The National Register.
London, England, 1814-12-04 00:00:00

THR NATIONAL REGISTER.

TUESDAY.

Sir-J. Newport nmved for Copies of all Addresses from Orange
rtit:es to the Irish Secretary of State.,---Ordered.
Mclennan C. SMITH moved for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal
the Acts in force relative to the Assize of Bread in London, and
within ten miles thereof.—lie stated his object to be, in the lust
place, to prevent the adulteration of the flour and meal used in
making bread, and also, to render bakers mote generally liable to
punishment for selling bread short of weight. At present an in-
quest could not convict without siezing the whole contents of a
shop ; thus the baker's who supplied the chandler's shops, at which
so gi eat a portion of the lower orders were the purchasers, might
daily send out bread short of weight to such shops, in ..!very dices
tion, and escape any material penalty ; it being impossible to de-
tect them in (Ilk nefarious practice through all their comiectim:s.
There was also no positive law resPecting the sale of alum. He
wished to have the Bill referred to a special Committee.—Leave
was given, and the Bill was afterwards brought in, and read a first
time.—Adjourned.

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WEDNVIDAY.

There not being Members JUnieklit to form a House, an adjourn-
ment of muse took place.

DI cEmnrn 1, 1914.

Mr. St Its r ANT sr int veil ir,r alt turn of the number of Prisoners
confined fur 11, in in the King', 13clith Prison, on the 10th July, 1811,
1813, sind 1814, and ti►ose iit custody on the 14 Dec. 1814. His
object in mos in 4 %sus, atter the recns, to propose some alteration in the
lis for their relivf, so as to give souse security to the tradesman. At
time thne.the 13111 p,:ssed he was strongly impressed with the conviction
that it was injurious to trade. In purposing to make tin alterutiou he
should take care to distinguish the real unfortunate debtor from the
fraudulent one.

Mr. L&KU tRT was so convinced of the importance of the subject;
that it was his intention to submit a nrAion lot amending the. Ipbolvent
Act very early alter the recess.
Jr. Ho nwcn was convinced (he Act had done much good by destroy-
ing that indiscreet credit which tradesmen were too ►ouch accustomed

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to give : those creditors now suffeled the con3equencea of Own
indi,cretion, and imputed to the Act I,ihat was the t.ect of their own
lily. He had no doubt that in the end it would be found a salutary
measure.—The motion was agreed to.

Mr. lions en, in a speech of considerable length, made his promised
motion for papers relative to the conduct of our naval affairs on the
Lakes of Canada ; the Hun. and learned Gentleman charged Alimsters
with gross incapacity in the management of that service, and contended
that the great objects of the •war had been sacrificed by. their neglect.
THE CHANCELLOR OP TnE EXCHEQUER said, he had no desire to
oppose the motion. The best answer to the Hun. Member's speech
would, he conceived, be found in the production of the information he
dAired. He could give him sufficient information, and set hint right an
various subjects; but he world rather answer him by authentic docu-
ments than by his own assertions.

Mr. HoRNEtc Mild not conceive it possible. that any Ministers who
could clear themselves, iti•on the spot, from such accusations, would be
content to shuffle elf their defence for three months longer. The times
w!,e now gone, and those Ministers were lost, why Set a high value on
the House of Commons, and pridtd themselves on displaying their ta.
lents there.

Mr. BATHURST said, if the menvires of the present Adodoistratinn
were not described with the Fame eloquence as the measures 4 for,uer
Adosinistr:;ious, yet he coneeivoi that, in the present nit. they
had as touch right as any other, to csk from the fairness and eundola of
the Howe, that the bare Jtatetuu t of the Learned Condleman should
wit be taken as proof against thew.
After a discussion of considerable length, in which there was much
asperity and personal remark on both sides of the Noose, path:lloly
between "Ir. ‘Vellesley Pule and Mr. Whitbread; the papers moved
fur were granted.
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T:IE Cif NCET LOR OF TOE EXCIIFQTTER moved the adjournment of
the House till the 9th of Februsiy ; tbo motion was strongly opposed
by Air. Ticritev, Mr. Abercrtanhy, Mr. Ponsonby, Sir J. Newport, Mr.
J Grant,. Sir G. fleatlicote, and Mr. Whitbread, and supported by
the Cll:iiieellor U the Exchequer, Mr. Marryatt, and Mr. Bathurst.--
A dis-kii,n then took Wuce—fur the adjournment; SG; against it, .23.
111:jutity, 63.

PROVINCIALS.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR NOVEMBER.

The Wheat sawing being finished early in the month, the Operations
in husbandry hive brut I rincipally directed throng!' the• latter part to
giving fresh tdlhs to the land intended for Spring Corn, and breaking
up the eddishes for thinext year's fallow. In►-several districts we rveret
to state, that even this is not carried on with the same cultivating spirit,
that marked the husbandry of past times, when the produce proved a
compensution for the rent and labour of the soil. The IGrward
young Wheats continue their promising appearance, evidently benefited.
by the check they received fron► the few sharp frosts. The Turnips
stand well, but the Coleseed, whether for crop or feed, has far from,
so healthy an appearance. Potatoes have proved, in most parts, very
productive. Hay keeps a steady price in the Louden markets, but iii
several distant counties it has advanced considerably, fron► the great
expenditure on stock of the former year's crop. Saiithfiehi has hail
large supplies of Beef and Mutton on lower terms. Veal and House
Lamb fttch. more money, and every thiog of the Pig kind is de;iler.
The open growing weather hes given a turn in favour of Lean Stoekt
particularly in well-bred Beasts. Store Sheep ale likewise in dema►►d
at high prices. Horses of figure, fur the livid or road, sell high, but
D aught Cattle are lowtr, from the diminution of the number now ea-
ployett in tillage. The wool market ;,s brisk, particularly for Waal;
fleeces, the prime of which fetch 70s. per tud.

The following melancholy accident happened at Luxillian a few
days Niue(' :--Mrs. Robarts, an aged WOllllll of that parish, was mi-
serably burnt to death, in consequence of her clothes taking
tire by carrying a candle under her apron. She survived only a tew
hours.
Ou Saturday last, as John Piscoe, a sawyer, was assisting in rais-
ing the pump-rods from one of the engine shafts at Pembroke
mine
in St. Ansrell, the iron bar with which he wrought suddenly snapped,
and the windlass, in consequence thereof, turning round with great
velocity, forced the other liar against his head, and fractured his
skull in so dreadffil a manner, that he expired iu about two bonus.
He has left a wire and four children.