The Sun. — London, England, 1817-03-13 00:00:00

I:4LPEttI AL PAR LIAM EN T. HOUSE OF LORDS, V‘T`rritinstl3,slT, Matt`ctY 12, Counsel were partly heard respecting the Scotch Appeal, " The Provost and. Town Council of Dumbarton v. John Campbell, I! 9. anti others." Farther heat ing postponed. The eonsideraiiim of Bailey's Divorce Bill be ing resumed, 1)r. Croft, the celehrated acconchenr, via!, Cxmitiocil itS to the differenees of the degree of formation, appearance„&c. bet itieert a child born at the expiration of six months and eighteeo days after conception, and one born at the e'xpira• tion of full nine months, in corroboration of es tablishing the pOint, that the (libi of which Mrs. Bailey was delivered, could nut be that of Colonel Bailey. The Loan CHANCiLLOII then addressed n few Observations to the House, on the peculiar nature aml importance of this ease, which', in some of its eirentisst !tees, was almost Sitfolar. Ile took a view of the different hearings of the evidence, and observed, that the most difficult points in consideration were those which went to affect the legitimacy of the child, on the one hand, and the question of the petitioner being entitled to his Bill of Divorce on the other. The Noble and very Learned Los d observed, that he should move fur she expunction nom the Journals of that putt of the ekidenee which was taken front :lie Parish Register, which stated that the-child wits bawls- CJ by the name of Henry Edwin Kelly, and as the child of Talent, Kelly, and 11. Suills, spinster, in which no notice. whatever was taken of the Lady's niatrimowal 'connection with Col. Bailey, 8 Circtlt)Statt(•l wltich 110 mother, Or any other person interests,; in the parties, lout aright to do, ns so far deciding upon the parentage of the child, before the law authorised . snch a designation to take place. Such a statenient evas a disgrace to their Lordships' Journals lit the result, Isis Lordship moved, that the Bill he taken into con sideration to-marrow, nod their Lordships stun molted for the purpose, which was ordered tic'. tottliogly. Mr. Touts presented at the Bar, an Account of the Rules and Regulations of the Penitentiary Asylum at Milbank, which were laid upon' the Tahle. The CArnatie Commissioners' Bill, the Coffee Ditty, the American Pasiew:ers' liegalatinn, and the 11.1 track Department were severally read a third time and vassed. The remaining Bills upon the table, Chiefly privlte, tvere then forwarded, and 'an adjourn• meta took place. HOUSE OF COMMON'S. Accounts %vei: presented fro►rt the Commis sioners an►l Treagtrer of the Navy, of the Fees paid on the Creation of Knights of the Bath, and the elevation of persons to the Peerage, and other titles of Nobility.—Oldered to lie on the•table. linEnNsox gave notice, that on Nlonclay next :he:should more that 't he Acts of the 53/1 and 55th of his iNlajesty be referred to a Committee, for the pits poie of propOsiog a measure to throw ppen the East India Trade to Malt a and Gibraltar, 4tld Svt thme places, in that respect. on the sante footing as great Britain. eol;;tiel %troop lit'onght in a 13ill to legalise the sate of gante.—Real a first time, and ordered fur a Second reacting after Elrsttr. WAYS Ali) MEAN'S. On the motion of tlte CHANCELLOR of the .144- cm;aniut, the Hoase resolved itself into a Coin wittee,of Ways and Alcans w The CHAwcat.Lon of the EXCHECWOR, after few introductory observations, moved that a sum Of 18,000000/. 'be granted for the service of the year :1817. Mr. CURVVEN wished , to .kna►i whether the Right lion. Gentleman %vont(' object to produce the accounts of the Unfunded Debt, in order th►►t the House might know what parts . or it ►vere still unprovided for. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was no• derstood to say that he would look over the ac mints, and would have no objection to produce them, if they were calculated Co satisfy the lion. Gentleman. Mr. SitAur feared the expectations whisit i cm Chancellor of the Exchequer liad expressed czn former night of reviving prosperity thraittiti country would be disappointed. Ha had Auipui mented the , extinction of one of the most opprfs sive taxes ; but he (Mr. S.) trusted that the peg, pie of time country would be on their guard to prevent a new Parliament from being called toge ther. that would ever sanction the revival of that impost. Mr; P. Moons wished the Right lion. Gentle- Matt opposite would come forward with a general statetheitt of the Ways and Means, of the year,; as otherwise the Was called upon to vote taohey coitpletely pit the dirk. The . CuAilcsitoa of the &CHErttlEll informed no Hon. Member opposite (Mr. Cor)veu), this( if he looked itt the printed papers which !kstl ttl rca+ly heel) produced, wotdd hod accounts of the parts of the Unfunded Debt which were pro vided or unprrivided for. As to the Hon, Gen tletnan who had spoken last . , he would only say that it would not be usnal,.at so early a period.Of the Session, to give a general statement of the Ways and MeKus of the year. And that, in fact, it would be impossible to do it till Parliament had voted the sums requisite' for the public service. After some observations from Sir 3. NEWPORT relative to the interest whMt the Bank of Ireland exacted from the Government, Mr. GIUNFELA, repeated most of his former ar guments respecting the necessity of adopting Sonic Measure to diminish the charges nrAtie by the Bank of. England for the Managentent of the Public Dt , ht. Ile fitstreti, from tom ACCOUTUS which be held in hie hand, tbit the Bank received 1892/.. per annum for the particular management of four Mi'how, of debt, eehirh glve it no trouble whatever: So that it received 1731;- per million on this item, whilst only 3001. per millient were charged for the other parts of the debt ;-38741. bad also been charged Jast year -by 'the Bank for lee , iving a certain 'portion otAtte - nooerty Tax paid into their hoods, anti which they had no thirg else to do , than to carry to The Treasury. . . This liad been the'ci;se since 18Gfi; 2nd the Go vernment had been so profuse of the public looney its to pay a .Conou t)iorti)f Lill-a-clown for every hunched. if no information were given on these 'points, 'he should thinii. it hie ,Ricy . , at sonic ltitiae period, to propose a measure ni)oo the subject. The CHANcgt..4ott of the gXCH HAUER could only say generally, that having no qw.stion before' Parliament to which the Bank was` involved, lie could not enter into details on subjects and charges which had ntlready Chien so Often relic:at:o and discussed. The Resolution was then tigeeed to.: tbe House resumed, anti the ReltOrt ortltvell -to be re ceived to-morrow. Mr. IVents obtained leave ti> 'bring lit it Bill to regulate the payitient bfkitage3 to VeriOns employ t:4l in Collie] ies. Colonel LYGOiYpres'euted a Petition from tlse Parish art Rose nin anipshire, 'praying for re lief from the Pour Laws.• After some observations on the necessity of a measure to relieve the people, front Mr. CUICIVEN and Mr. HALL, the Petition wassead, and ordered to lie on the , table. WINDOW TAX. Mr. LUSHINGTON obtained leace to bring in Bill to regidate the Tax. on shop windOws and Warehooses., General GAsCoiGNE presented a Petition from Liverpool against the Window 'fax 014 Ware iwasxs. lie was understood to inquire whether any sacra woUld be adopted to telieve Omit Who bad becn assessed to that tax ? 'The CHANC;:I:I.OR of the FaCtIEQUER Stated, that his Right Honourable Friend (Yfr..,Lush ington), had just given notice of a motion to attain that object. Lord STANLEY Wished to knowe whether there was any intention of relieving those r‘bo had al ready wrongly been called ilium to pay the Tax ? The CHANCEDLott of the EXCNEQUvii was un derstood to say, that if any individual had paid more than he ought, there would be no difficulty its relieving The Petition ,was then read, and laid on the table. LIVERPOOL PETITION. Lord SPA , ToN presented a petition from the habitants of Liverpool and its vicinity. The meeting at which it had been agreed, had not been called together by a legal authority, but this was occasioned by the conduct of the MayOr, refused to comply with a requisition, signed most respectably, and had thus hterposed.a most tan jnotifiable obsttnetion between the communica- lions of the people and the House. The people had then h►+d,tecoursc to meeting in the square ; the assembly hail been most numerous, and a most respectable Magistrate, well known to the House (we believe the Noble Lor►l named Col. Williams), had been called to the Chair. Meanwhile the• milit:►ry had been: called not; Hs well as a regime'nt Of yeomanry cavalry. The petition had been signed 4 . 14,000 persons, who were of 11 most respectable description. Atter stating the grievous sufferings - which they endured, and which they attriboted to ir series of unjuSt wars; a lavish ex peddithre if the public money, the creation of useless places, law salaries, and the otaiatrouhee at sitkeehres,' they threw themselves no the wis dom of the House, avid prayed for a radical but u constitutional reform. It Sid not belong to hint to say why he hod been selected to present this petition, instead of the usual channel, the Re- presentatives of the place ; but he felt himself honoured ,by the trust, and executed it with plea.. sure, as the. prayur of the petition was for that kind of reform with which he entirely concurred, and not for wild and impracticable theories: He then moved that the petition be brought up. Mr. BIRCH seconded the motion. He had been requested by tdie Meeting to support their petition, and did it with satisfaction. He held in his hand a list of the names of those who had signed Abe requisition to the Mayor, and there were not, in or out of the 'Haase, men of greater worth or in- t egrit y , and:ntore devoted to the welfare of their country. Some of them were also amongst the most. opulent, and moving in the .iifst rank in that county. 141r,1181450N defended the character orthe Mayor of Liverpool, who, alarmed at the many out rages which had taken pl.lee on former occasions i*ttliat town, had refused to give lti , sanction to Gikttliist mewing. His fears had been such, that Irtietati. thought it necessary to•call out a ',regiment man troop of cavalry. He had only risen• to defend, • from an: 'unjugt attack, a - re. spectalth r individual who felt no' disposition to stand betwe e n the communications of the, people and the House. • Mr. thac<ti hoped the lion. Geutleman would specify some of the numerous outrages which he had mentioned, and of . which he (Mr.'“,) had never heard before. litntl COCHRANE said, that of all the Meetings ,vhich he inn! witnessed, he bad nomr s , 4*n so nuch irregularity and disorder as in the one which gad taken place yest eras)* itt Hanysliire..3—(MV, tear! and laughter !)—Thet e nearly the whole of lie Parsons of the county had been collected— (Laughter !)—and the most violent noise had prevailed. the Meeting.had'beeu culled together to give the peivie Hampshire an opportunity of addresting the Prince Regent on the gross outrage offered to his person. But no individual was allowed to express 1.1:8 opinions, iiS all loyal subjects bad a right to do—(Laughter!)—and the most marked determination was shown to prevent any thing , contrary to the sentiments of the Proposers of the'Address front being heard. They hail even so hurried their object that they bad dissolved the meeting• Without having provid ed any mode far presenting their Address, or re• turned thanks to the Sheriff. The Gentlemen of the Choral, he . Was sorprtsed to - see, had been the chief ringleaders of the tumult.- , --(Laugt,ter.) Lot d Frrzt(Mittis defended the conduct of the Meeting, which' represented as most respect able, and stated that live to one of those nho composed it had been in favoot of the Address. 'Mr: iiittitfGltß3l wished Gentleman op posite to' establish his gratuitous assiimption.!hat the people of Liverpool hall- committed repeated and notorious outrages. lie trusted that particu lars would he stated, as this was the first time that he bad heard of such outrages. Mr. tiEtcsost had spoken from liersonal knoW • • • • It fge of the twnisit4 whl l haul talicn plaice At he inemiby of the 11o:10114%1We and Letrued Member nt:t,t heAcry. short, fur Lc (Alt, II) had never seen tvotse mobs in Liverpool than, whets that lion. anti Learned Nlember had the ho-. hour of heading them. Ht heen calleti . upon to state when and where he had Witnessed thOsc oittrages. lie had MIA , done so, and he hoped the Gctvieffiati would he satisfied. Mr. littouethAm would not tell the flon.Gentle man whether he was SAi'isfiOor not, but he would call upon thellon: iNlvinbet for LiVerpool to ne gative the its-,ettionS which had beet made (.is he knew that he would not state otherwise' in the House than- lie had spoken out of it), that he (Mr. B ) hall headed mischievous mobs. lieNsot.t culled to order ; he had not. said that the lion. awl Learned Member had been en-, gaged with mischieroos Mr. BROUGJIAM said, that _there was a way of imputing mischievons tiesigns, withotit charging in direct terms with mischief. He' now called again on the Hon. Member tor Liverpool to de elate whether he had ever headed mischievolis mobs. Never, on the 'Contrary, had an election contest been carried on with such ,quiet and tran quillity front the b.tginning ti . ) the entl..Bo-marked had been its nature, that it tiros a phsase used by all the candidates at its close, that instead of a po— litical contest it seemed more like a peaceful pa geant. As to the shortness of Isis memory, he had seen the lion. Gentleman opposite on the hustings at the time of Ilse election ; and after the expla nations (sir which he now called, the House would be able to decide as to the gooducss-of their re spect ive Mmories. General CiVICOIGNR COllfirilled all that had been said by the Hon. and - Learned Gentleman. He had seen many election contests; but for the lust twenty years be did not recollect one that had been attended with less outrage than that in which the Him. and Learned Gentleman had been en gaged at• Liverpool, Never had more unanimous etfortN been madeonall'sides to prevent: disturb oure, and if any ittstittlt showed itself it Was of so short a duration, thAt it could scarcely he. said to have existed ht fore it was put slows,. In justice to the Host. timid Learned Gentleman, he must also state,' that he recollected how all partie3 had ett , pressed their mutual satisfaction at the trantoil. , lit- which had prevailed.' Mr. CMCNIiiO thought it fair to. state, that in the contest in which the Hon. and Learned Mem ber and himself had stood opposed to each other, nothing had been omitted on either side to repress the least tendency to outrage, and daring the greater part of the Election, their efforts had been generally sticcessl4. lie thought the Hon. Member behind isint, must have confOsintid the last election with that which bud preceded it, nail' the first three or four days of which had been a scene of complete coninsiOn aml violence, i t ki to the petition itself, he should not appose it. fle was glad that it was described as the petition. of the inhabitants, and not of the lost' n.of Liverpool, as otherwise a question might have been raised on the subject. Ue had received many .accounts the manlier in which signatures bud been proeur -4 wish hhe would have passed over in silence, bad it not been for the anthority from Which' they Cimie, and the Wish- which had: been expressed that they should be mentioned to the Honse. He had been told that great: nom hers of the fair sex had been.gOod. enough to add their sienatitees to the petition, as well as many of a tender age. Ile did not wish out, that account that it shonld be rjeeted, but on the Contrary that it should be received with neenliar indulgence. —(Laught er.) - 7 -At a time when the doctrine of Universal suffrage was so widely spread, the fair tux had' certainly a right to claim their share of the privilege.--(Laughter.) Mr, IIIiOUGHAII thought it possibl e 'that the Hon. Gentlethan (Mr. Benson) might have 'con founded the last election with the one beforv) butt how did he happen to make Biro the head of the molts; at a time when he had not even been at Liver pool Mr. BeNSON had never seen greeter mobs in the square therOvben the Hon. and. Learned Gentleman had : licaded them. lint he would 're peat now what be had. said before, that he— did not mean mischievous mobs. His sole objet had been t o justify tire conduct of 'tlte iVlayor, iu guarding lest outragei should he committed by the mobs which proceeded out of the square. Mr. liitouGnAst said, that as i t now appeared, the Hon. M e mb er lied only Meant to say that most numerous mobs had ranged themselves ntt his side when lie stood a candidate for the,repte. SCIIINtiOII of their city, he was exactly of the same opinion. Mr, CuatveN, complained, that attempts were made, in every part of the country, to prejudge the people, and to charge them with a disposition to commit riot. The petition was t ben 'brought op and read. On the question that it lie on the table, Lord'SitProx contended' that the information which he had received••respecting the aotbors of the petition, was as correct as that of the Right HMI. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Canning). As to the Mayor of 'Liverpool, he had no personal ac quaintance with hint ; but he thought that he had given proofs of a wish to pre:vent the communi cations of the people with the House. General GASI4bIGNE stated, that as far as be knew of the . Mantes affixed to the petition, t.l - ey,, were respectable.- It was not astonishing, hoky H ever, that 14,000 out of a population of 120,000; inhabitants should differ front the majority. The, numbers who hail signed were only b$ one to leo, and he drought that in opinions the samepropot tion provailed. The petition was then ordered to lie on the table, COLD BATH FIELDs. Mr. BEN N moved for returns of the nionher of persons now its confinement in the HOose of Correction, in Cold Bath Fields, tinder the 3911 t and 40th of the King; He !het) referred to 'shat he had stated on a further Occasion, relative to the ; -persons confined for High Treason in Cold Bath Fitids'Prison. He had not received his informa:. tkill frolll the parties themselves, hot fr om 10) 0 ) 61 'city which he cou ld not doubt. had since . - sited th e ' pr i son ers,'tind-fonnd t hern'preeketi. v i tt 'he state which be had described to Or Old RViane _ _ n , e n;i've the character I.vii:elt ho teas placed in t!ie. Find B. RATHUUNT Coulphine.ltitatribt the iiresent motion had .been girth fientien", fie should hare no objec.a: ever, to itrnduce accounts of the iiamb . e r * soils stow in confineinent in Cold 11 3 t 13 ,' There were several I .unaiics aitinao ts %tootl in it d fferent situation. 'll4‘,' fined tinder a Statute which retilired, to take up Lunatics, or those trout 0 1 was opiweliended from stipunied too Ti.e subject : had engaged theattentt"' nient, and every pains. would ti e Latt best manner of disposing of legations of the lion. Gentlenot',; parties in Cold , B a th fi e lds, Gentleman hat! carried his catiilo.lll, stated, Since he had seen thetas wh not told him that they bad no cow The elder Evans bad heen stidileul that prison. tic now occupied ' Which communicated wit h (oar where the Hon. Member might ranged with him. On t he fiot funement that room bad been °c‘ son of the description a litided ItOrt• The next day the ke e p er told hit) that that person with him, and that he should this Evans had replied, that I decent and respectable man, tit patty, anti Kisheci him to it like the case which the 11 stated He. had also said, t i in .the foul ward, but he.wr able Member. whether lie II snore clean 'and in better et who must be confined ? 'lt Called the Infirmary, but it such at present, and preseu dation which the prison co' no other patient in the witt and all he had was a conipl Evans had also the accom often as he wished, and permission several hours own -garden, that lig tttig with the o: her pi-hinters been removed front T. , 1 Fields prison, because i idea ft,' the mother to. in the same' place, and opportunity every day. jected to his coinpani immediately, and it I for 'less aceommodatiot • Mr. I3ENNETT tVg! stated. lie littd ticv All that he isa4 s,ti+l with *it Corlittioll litit wiser the he isad seen he let proper tet cowl tpersons : l r .)a% t • k t ‘i l . l : s i ju i lt :e: ll3 l .d k "Man 11t t pronounced it in, cased 'of high trt. 'the ATTORNEY EVIIIIS COlllllll4iii, declared that if 1 with leis father, that as heeotild io.the next best 311.ese were his Aftera - few 4 C. IV.. Altiv sr NE 1,0111 BINS! mule confined sPited, that t' be inquired in Sir e. .bua the, kind to w bronglit belt) eeetting_ was into the fact House trust reports of c appeared ti Oily, and I allowed to' fined in thi These pen to commo inUnicate but with really tva , She l'CrOio' be equall continual jail, us ( t Lerefori ideation reason fin tine' Mr. Mr. which the,•Eli so - car as it ,whost :think Flom latet! lion Hoe that tali' Pte ou 'H 111 t 1