, the Under Secretary. abstained as religiously as any men could, from the employment of either spies or informers, the Right Hon. Baronet proceeded to say, that he opposed the motion of the Member for Preston on many grounds ; but he opposed its principle, because he did not think the Magistrates and the Authorities ac cused of misconduct, were open to tl e censure bestowed on them—(Cheers) —and he would add. moreover, that if the same motio❑ had been made a month after the affair took place, lie would have opposed it on grounds precisely similar. —(Cheers.) Surely the question had been suffi ciently sifted before the ordinary tribunals.—(" Hear I." from Mr. Hunt.) The Hon. Member for Preston cried " Hear !" That Hon. Member had himself been tried for a participation in the transactions of the day; and, ufter a patient and laborious investigation, found guilty, and sen tenced to imprisonment by an impartial Judge, Mr. Jus tice Bayley. But that was not the only trial on the sub ject. A person named Redford brought an action to re cover damages for injuries sustained on that ocaaaiou, and, after a trial of five days, the Jury decided against him.— His Couusel (Mr. Evans) thereupon demanded a new trial ; and, after an argument l efore the Judges of the King's Bench, they unanimously over-ruled the whole of the objections, and refused a new trial. Lord Chief Justice Abbott, in pronouncing his judgment, need the remarkable words, that it appeared to him the Ma gistrates had on that occasion acted legally, justi fiably, and tightly, and with a promptitude which en titled them to the gratitude of the country.—(Hear.) The other judges concurred, in nearly similar language. It could not, therefore, be said trfat the question had not been fully inquired into; and the plain question now was —whkber the House would consent to do that which the Member for Preston thought deairable and the Hon. and Learned Gentleman considered just—namely, to agrie to an inquiry which would supersede the adminis tration of the criminal justice of England. For his part, after the opinions of the Judges expressed on the question, he would not, for the sake of any popular feeling, be guilty of any thing so shabby and disgraceful as to aban don those whose conduct had been pronounced free from blame; and Le should therefore at once join in meeting the motion with a direct negative, on the plain merits of the question. (Hear, hear.) If they were to adopt any other course, the consequence would be, that mer, in troublesome times, wonld be wanting in the necessary energy for the just performance of their duties ; and he on that ground, as well as others, should at once give his vote against going into a Committee. (Hear, hear !) Mr. P. HOWARD expressed his determination to vat' with Ministers on this question, because he was satisfied that an inquiry would not now forward the ends of justice. 4r. GILLON thought the conduct of the yeomanry, in the affair of 1819, had been so unconstitutional, that it 'should be inquired into, in order to forward the ends c f justice. Colonel SIBTHORP contended that the conduct of the yeotnanry had been perfectly constitutional. He was en service at Huddersfield' at the time, and every one who Witnessed the discretion with which the yeomanry con ducted themselves was ready to bear witness to it. Mr. PETRE, as one of those who at the time peti tioned for inquiry, felt it necessary to say, that much as he wished for it then, he did not think it could now be prosecuted with advantage. Mr. HEYWOOD was ronvineed that no good could dow from inquiry. Mi. M. O'CONNELL contended for inquiry, although he did not think that the punishment of the guilty should be as great now as at the time the cffene,e was eutrnittol, He was no admirer of the Hon. Member for Prekon ; but he would say that the conviction of that Hon. Member at the time was a blot on the jurisprudence of the country, and that the manner in which he bore his punishment de manded the ::•a`mest admiration. Mr. StAiNiLi?,Y rose principally to protest against the doctrine of the Hon. and Learned Membei for Ctare, that that House ought to revive siihjects that had been decided by legal tribunals ; and the .statement of the Honourable Member for 'Gloucestershire, that Honourable Nlendrers were seeking for an excuse for the vote which it was their intention to give. On the transaction at Manchester he should offer no opinioe. Ile was satisfied with the ver dicts of the Juries on the subject ; and he had too high an opinion of the purity of our Courts of Justice to be lieve that, after the lapse of 13 years; the House of Com mons could he a better judge of the transaction th in the Court of Justice before which the witnesses were exa mined and which possessed so many means of eliciting the truth. It was unfortunately the case at the present moment, that every individual Member might say, with I reference to such a question, " I can't get justice now, but I shall get it when we have a Reformed Parliament." If he (Mr. Stanley) thought that a Reformed Parliament would usurp the province of the legal tribunals of the country, and enter into ouch investigations as that now prop sed, he should he as strongly opposed to Reform as he was at present friendly to it. But he bad an answer even to that argument. What was the opinion of an Hon. Member who was returned by a large county—by a free population in the very neighbourhood of the place in which the transaction in question occurred ? He alluded to the Honourable Gentleman who now sat so much to his honour for the county of Lancaster. He was perfectly satisfied that that Honourable Gsntleman spoke the sentiments of the great manufacturing county of Lancaster ; and what was his opinion? That it was better not to interfere with the decision of the judicial tri bunal ; that Parliament ought to confine itself to its proper province; and that while it exhibited a due jealousy on all Constitutional pints, it should respect the privileges and authority of Courts of Justice. When so long a time had elapsed since the occurrence—when the Hon. Member for Preston did not, as he (Mr. Stanley) supposed, contem plate an impeachment— Mr. HUNT observed that he did. Mr. STANLEY said, that he could not concur in the opinion of the Hon. Member. The affair in question would have died away long ago, if it had not been kept alive, front whatever motives, by parties who had been constantly bringing it under public consideration. He felt it his duty to oppose the motion. Mr. JAMES could not bring himself to think that jus tice had been done in the case in question ; and should certainly vote for the motion of the Hon. Member for Preston. He much regretted, however, that the discus sion of the subject had not been deferred until the assem bling of a reformed Parliament. Whether the present House of Commons did justice or not, he was well assured that a reformed House would do justice. Mr. EWART was of opinion that the question ought not to be looked at as merely a legal one. It was per fectly competent to the House to inquire into the conduct of public men, without being liab'e to the imputation of interfering with the rights and authority of Courts of Justice. Mr. HUNT, in reply, regretted that many Hon. Mem bers then in the House were not present when he made his original statement. Among others, the Hon. Member for Tamwortb. There were other Hon. Members absent, whom be should have wished to Fee in their places , . Where, for instance, was the Secretary at War? Having beard that lion. Baronet speak so frequently en this ques tion out of doors, he should like to have had an opportu nity of comparing those speeches with his speech that even ing. He concurred with an Hon. Gentleman, that the time would arrive, that the time must arrive, when the subject would he investigated. The Right lion. Chief Secretary for Ireland had said that he was satisfied with the verdicts of the Juries. There had been but one ver dict. That was in his case, at York. After five hours' &lib, ration, the Jury brought in a verdict on half a count of the indictment. They declared that he was guilty "of attending a meeting at Manchester." The Judge sent them back; and they then brought in a verdict, that he ha'l been guilty of attending an " illegal" meeting at Manchester. If, however, the meeting was illegal, why did Lord Castlereagh, on the meeting of Parlament, pro pose an cx post facto law to make such meetings illegal ? As to the trial at Lancaster, of " Redford against Burley," it had all the appearance of being a shim action. Adverting to the spies which had been employed by his Majesty's Go vernment on the occasion in question, e observed that Oliver was dead, hut that Castles and Edwar.is, under other names, were receiving pensions, for an account of which be would one day move. They bad tried their spies o;i him, but he did not like them. If any one of those gentlemen had contrived to catch him ,(Mr. Hunt) in his trap, he should not wonder if he had become a Peer by this time, as his reward.—(A laugh.) He maintained, that if it could he proved that Lord Sid mouth had hired spies, and sent them to instisate the people to disturbance, the subject was a fit one for the consideration of that House, and for impeachment. He did not aim at the yeomanry—Le flew at higher gsme. He should be ashamed to inflict punishment on one of those little humble instruments of authority. He regretted that the Noble Lord who was the Foreman of the Grand Jury on the occasion of the trials which bad been alluded to was not in his place in the House. A hill which had been sent in to the Grand Jury against one of the yeomanry, supported by the evidence of two men and three women, had been postponed until the next day; and when that day came, the Grand Jury first applied themselves to the bill which had been sent in against him. It had been said that the Courts of Law were open to all ; hut, as Horne Tooke observed, so was the London Tavern—to those who could afford to enter it. All the Counsel who had been employed against him on his trial, had since been made Judges, with the exception of the lion. and Learned Member for Cocker mouth. lie hoped that that Hun. arid Learned Member had not been neglected, because he (Mr. Hunt) had been rather too much for him on the trial.—(A laugh.) The Judge on the trial had shown fair play. Inde , d, there could not be a more honourable man than Judge Bayley. He would tell the House an anecdote which had been communicated to him by one of the Judge's clerks.-7( A !nigh.) When the four Judges of the Court of King s Bench were considering what judgment to pass upon him (Mr. Hunt), Judge Bayley declared that he would not consent to a sentence of imprisonment for a single hour. The other Judges differed from him. The usage in such cases was for every Judge to write down the sentence which be thought ought to be passed, and then for the him average to be adopted. Judge Best was for imprisoning fiveyears,Judge Holroyd for ins prisoning him three years, and Chief Justice Abbott for imprisoning him two years. The whole amount of ten years was then divided by four, and he was sentenced to be imprisoned for two years and a half. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded to re-state the facts of the transaction at Manchester; and expressed his conviciun that but a few years would pass over their heads without an inquiry into the subject. He hoped the Right Hon. Member for Tamworth would never again be in a situation to employ Spies, or if he were, that he would change his opinion with respect to the expediency of employing them, es he had changed it, much to his honour, on other points. Sir R. PEEL, in explanation, disclaimed having vin dicated an improper Ilse of spies. Nothing was more to be reprobated than employing spies to instigate the people to acts of insubordination ; but he could not, as an honest man, say, with his experience, that the use of spies ought, under any circumstances, to he dispensed with. He gave the most unqualified contradiction to the assertion of the Hon. Mem. for Preston, that the action of Redford against Burley was a mock action. The character of those who were con cerned in it was too honourable to admit of such a suppo sition ; and the evidence which had been adduced was of such a nature that it would not have been brought forward had not the proceeding been bona fide. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed that the per sons who conducted the case to which the Hen. Member for Preston had adverted were utterly incapable of the conduct imputed to them. On the contrary, they took all possible pains to enforce the justice of the case. He be lieved, also, that the lion. Gentleman was entirely mis taken as to the practice of the Learned Judges in awarding their' s entencesgenerally, and in his case in particular...— And, besides, if the evidence of spies were to be rejected on all other occasions, was it to be admitted on one in which it must h ave been accom p anied b y a betrayal of trust.—(llear.) An Hos. MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, defended the conduct of Lord Sidmouth with reference to the transaction at Manchester. Sir J. SCARLETT did not question the Hon. Mem ber's having triumphed over him at the trial to which he had adverted, although he was not conscious of in But the Hon Member was entirely mistaken with respect to the judgment of the Judges. It would be very astonishing indeed if any Judge let his clerk know what his judicial intentions were ; and he was sure that Judge Bayley was the last man who would commit such an indiscretion. He heartily joined in the Hon. Member's panegyric on that excellent Judge. With respect to himself, he certainly would never (recopy the time of the House with any ex planation of his conduct as a counsel. Mr- HUNT admitted, that, if he had employed any one ai a spy, he should have been quite as guilty as those whom he bad denounced. The House then divid'd— Fes the original motion . For the previous question majority - :• SILK TRAUE, On out• readmission to the Gallery, we found Mr. G. BANKES addressing the House. Ile said that, as a ccanterpoise to the great influence which the practical knowledge of the Hon. Member for Ipswich must of ne cessity give him in the Select Committee on the silk trade, he would move that the name of Mr. W. Ellice be' added to the Committee. Ile also intended •o move th•lt the name; of Mr. Robinson awl Mr. E. Stanley be aVell to the Committee. He v.-ag aware that it might ue alleged that same stagnation had already taken place in this ttadt in consequence of the appointment of the Committee, but he contended that any degree of stagnation which had taken place was to he attributed, not to the Committee, but to the speech of the Right Hon. the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, with which the concession of that Committee wa , . accompanied. Ile considered that speech was calculated to do much mischief, and prevent, in no small degree, the benefit which might otherwise have been expected from the Commit tee ; and be entreated the Right Hon. Gentleman, if the Government had come to a de termination on the subject, and only appointed the Com mittee to register that determination—hr entreated him at once to state the fact, and explain the measures he had in contemplation. In conclusion he observed, that if the very reasonable proposition he was about to submit was refused, he should consider it quite clear that the Silk Trade had nothing of good to expect from the C ,mmittee. The Hon. Member then moved that Mr. W.Ellice's name be added to the Committee. Lord ALTHORP was not prepared to effer any oppo sition to this motion. He would, however, object to the addition of the other two names, not from any personal feelings, but upon principle. It was very inconvenient to have names added to a Committee which had once been regularly and properly appointed. The motion was agreed to. Mr. G. BANKES then moved that Mr. Robinson's name be added to the Committee. Negatived without a division. INCLOSURES. Mr. WEYLAND rose to make the motion of which he had given notice. We understood him to say he did not wish to increase the number of inclosures, but to make such a modification of the laws whereby they were regu ltted as might really benefit the poor. The Hon. Member move:l for leave to bring in a Bill to authorise, in parishes enclosed under any Act of Parliament, the letting of poor allotments, in small portions, to industrious cottagers, and to extend the provisions of the Act 1 end 2 Wm. IV., c. 42 and 59. Lord ALTHORP said he did not object to the B:11, but he should not pledge himself now in any way to the ques tion tilt it was fairly brought before the Hoare. The motion was granted. WEST INDIES. Mr. BURGE wished to know whether, anion' the pa pers that were now on the table of the House, there were any relating to one of the islands of the West India Colo nies which bad suffered more than any of the rest? Upon the allover he received to that question would depend the course which he should pursue. He asked, therefore, whether, among the papers that were laid on the table, there was contained all information of which the Govern ment were in possession with respect to Jamaica ? Lord HOWICK said, to the question now put to him by the Hoc. Member opposite, he bad not the least hesita tion to give an answer. The papers laid on the table con tained all the information of which the Government were in possession on the subject of what had passed on the Or ders in Council being ti emulated to the West India Colonies The Ile n sad Learned Gent'eman must be aware, if be would take the trouble of recollecting dates, that it was quite impossible for the Government to have received informa tion of what had passed in Jamaica upon the receipt of the orders in Council there, because the date of Lord Go derich's dispatch was on the 10th of D,cember ; the packet had not sailed till a few days afterwards, and con sequently could not have had time to bring hack any an swer to that communication. The papers now on the table contained all the communications that the Govern ment heed received on the subject of the Orders in Council. There were other papers relating to the previous state of the colonies, which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman bad moved for, and which would be laid upon the table as speedily as possible ; but which he had not brought down to-night, because he did not think that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would wish to mix them up with this discussion. Mr. BURGE was sAtisticil with this answer of the Noble Lord, and therefore should at present confine his motion to copies of any dispatch, or any other communi ceti: n from other of the West India Islanos besides Jamaice, or any of the Orders in Council which had been trans mitted to them. Mr. BARING did not mean to enter into any disens sion of the West India colonies, which would now he im proper ; but merely to state to the Government his fixed opinion of the necessity of fixing an early period for a full discussion of this most important question—moat impor tant as it realty wee, with respect not only to the interests of the colonies, but of the country at large. These colonies could not be left in their present uncertain state, without danger of the most fatal consequences—of cons« quencea, the contemplation of which, whether their moral effect or their connection with property was considered, must be sufficient to make men shudder. In his opinion, there foie, whatever plan the Noble Lord might have in view, it was his b .iinden duty to state it to Parliament. Mr. F. BUXTON also thought that the House ought to enter upon an etttly discussion of the question of the West India colonies. He thought, too, that they ought to enter on the consideration of the state of slave, y in the coin nies--always, of course, in combination with that of the compensation to be granted to the planters. He should himself, at a very early period, submit a motion to the House on the question. The first object of that motion would be, the state of slavery itself; and the other, the means of getting rid of it altogether. Mr. K DOUGLAS was lieewiee of opinion that the House ought early to enter on the discussion of the ques tion. He wished to know whether the Noble Lord would allow them the opportunity of doing so on the further con sideration of the Sugar Duties Bill ? Lord A LTHORP feared that it would be inconvenient to do so in any state of that Bill. He intended himself to introduce the discussion of the question in the course of the present Session, hut he should not now state the plan he intended to propose. Mr. HUME said, that in the present state of the West India colonies they were affected by a want of credit. Now he thought that the threats which had been held out to them by the Government were likely to destroy all the credit they did possess. Whatever plan the Ministers had in view—whatever punishment they intended to inflict, he thought no time should be lost in bringing it forward. Lord HOWICK agreed that this question ought to have the earliest possible discussion. He was anxious for the discussion, if it were only for the purp ise of answering the unfounded assertions which had lately been made. He complained of those assertions ; he complained, too, of the the Hon. Member for Middlesex talking of a threat. No threat had been used—nothing in the nature of a threat. There had been a promise of advantage to those colonies w h o might adopt certain measures which the Governtnent had recommended, but there bad been no threat. The Government had laid down a principle. They wanted to relieve both the planter and the slave ; but they had used no threat, The Hon. Member might have talked of threats, in allusion to the language which Mr. Canning bad some times held towards the colonies; but the present Government had used no threats. The Government had offered a boon to those colonies who adopted their recommendation. Mr. GOULBURN said, he should not object to the se cond reading of the Sugar Bill this night, provided that, at the next stage, an opportunity was given for the discussion on the next stage of it. Mr. BURGE insisted that notwithstanding the positive denial of the Noble. Lord, threats had been held out by the Government towards the Colonies. He thought that a promise of advantage to some was a threat to others. He strongly urged on the Government the necessity of a speedy discussion of this most important question. Mr. BARING also recommended an early discussion of it. . . - Lord SANDON entertained a strong opinion that in the present state of the Colonies, his Majesty's Government ought not to lose a moment in making a distinct and ex plicit declaration of the course of policy which they in tended'to pursue in reference to our West Indian posssesions. If the Coloni-s were in a flourishing condition, Hon. Mem het s opposite might talk of granting them a boon ; but, in t h e ir present state, anything that might be done must lose altogether the character of a boon; it was now with the Colonists a question of life or death. The motion was then put and agreed to. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. Mr. WILKS moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relating to Friendly Societies, and to extend the time granted them for complying with the provisions of the 10th of George l's. . Mr. lIUME seen❑ded the motion. Sir R. PEEL hoped that if any Ilim. Member hail any further ameniment or alteration to propose in the law relating to Friendly Societies, be would take the oppor- tunity which the discussion of the proposed Bill would afford. There had been so much legislation already upon the subject, that the minds of the public were quite un settled, and he therefore trusted that this would be the last Bill they should have, at least for some time, on the regulation of societies of that class. Leave waa then given to bring in the Bill. CHOLERA MORBUS. Mr. JAMES JOHNSTONE moved for a Select Com, mittee to inquire into the state of the disease call,d cholera morbus, existing, or supposed to exist, in this country, and to report their opinions to the House, with power to draw up an address to his Majesty, praying that he would be graciously pleased to abate the severity of these restrictions imposed under the quarantine laws, and take such further me tsrures as /right tend to diminish the commercial and manufacturing distresses which those re strictions had already produced. He wished to press upon the attention of the House the great height to Mac!' commercial and manufacturing difficulties had arisen, and the necessity which there existed for the adoption of de cisive and efficient measures , this country had now be come a bugbear to the whole world, and he was per suaded that there was no Member connect, d with the working classes who would not feel the necessity of giving the motion his support. He bad no &Ott that the Medi- I cal Board had acted from the best motives, but he con fessed he could not approve of the measures they had taken. The motion not having been seconded, fell to the grouad. SILK TRADE, Mr. Alderman WAITEIMAN moved, pursuant to no tice, for an account of II iw and Thrown Silk imported, and of Drawbacks on Silk Goods imported ; also, an ac count of silk goods, gloves, shoes, and millinery, imported ; and a similar account of other goo fs imported o❑ reduced duties, in the year ending the sth January, 1832. He said that it had been objected to a part of the motion, that it would be improper to expose the private affairs of indi viduals. But that was an objection of no weight, as he had in hie pocket the names of all the persons who im p rted those goods, and an account of the quantities im ported by them. Mr. RICE said that there were no documents on which the Returns could be made. Mr. GOULBITRN concurred in the objection. Mr. DIXON said that the Scottish traders bad been calumniated. They were in no respect afraid to have their names published. Mr. ROBINSON supported the motion, and contended that the name of every importer could be found in the Custom-house list, published every tw•o or three days. Mr. WARBURTON thought that the Custom-house lists did not give the iniiirmation required. Mr. Aldetman WAITHMAN said that he had the do cuments in his hand, which was a practical reply to the Right Hon. Gentleman who spoke last. That was the Custom-house list, and it appeared that in the period of a year no more than 6,0001. woith had been imported in the name of the brokers. He believed that smuggling was carried on with the Continent to a great extent. ft was considered fair game—(A laugh)—and even the Vice President of the Board of Trade had applauded his cunsti tuents at Dover, for the spirit with which they carried on the trade—(A laugh)—and that sentiment was loudly cheered. Mr. P. THOMSON denied that he had received the applause of his constituents on the grounds stated by the Hon. Alderman.—(A laugh ) Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN said that he had read the statement in the newspapers. The Returns were then ordered, with the exception of these which related to the private affairs of individuals. CLERKS OF THE ROADS. Mr. HUME moved for returns respecting the clerks of the rinds in Ireland. He said that those pers.ms being concerned in the sale of newspapers was most unfair, and ought not to be permitted. At the same time, the subject could not be understood without other returns besides those which had already been laid on the table. The motion was agreed to. Mr. HEME postponed to a future day his motion rela tive to the fees received at Gibraltar. FEES OF PARLIASIENT. On the motion of Mr. Hums, returns were ordered of the salaries and emolunients of the officers of both Houses of Parliament. SUGAR DUTIES. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Bill was read a second time, with the understanding that the discussion should be taken in the Committee on Tuesday nest. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter before Two o'clock. LIST OF TEI OF Timay. ONE, who voce, MINORIT Y OUIRY into the MANC Blake, Sir F.—Berwick Bouverie, D. P.—New Sarum Blackney W.—Co. of Carlow J Bodkin, J. J.—Galway I with Mr. HUNT tor an IN :II LSTER MASSACRE. MeNamara, W. N.—Clare Co. Moreton, H.—Gloucestershire Musgrave, Sir R.—Waterford Co, Milton, Visc.—Nortliamptonstr O'Connell, M. D.—Co. of Clare Paget, T.—Leicestershire Phillips, C. M.—Leicestershlre Strickland, G.—Yorkshire 'Tomes, J.—Warwick Vincent, Sir F.—St. Alban'i Vernon G. J.—Derbyshire J Wllks, .—Boston Warburton, H.—Bridport Walker, C. A.—Wexford Dundag, T.—York buncombe, T. S.—Hertford Doyle ' Sir J. M.—Carlow Co. Ellis, W.—Leicester Etvart, NV,—Liverpool Gillon, W. D.—Selkirk, &c. Harvey, D. W.—Colchester Hodges, T. L.—Kent Hoskins, K.—Herefordshire James, W.—Carlisle Johnston, J.—Dunfermlin, &e. Lushington, Dr.—llchester Lambert, J. S.—Galway Co. Againat For Majoi TELLP,RB. flume, Joseph—Middle , ex Hunt, Henry—Preston 2U6 31 rity AN EXCISEMAN PUZZLED.—At the Bil lericay Sessions, last week, Mr. Win. Rolph, of Billericay, ap peared to answer an information laid by the Board of Excise, for having an excess in his stock of four and a half gallons of rum. The supervisor (by some vulgarly called Dipstick) put his magic wand upon the unfortunate rum on the ...kith of De cember ; but, in attacking the rum, he appeared to have put his rod in at the wrong bong, for his information was evidently below procif. " What was the stock previous to the .'Bth ?" asked the Bench.—" Couldn't recollect." " Where was the exciseman ?"—" Gone out." " Where were the books ?"—Con fusion I—like Toe Miller's fire—they were " gone out too." And sure enough the last flicker of Mr. Dipstick's information went out after them ; for the wench, after censuring him for bringing a charge against Mr. Rolph, by which both he and his men were dragged from their business, and then allowing the officer to absent himself, said they dismissed the case for want of evidence, and defendant was acquitted.—Riser Herald. , THE SQUARES OF LONDON.—The few squares that existed in London antecedent to 1770 were ra ther sheepwalks, paddocks, and kitchen gardens, than any thing else. Grosvenor-square, in particular, fenced round with a rude wooden railing, which was interrupted by lumpish brick piers at intervals of every half-dozen yards, partook more of the character of a pond than a parterre ; and as for Hanover-square, it had very much the air of a sorry cow-yard, where blackguards were to be seen assembled daily, playing at hustle-cap up to their ancles in mire. Cavendish-square was then, for the first time, dignified with a statue in the modern uniform of the Guards, mounted on a charger a la antique, richly gilt and burnished ; and Red Lion. square, elegantly so called from the sign of an alehouse at the corner, presented the anomalous appendages of two ill-constructed watch-houses at either end, with an un. gainly naked obelisk in the centre, which by-the-bye was Un derstood to be the site of Oliver Cromwell's re.interment. St. James's Park abounded in apple trees, which Pepyt mentions having laid under contribution by stealth, while Charles and his Queen were walking within sight of him. In 1744 there were only 429 houses and 21 stable-yards on the whole of the great property called White Conduit Mead—comprising New Bond-street, Conduit-street, Brook-street, Woodstock-street, Silver-street, George-street, Redley-street, South Molton-street, Paradise-row, and Lancaster-court. In the days of Queen Bess there were gardens on each side of the Strand ; while the Haymarket had a hedge en one side, and a ragged thicket of underwood on the other.—Blacksoood'g Magazine. ROMNEY.—To recruit his exhausted powers, Romney now retired annually for a summer month or a* to the residence of Hayley, at Eartham. Here he supped full with flattery, served up in prose as well as verge. Lifting the curtain of this little stage, we find ourseves in the midst of a select coterie of poets, poetesses, painters, and wits--Hayley himself, Miss Steward, Charlotte Smith, Eliza Heron, Romney, and Cowper, besides others with or without name, not less wil ling to admire the liberality of their entertainer, and all on marvellous good terms with themselves and with each other. This coterie, among, but not of, whom was sometimes Cowper, lived in—l might say upon—the mutual interchange of the most ludicrous flattery. When they gathered together at the break fast-table, the ordinary greetings were Sappho, and Pindar, and Raphael ; they asked for bread and butter in quotations, and " still their speech was song." They then separated for some hours : poetasters, male and female, retired big with undelivered verse ; and Romney proceeded to sketch from the lines of Hayley, or make designs as he had suggested. When the hour appointed for taking the air came, the painter went softly to the door of the poetess, opened it gently, and if he found her " With looks all staring from Parnassian dreams" he shut it and retreated : if, on the contrary, she was unem ployed, he said, " Come, Muse ;" and she answered, "Coming, Raphael ;" and so the time flew by. Romney, on hearing Miss Seward speak affectionately of her father, painted her portrait, and desired it might be given to the parent she loved so much. The poetess was eager, in concert with Hayley, to make some return ; and truly the painter must have been a simple man if he failed to be astonished with the result of their joint efforts. Of the eighty and eight lines called " Coming to Eartham," and " Leaving Eartham," there are only two which have reference to the subject and full fifty-six which refer to no subject at all. They are big with Eolus, Orion, Muse, Borea', Auster, Zephyr, Eurus—(l take them down :as they come;,-- Famine, and Ceres. It happened to rain when the poetess of Lichfield arrived, and hence all there demon, of tempests and storm,—Fomily Clossfcal Likitry. LANCASTER ASSIZES, MARCH l (RECEIVED THIS MORNING ) TRIAL OF THE WIGAN RIOTERS. James Benthy, Peter Lancaster and John Parkinson, stood inlicted for a riot atWigan, in this county, on the 4th of May, 1831. This ease which excited considerable inte rest, was traversed from the last assizes, and the circum stances will be fresh in the recollection of many who no ticed the particular. of the dreadful riots which took place when the olinoust,haot day James 'in iro e d i s li n a n 'l K Y ea a t f l e :y . , t E he sq., e ll c i i :P )n .', was pulled down, and its contents thrown out into the streets, a prey to a merciless and infuriated mob. At that time Sir Robert Holt L-igh, a gentleman residing in the neighbourhood of Wigan, was so dreadfully beaten by the mob, that at one time his life was despaired of ; hi: brother, Mr. Roger Leigh, was also very badly used by the populace, and dying a short time afterwards, hi: death was by many attributed to the usage he then received. Sir Robert Holt Leigh, Bart. stared that on the 4th of May last he was in the Moot-hall of Wigan ;it was the lvet;an. There was a gallery opposite the bench where the Mayor sat, which was appropriated for the voters : who gave in their votes from it. That gallery became very full and turbulent. There was a great crowd both inside and outside the hall. There was threatening loigusge used towards himself anti others, and some persons iri the gallery lowered down a rope, with a running noose to it like a halter. He hail reason to apprehend daraor, and he mentioned it to the Mayor. There were persons sta tioned at the windows in the gallery giving signals to ti c crowd below in the streets, as to who was about proceed- is g from the Court-house, and he in consequence 'dare not leave the Court-house at the close of the proceedings, hut retired into a closet behind a screen in the Hall. Whilst in that situation a considerable number of persons rushed into the Hall, tore up the benolieF, and threw them in the direction where he stood. Finding that the crowd increased both in and out of doors, the witness knowing that he must either perish quietly, or meet the crowd boldly, he came out of his biding place; but had no sooner done so than he was pressed upon by the crowd, who threw him with force against an angle of the stair case. Ins clothes were then torn of his hack, and he was 'taken up, and thrown headlong into the street, his face downwards. On the outside there was a crowd of persons assembled, who received him with blows from bludgeons, and kicks from wooden shoes or clogs. Having beaten him severely,•he was dragged by a party from the threshold of the Court close, through the cban neh of the streets, the mob kicking him at the same time. One kick, and the last that he recollects being inflicted, broke one of his ribs, and completely paralyzed him. He was subsequently taken up insensible, and conveyed to the Buck-i'th% Vine Inn. Cross-examined hyMr. A onisow. for the prisonerßentley —Has represented the borough of Wigan in Parliament in five different Parliaments. Does not recollect at any pre- vious elections that there was much excitement. It was the custom at Wigan elections to have music. Never pa raded the town with drums and colours at any of the elections, and was not aware that the candidate whom he supported did. Believed the candidate who came from Manchester did do so. Does not reside at Wigan, nor did not lay at the last Assizi-s that lie did reside there. Had a house at Wigan which gave him the right to vote at elections. Has given up that house, and is not now an elector of Wigan. The Learned Counsel proceeded to put several other questions relative to voters, and the Wigan election, when he was stepped by the Learned JUDGE, who said that the questions bad nothing to do with the case, and if he (the Learned Counsel) wished to prejudice the case, he (the Judge) was stli-e it would have no effect upon either Judge or Jury. Cross-examinqtion continued—Came from his own residence, at Hindley, to the election. Was accompanied by his brother and Mr. Walaisley. Took a circuitous route through the fields in order to avoid the mob which had previously threatened him. Joined Mr. Kearsley and Mr. \Vat abani at the Eagle and Child in Wigan. Sup ported Mr. Kearsley and Mr. Wilbraham in the election. Many voters were at the inn with them. Did not leave the inn until the crowd had escorted Mr. Thickness( to the Moot Hall. Mr. Thicknesse was the popular candi date Did not wear a cockade, but many were obliged to wear cockades of the opposite party to prevent being ill-used. The Learned JUDGE to the question respecting the cockade said that it was a very foolish one. What had the cockades to do with the charge against the prisoners. He was surprised to hear a man of common sense put such questions. Mr. ADDISON replied that he had a view in asking such questions to chew the excitement. The Learned JUDGE said, that if be would talk non sense, he was compelled to sit there and hear him. Pro bably it was the intention of the Learned Counsel to confuse the case. Mr. ADDiSON denied the imputation, and said that be was only discharging a duty to his client. Mr. Joseph Latham corroborated Sir Robert's state ment. Thrlras Cooper saw the prisoner Parkinson, strike Sir Robert three or four times with his fists, and said " Now lads, let's lay on him, down with him, kill him." Knows the prisoner well. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against Parkin son and Bentley, and acquitted Lancaster. DISASTROUS SHIPWRECKS. MONTROSE. Never has it been our task to record so great a destruc tion of property on this coast, happily unaccompanied with asy loss of human life, as falls to be noticed this week. Ti;e s'orni of Tuesday last came upon us without much warning, and fortunately was of short duration. The wind, about four, A al., suddenly veered round from north to south-west, and blew tremendously from the south, with little interruption, till nearly two, P.M. In this short space, however, three vessels were driven a,bore behind the Anna', at the mouth of the harbour, and two of them almost instantly became wrecks. The first one that shared this disastrous fate was descried about eight o'clock at,. tempting to take the river, and proved to be the sloop Annie, Christie, of Arbroath, with a general cargo from Aberdeen to that place. The clouds lowering dismally on the enraged surge, and the rain pelting impetuously at this moment, she was seen only indistinctly tossing among the agitated billows, and near to the rocks on the south side of the Bar ; and the thought, if not the certainty, deer imme diate destruction, was present to the minds of the numerous spectators. Speedily, the life-boat, manned by an enter prising crew, was launched for the rescue of the mariners, no longer able to manage or direct their disabled bark; and, to the great joy of the sufferers, es well as of those who witnessed their intrepidity, they succeeded in their bene volent undertaking. By this time the second vessel, the Soph;n, Davidson, of Peterhead, with potatoes, to Hull, had struck on the Annat, and was in an equally pitiable plight with the Annie—drifting on a dangerous shore. To the deliverance of her crew the Elaine enterprising indivi duals anon directed their exertions, and were, we are happy to say, no less successful. The third appeared in the offing along with the London trader Osnaburgh, Bry don, of this port (wbo entered the ricer with apparent ease), and turned out to be the smack Ann, M'Kay, of Arbroath, from Glasgow to Arbroath, with a general cargo. Like the other two, the Ann was driven by the strong )uth wind upon the Annat, and the tide having Row set in effongfy from the north, the rescue of her crew was a mat ter of far more difficulty than that of the other two. A fresh set of hands instantly volunteered their services in the life-boat, and nobly braved the perils and overcame the ob stacle, that presented theirsiver, and took off the almost despairing crew, bnt not without much difficulty. The master may indeed he said to have been twice saved from a watery grave; for in attempting to leap into the life boat, he was unfortunately plunged into the deep, but, by the activity of the boat's crew, he was snatched from the all-devouring chasm. The Annie and Sophia., as we have already stated, became instantly taital wrecks ; and we are sorry to learn that only very small insurance was effected on the latter. The cargoes of both were etrewod about the coast in the afternoon ; and the little that was damaged c o n diti on . A sum o f saved was in a completely money in sovereigns and bank notes, belonging to the master of the Annie, was fortunately recovered. The cargo of the Ann, also much damaged, was discharged under very great disadvantages ; and the vessel was yester day taken off the beach and brought into the harbour.— New North Briton. " MY PARLIAMENTARY DUTIES."—.-- Under this significant head the readers of the Court Journal are, we understand, to be entertained in the forthcoming number, with a piquant sketch, developing the mode in which certain of our Senators contrive to amuse themselves during the season in London, under the convenient cloak of Parliamentary evo cation, and exempt from the observation of their rusticating famine, Such an rclaircissement may be expected to make some sensation in town and country. CRIMPING.—We understand that a fellow, named Bryant, who lately enlisted into the 90th Regiment of Foot, out of the M Division of Police, has been taking in the un. wary by crimping tricks—that is, by enlisting young men, and then extorting from them swart money. Last night, a young loan, named Kelly, was charged by a policeman with having de ierted from the 90th Regiment of Foot. Bryant, who made the charge, did not now AIN ear, and Mr. Twy ford at once dis charged the mas'