The Sun. — London, England, 1817-07-05 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT. TrOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, 3u7A . 4; Th , 7 further proceeding in the 'Writ of Etror case, respect- Francis Burdett, was fixed for Monday, at two o'clock. The Corr Importation ' Bill, the Exchequer Bills Bill, the Irish Treasury 13111 s Bill, the Irish Public Debt Bill, the Irish Annuities Bill, and other Bills, passed through Committees, Itild were reported without amendment. The Small itents.Distress Bill and other Bills *ere brought up from the House of Commons by Mr. Brogden and other Wernher', and read a first time. The'lrish Elections Bill was, on the motion of the Earl of tintericli, read ,a second time, and committer! for Monday. The Innkeepers' Rates Bill, the Panel. Drawback Bill, the Iris!! Prisons Bill, and other Bill., were read a third time and passed.. The Clergy Residence Bill was reported by. the Earl of the amendments agreed - to, and the Bill . 'or dered to lie read a• t hird.tiine on Monday.— , The Lords to be suaulionede—Adjouriled till Nlonday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. gave notice, that on Monday next he elvtald more an Addri7.4s to the Prince Regent, fur a remunc 'ration to the Constables who attended on duty at thr.Efouse .This Session. , • The Reports of 'the Nary Agents Bill, and of the' Old Naval St, rvi BM, Were brought up and taken info consideration. — ,To be. read"a tttir.l Tian: to-morrow. „ • • A petition was presented trout the Weavers of Cotton Piece Grants, and other 'to habitants of Ashton-under-Line, stating /he distress under which they laboured, and imputinkit to the exportotioir'of cotton , twist. —Read, and ordered.to lac on the Table ' and to he printed. The Report of the Irish Fair and Market Tolls Bill was .talieit into cunsideration.—To be read a third time on Mon d.4v next. Thelinglish saring Banks Bill, and the Trish Saving . Banks Bill, went through a Committee. --Report to be teccived to morrow. 14r C. W. WYNN, in presenting.to the Tiouse the Report ,of the, .Select (...ountaittec appointed to ingnire into the state 91' the Admiii , ,trat ion of Justite . in Wales, observed, that the roontry were imlebted for this - Inquiry to one of the most :rain:4Hr Mt:int:yrs who had ever sat. in that. House (Mr. Pon t otir!, the cause of whose absence wasso much retzrett , d by them hear, hearl)—Hc could not allow this op port unity to pa-s Without hearing testimony to the eminent wOold accrue to •the eqnntry from this Inquiry, 01 . .-ii•tt - cd and prosecuted with so much zeal by his Right Friend. - In instituting thi, Inquiry, he was - poly impelled by a zeal for the pure administration of justice. Ye . conciiiiled with moving that the Report do lie on the 0! , 1c.--Ordea e,t. „ - _ _ _ _ . N,r. C. W: WYNN moved the third reading of the Election ,I>f Meohers Ilegulation Bill. CAI...CHAFF moved, that,a clause depriving Electors vbea should not. qualify previous to an election of the right to rote a!• such election, should he left out.' • • Komi disens•sion took place on this Amendment, when Mr. Zll.ol7(ilt.lM contended that the clauses introduced into the durinz its Last stages had materiat!y altered it, and that amendments be known to the Muse, be moved that the kill, as amended, be printed. • ' • For !ht• Amendment 2 Against it . , lkTajo' it y The Amendment proposed by Mr. Calcraft v•as then dis tn,4,l, and ?4r. Davies Gilbert, Mr. Abercromby, Mr. Rose, •i i klt. :lutalet, Mr Hart. Davies, Mr. Butterworth, and Mr. Wut'mall, look a part i, the disensson. For the .kinendment , 23 • Against it Majority against it Another division took place while strangers were excluded, on tbelnotion that the Mil do pass. . . For the Motion .. Against it.' I:) Majnrity Mr. W. 1'01 . .F., presented Papets rdating to the New Cois!;Agr. POOR LAWS. Mr. S. BOURNE brought up. the Report of the •COMmittee on the Poor Laws. In moving that 'the Report do lie on the table, he observed, th,it tier Conmiftee had conceived, it most adviseable, las tin relicf - c ,, enied practicable this Session, to'de- . •lay theießeport till they could make a statement the character, .effect, atfd tendency of the whole system. That the Report had not been made be . ; tare was owing to no tardiness on the part of the Committee—they had given the subject their whole attention. As an instance of the etf,cis 'which wetild have attended partial statements, he mentioned that before the E ess, the Commit tyre hld determined to alter the Law of Settle ments, but in „lane, from further inquiry, they svere of opiniim that it should he abrogated alto gether. How would the House have been situ ated if they had to proceed on such contradictory recommtn !minas The subject of the Poor Laws had attracted the attention of great men ever since -the time of Lord Hale, and it would not have been decorous for the Committee to have decidedper soilatn nn ditbeulties which neither the splendid ta 'ruts of Mr. Pitt, nor the vigorous.understanditig of Mr. Wiiithread, bad been able to remove. As to the time, though its distresies had exposed the evils of the system, it rendered the attempt to re medy it more difficult, " The hour of the hur ricane was not the time to repair houses." The louse would probably be able to proceed to its remedy under better auspices atter a genial season eod an abundant harvest, and inei,:etime the Com mittee would he able to correct any error into AVOICII it had fallen, or to confirm those statements which were correct.--(Hear, hear !) Mr. CALCRAFT said, thee in an early part of the neßcion he had expressed his surprisel hat no com munication had been made from the Committee, MOO he was nor vet satisfied as to the im'opriety of the delay. The Country had expected that after the meeting of Parliament some remedy world be a pplied to the detects of the Poor Laws• He r-fis not krilOrtnt of the difficulties which the Coin ton tee kali to encounter. The present delay might be for the best, but the disappointMent to the cotiatt y was ntaortiinnte j 85 under such Imp:trai l:led distress there had been a general expectation that some relief, or at least alleviation, wouldhay.e, -b?en suggested. • Lord C4sTLaiIEAGII said, that though there bad been a.strong expectation in the country of some relief, time h o se had too much sense to expect that the Committee should, without full exioni natioe, have recommended decisive measures. If any blame attached to the Committee, he was en titled to a full share of it ; .for he had been of that , no recommendation should .he made rrt-viousiy to an examination of every distinct Jeanne of the subject. In-every week the Com "leittee had sat three days at least, muti.often day: day, Thejlonse would now be enabled to I..lrut the sentiments of the Country on this sub -it ,:t, tors it was not enough to know• what was enstractedly the best on .such a question, but what. •the coutitt:y was .prepared to concur in. Great 'as :he ditfictillies of the subject were,• lie did not -- . l4itiiht.„'shat the next Session the House •would be u:Jie t' a comprehensive and useful view of Tie rxpiztsFd his admiration of the tibonrs of the Committer, to which he bad not aiways been able to attend, and expressed his determine tion,to move for its revival in the next Session. The Report %vat ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Mr..l - iusxtssox:,.uggeted.-that an athlithtttal number of copies sh6iild be printed, to be sent to the Clerks of every inb-div-ision of Alagistrates iu England and Wales, as .the House. might expect some useful information from the practical know ledge of those who carried into execution those La ws. After a few wor4s from the CHANCELLoR Of the EXCHEQUER, the Speukoc said, that it .would be understood that lite suggeitiou should be at tendefi t", as . ..it appeared to meet the wishes of the House. - LICENSING OF PUBLIC HOUSES. . . . Mr. BENNE.I7, after rtfosiag to allow precedence to Mr. V..Fitzgerala's Grand,,Jury ;ill, unwed that the Ale-House Bill be taken into farther consideration. STUART WQIITLEY must s;tv, for one,,th;:t if this, Bill was put off, till next Session, it woold be fairly discussed, but that it was now impossible to enter into a discusion upon it. Mr.BENNETT was aware of the inennyenience of pressing this measure at so late a period of the Session. From that sort of opposition, and the emphatic Tone used against it, be had little or no hope of success if he did press it. At the same time, be as moil anxious to bare it once fairly dis- Cussed in the House. Ile had no hesitation in - saying, that the prevent system of licensing contained the seedy of every species of immorality. While he was, therefore, ohligvd to delay a remedy, he Protestt d, in the name of the morals of the People of England, agabist a system that-contributed more than any other measure whatever to destroy them. He then inoeed'thc farther consideration thiS day three months. —Agreed to. CFLII'ELS BUILDING BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the. EXCHEQUER said, •thnt in consequetice of what had passed •the House last night On the subject of. this Bill, he NViIS 110 W, to-say, that be .would postpone this measure till - the next Session. ,•. The Order of the Ilay•tor thee Committee on this niu was then Tead and discharged. . . IRISH GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT BILL. On the motion for the third reading of the Irish Grand Jury Presentment Bili s • Sir GEORGE HILL a.!mitted that the Bill teas now less . objectitinalile than before it harl gone throughtbe Committee. But he sti.l saw so nrany'fOrCiiii.• reasons against it, and, at least, *hv'it stwuld for this Session, that he f e lt it his-duty to move, as .that the Bill be read a third time this day three mouths. General HART was of opint.in that:the Bill should be post potted, and therefore' was in favour of the amendment. Sir F. FLOOD thought there could he 111.1 apology for pro ceeding, with the Bill Si this period of the Session. per sisted in maintaining that this Bill could 'he considered in no other light than as a Bill of Indictment against all the Grand Juries of Ireland. He was fir from thinking the Bill was now in any degree improved. It was as indefensible as evsr, _ _ An Irish Member, whose name we could not learn, spoke shortly against the 13111. VESEY FITZGFit4LD shortly defended the Fh- t hout;lit the appointrnmit. o f County Surveyors desirable even with a Cif •w 16 economy. DALY was agaio l / 4 t tiie Bill, which hoConsidered a re flection „ n all ts e firatol Juries of Ireland. • The House then divided. Ayes . • • • c Noes . 1114j.)1 it s• for the . The Bill was then read a third time. Sit F. FLOOD moved an Amendment, making the appoiat ment et County hinl , e )o r,, optional to the different counties. wive negatived without a division. Several other Aniendincnti were nioved, and negatived w it ;mot any divi.;in3.—The 1.1111 was than passed. The Deptvy Itemenibrancer of the Exchelucr Bill was com mitted, alit) the Report received. The Bill was ordered,, as amended, to. he printed, and the; Report to be thither con sidered on Monday. The spiriikTacie TIM was read a third time and passed. _ . Mr. LUTTERWOII.III . presented a Petition trout the • watchmakers of.f.ondon, praying..fur:au inquiry into the cause of the depression of their trade: and Mr. Brougham pre sented a similar Petition from the Colony of Oxtm (I, which also complained of the dray on plate which was imposed on watchmakers : both l'etifions weie read, aril ()Meted to be Trferrt d to the Committee on the Watchmakers' Petitions. Mr.BROUGHAM presented a Petitionfrom certain Nailers of the Parish of St, Nmiatt's, in Stirlingshire, - complainini; of the distresses which they suffered in tallsetPlence of the n'; of machinery in the i re• of nails, and praying the . House to in, pow a duly on maelii very. The Petition was re:id, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. BROUGHAM pre,cnted a Petition from certain poor Fishermen in the neighbourhood of Harwich, 'complaining of the Salt Tax.--Read, and ordered to lie on the tattle. Mr. HART DAVIS presented a Petitiou from the Master Chininev Sweepers", of praying to tie heard by Counsel at the liar, against sonic provisions of the now before the House to put an end to the use of Climbing boys, and stating, that they were extremely desirous to do .any, thing to better the condition of boys employed by them.—.ltead, and ordered to lie on the table. EXTENTS IN 'MD BILL. 'lle Extents in Aid Bit! was read a third time. The ATTORNEY-(;ENhttAl, moved an amendment, to enable persons confined under the process of Extents in Aid, to apply, under certain circumstances, to the Nrons of the Excheyter for discharge, tither in Term time or during the Vacation, on giving one mouth's notice to the creditor. This clause was agreed to. • On the mation that the Bill dpi pass, Mr. W. SMITH again expressed his satisfaction that so much ‘7;t3 :!one by this Rill. But at the same time there were still many abuses to be done . away with in this process. -Mr. HART I )41.V1S concurred entirely in the opinion of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. W. Smith).—The 1301 then paired. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. On the motion for the thirl reading of the East India Ship_ Owners' Bill. Mr. BROUGHAM opposed the Bill. The object of it was to enable the Directors of the East India Cornynly to rescind certain bufgains.whieh they in! contracted under the provi sions of an existing Act. There were no circumstances in the case to justify the allowing ilds. It would be touch lo.tter to allow each individual 'ti'.lp-owner to wake out his own claims to the satisfaction of the House, which tnight•then au thorise the Directors to pay each indivicival hi:Z. allowance. The effect of the present 1311( was' to allow-the bn • Crtors the power of apportioning the reninneration tot he Siaip7uaaters In such share as they might please. CANNEs:'( - 4, - 101j1 this measure was first proposed, looked at it wlth.as much prejodice as the Hon. and Learned Gentleman ; but it was mat e rial to observe, that it had never vot becu possible to reduce into practice the provision s of the existing Act. What partieularlydistingundi e d this Bill was, thlt it lett very little tattle discretam of the Court of Dirre tuis. The effect of the Bill was by no means against the principle of contract. There w , iuld be laid befor e P ar li ament e very year, every proceeding of the Court of Directors under this Act. He thought .the Hon. and Learned Centleman must admit, that ail the regulations of this Act were so riiisy insprovements on that of ttiO3 ; and what the Ship-owners had not done for themselves, this Bill did for them.. What the lion. Gentleman held mn.ractieable had been introduced, and a principle might be established after it had been tried, that might lead to the improvement of the whole Shipping system. At any rate, it had the advantage of laying a foun dation for the revision and improvement of that system in a state of peace. desultory conversatios.ensued on the subject,. between Messs. C. Grant, Sen., rtGillS, lirOnghaln, HOW•ith, and Canning; ; after which the Bill was read 'a third tim e , and passed without any amenJinent tieing proposed. HACKNEY COACHES. On the motion for reading the Hackney Coach License Bill, General THORNTON-alluded the impositions of Coach men, .who, when they were ordered to drive a mile, or as far as a shilling fare extended, went beyornt it, for the purpose of deman..ing more money. "ate :obserl:q,. that some very i n t e lligent Magistrates had decided in favour of the 'Coach men, and he had learnt from them, as Well as from G;ei,tle men in the Hackney Coach Office,. tt,st the,Aet ant harised them so lo decide. He, therefore, wished 'to introduce a .clause to puhich them for such extortions. " Mr. LUSHINGTON reminded the lion. General that this point was already laid down in the Act iu favour of the:Pub and that it Would be impoible for any INlagistrate who hafil stn:rtel the Act, ,to tiecide iirittat ease for the fattlre f.ivour of the Coachmen. General THORNToN was not convinced that the remedy would be efficient, without the introduction of the clause he proposed: Me,' HARVEY and Mr. V. FITZGERALD assured the non.lleneral that the clause was-unnecessary, and 'hoped he would not persist in brinusi.- it up. .• General THORNTON'noi agreeing with them in opinion, persisted in dividing the House; when there appeared,* • For the Clause • ' 0 Against it ... 7 The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, after which the House adjourned. TO CORRESPONDENTS. J. F.'s Letter is received. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last Nigbt. COVENt GARDEN.—Alexander the Great : Alexander, Mr. C. KetuLle ; Roxaua, Mrs. Egerton. After which, The Beg gars', Opera. . NEW THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPEaA-House.—Free and Easy : Sir John Freeman, Mr. Wrench : Gertrude, Miss • Kelly. After which, My Chick, and Don Juan. NEXT WEDNESDAY LOTTERY DRAWS.—FIRST PRIZE £.IO,OOO.—TWO-THERDS DRAWN FIRST DAY, AND ALL PRIZES—FouR OF L-9,0,000 !--TICKETS AND SHARES CONTINUE CHEAP. MAILM. ARITIVEII-1 Lisbon, 1 Hainburgit, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Waterturd.' DUE-1 I - Wand; 1 Dublin. • PRICE 0 STOCKS Tilts "DAY AT T ELV,E O'CLOCK. Bank Stock, .....1. 27:. I Bank LAnn, 20 1-16 19 15-16 3 per Cent. 1ied..... .'76W 13-16 3 per Cent. C0n5........ shut India BOnds, 103 s. pr. 4 per Cents 941 Exch. 11i1N,;..... I i s . IS,. p r . 5 per Cent. Navy Ann :shut Cons. for Ace0unt,.....77i4i HIGH WATER 'AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 4 minute's atter 7. I Evening, 29 minotcs atter '7.- rrl IT F: 4 l SUN. SOLE . SI QUIS DICERE FALSUM A upcxr LONDON, SATURD3Y, JULYS, 1817. LISBON, JUNE 16. The Tribunal for the Trial of the Conspira tors consists of a Chief Judge, four Assistants, and a Secretary. Their names are— ANTONIO GOMEZ ItIBEIRO, Chief Justice. JOZE RIBEIRO SARAIVA, SEBASTIAN JOZE GARCIA NAGUEIRA, PEDRO DURATI DA SILVA, • ,TOZE FIRIIIVO DA SII,VA GiRALDES. LOUIS GOMEZ LEITAO E MOURA, Secretary. . Hitherto the proceedings have consisted in private examinations. AbOut 50 persons .are in custody, including those apprehended in different parts of the country. It appears that the designs of the ConsPirators were skilfully planned. Four Committees had been formed in Lisbon. The principal Committee alone was in , possession of the whole machinery of the plot ; • the others co operated only with the principal Committee, and the President of the one immediately above and below their own in numerical order. When a Member of a Committee had gained three prose-• lytes, he immediately became the Chief of a new Committee, and thus provision was 'made for an indefinite extension of the system; and„Delegates had been dispatched into the country. Nothing less was aimed at than the entire exclusion of every Member of the BRAGANZA Family, and Marshal gimes FORD was to have become a victim .on account of his popularity with the Army, which it •was considered it would be difficult-to gain over whilst the Marshal existed. The English Officers Army invited then to have been secured, and the Army invited to join the standard of insurrection. A Provisional Government was then to have been formed, and ultimately a Republican form of tilo vernmcnt established. For some time past,inea sures appear to have been taken to prepare the public mind for .a change in the Government..--- The KING, the Governors•of •the Kingdom, &c. have been repeatedly pasquinatied, particularly on public anniversaries, &c. 1t was apprehended; that on *the day of .Corpus Christi, : these IlevOlutignary Enterprizes would have 'been attempted, mans: actpally 044,, anct the Rocio, Instead -of being tbrotiged, as , usua l, with spectators of the procession, was, comparatively speaking, abandoned. . . . On the' sobject of Peroamhuco, it is . generally considered here -that the measures adopted . by , the . . . - Governor of Baltia,, and at Rio, most- by this time have re-established the Royal Authority. JUNE 26, 1817.. The Trials of the Conspirators are proceeding, and it is expected that in the course of the next month some of the sentences mill:be published, with the usual summary statement of charges, and the evidence by which they are supported. expected that several of the Prisoners will die found guilty, and that the execution of justice will he prompt and severe. It is repored that Got.izz Farina 'D'ANDn ADE is only implicated to the extent of a misprision of treason. A young Otlicer of the 16!It Regiment, who wns recently arrest . ed in the Coonoy, shot hitit well through the body in the 01 k in . 1% - hiell he was being conducted tro Lisbon : be is not likely to recover. No confessions have been made by him, but a number of papers, which he had con fided to a young woman to whom Ite was under an engagement of marriage, have been secured, and it is said their con.ents furnish mach im portant information of the designs of the Con spirators. ~.The public tranquillity has experienced no in. terruption Whateverg. Vessels have been taken tip for the conveyance of abOut 2000 troops to PErnaitibtitti',..b , ct .iAL..et• petted that before they will he ready, intelligence may be received of the re-establisl►ment of the RoYal Authority there. The proposed contribution to defray the ex.: pence of the Expedition produced only three of four•offers ; a Loan is therefore to be resorted to of four millions of crusades, and the interest to be defrayed by an impost upon various artieys" 7 6f consumption imported into Lisbon. THE FvNDs.—We stated yesterday that 'a Re action would take place in the price of the Funds,. which has been verified by •the fluctuations in. this course of the, day ; Consols left Oft yesterday awt ;8, and this morning they opened at the same price, felt to 771, and at 10 o'clo(k were at This depression, .we are ,infqrmed, has arisen from the great quantity of Stock 145 . iyas turned into the market by Jewish Holders,amount.. ing,to not less than three milliOns, followed by many olthe Minor Speculators,so that during most of the day the house was all sellers. The 13 ,rakers and Monied Men generallymade a dash yestetdiv.at Exchequer Bills, which rose from 6 to 17 prem. Tliiibeing the day for making up the:94arterly Accounts of the Revenue, a report has been dr. culated'lhat .there is a deficiency in the quarter of up \Yards-of Three-Millions',' Which has served to throw a damp upon the. Money Market, aril it is expected a further depression will take place in the course of the day. We received this morning the Paris Papers of Wednesday last. 'f he e following are Extracts " Putts, n"egociation with the Court - of Rome, respecting the affairs of, the Church of France, is said to be definitively con cluded. The Marseilles Journal announces, :that the harvest has every appearance of being abundant in Tuscany,lis - well as throughout • From. Coltnar we learn. that the price of the sack of Wheat had theie from 105 to fraOcs. .• '' The stay of the-Court at Paris will 13C . pr0.. longed until after the acOnehemetit of the Duchess de Berri when the : health of her Royal Highness shall have been re=established, it is thought the .Court will 'pass sonic days at Fontainebleau. " The King and Queen of Wurtemberg are, it is said, about to take a journey in the Netker. lands. FIVE PER CENTS.-Tuesday, 65f. —c. " MADRID', JUNE 19.—The first steam-boat constructed in Spain was launched on the Gua dalquiver on the 30th ult. " The Marquis de Campo Sagrado has quitted the Alinistry of War; he is succeeded by Lieute nant-General Egnia. It is currently reported that Lord Beresford will arrive here. immediately to remain a short time. " VIENNA, JUNE 20.—The Emperor and Em. press set out this morning ou their journey to Gallicia. " There is no truth in the report of military preparations in Hungary. " The 2Sth May there was a violent shock of an earthquake—at- Posegan, in Sclavpnia, threw down the walls of the Seig . netiral Chateau. " CoPgtmaGeN, ..TUNE 17.—The - best 'indef.. standing• prevails between our Court and that,of Stockhillm, and all the reports to 04-,ROilir la;y_art: destil4tew jUNa 22..--Madame tleKrudener has at len , ith •oht4ineti pertnissiOn to reside in -th'e canton of Lucerne. - • : " 13ARC 0L0,.1A Jun 18.. r -The procectlinzs against General . Licy and his' associates. :ire still .going. on, ,bUt .. t fie ramifications - ;of this aET,ic, anti the absence of those persons aedused who arecOn tutnacions, necessarily- caoses much OlaY." Mr. STUEGES BOURNE last night presented the Report of the •Committee on the. and accounted for the delay by the diffieully of the su b, ject, and 'tire desire of the Committee to bring t o i • ward as comprehensive aid satisfactoty - Report as possible. The Report is indeed of the most satisfactory liirid;asfar as depended - on the labotirs of the Committee. Lord cASTLEREAGH spoke in -high praise of the Report, and augured very U. vourable results, and Mr. HusKtssoN, convince 4 of its importance, proposed that an additio na l number of copies should be printed, w-hich o f course will be the case. There is a long-winded Tirade in the Morning Chronicle of this clay against Lord CASTLEREAGU, but the chief ground of complaint against the