The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-02-14 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY-1& nig.

PO 01 L-MPIN__.—A ov PERSON 11. a% if IV a trill,'
reaped ItCTA I L TRADF. to MSPOSE OF is
the hhGee LIN& way hear of a Parcitaie‘r, who bee iw
Mane %hairy at wwwwwirwl.
id* Plating fall particular.) Its
A . Z. at Ar. N 0.60, 111.srkfrar-row.i, will be
dilly attrmli'j ..
THE NEXT of KIN or ~,v) of JOHN
-111. BA BTISTA, belorariox to the liferelaint Ship
IdalOase (C•01.111ebba), &resoled) by appiyint to %lr. Owes.
N.) kfien, yard, Derma Comimoiss, sway bear of sonntbiseg
to their advaidage.

/sown and AmWove 't
tiPP FAIT LOU- to"lieu-1•IOUSE
MONS, for the Restoration to the Public
of a FREE TRADE IN BEER, and to the V
Protection and Governissent of LA Ws, iusiemi
of I sistividoshylies for Mgriatore at
Mr. Bullock's, Mamma, Picesililly,
Mr. Warren's, Steatitic Manufactory, 30, SI raud,
Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand,
Mr. kichardsoses. Royal Exelisace,
Ile. Tomes, Furuiture Warehouse, 712, Whilcchapel-
rood,
Mr. Parke's, Ditto, near the Obelisk, Borough,
Mr. Hughes's, Bookseller, 3S, Lrohrate-hill,
Mr. Dixon.,' trunk-maker, 237, High Holborn.
The Committee b-g leave to state, that all the Expenses
which have attended the Meetings, Advertisements. &c. se-
emsary to forward the above puhhe object, have keen de-
frayed by its original Promoter, B. Beaumont, R.q ; brit
on a subject of universal mum, which so immediately
* interests of the Labrioriag Poor, and which
kr 01Spirtant to the whole body of V&Cluall4fl, who
.ilesies sopiset 'their Was so an ludependeut sod re-
spoetabli they smile stallisr all the Expetorn to be
=isle .ID.peseeste thetrailsiect to a
11111160060111110 iblisteSitare sot believed to be
Ss dsfesy sea Ds eiVia small flabseriptior
ildest=tl,l foe which peeress WIMP are opened at the
shove plan.
H. SCRULTES, Hon. Secretary.

jrct ui Copy-Ritlitt,• which .1,10.1 for the tide
to TueNsfes3, the 3.1 Aborth.

Mr. W. AVYNN m4l(. lie 1,41 pus 111,1, 1,410 :I Pr..
tititos, %%latch he tilt it to he i i. duly to prePPiit,
although lie could by no ineaini.inomit tlinirayer
or it. It Pet forth, that tke Petit' iiii rr, the tier.
James listlineo, wie. perpetual Comte of Sendai:re.
in the comity of Derbt.--;iiiil that lib al•io field
living. in E-sez and Ije W 11.4 a rrer-
boliler or the cowmen; of Derby, Nottingham, aml
1. •iet.oirrilllll. MI it would he t silemivelolent
for him, at the g geiteisl erection, to travel
7) or 80 miles to eive Isis vote.. he wits fretful that
lie 1414,01,1 home the oPliortiiiniy of rxricihing hit
frinichime. He Ilitieforts prayed, that
I glit in to enable limi, and tither

hear
they could he more easily diviistied in the Loin-
lll l tee. than on the Report or third reading. , lu
it clause which the Bill contained, certAti !dares.
toot having more thou ieli VOteht. pear excreted
from its operation—finch. for instance. at Oxford
and Cambridge. To dick lie wished to add the

City of London, where the poll was carried oh
with great regularity and celerity—insomuch, that
6,000 voters were polled in servo days.
The ameisdineist was agreed to.
Mr. Locenawr wished to call the Learned Mem-
ber'. attention to the clause, by which it was 'Pro-
vided, that, where sacra were prevented by • a riot,
from coming op and voting, the returning officer,
should have the power of adjourning tae poll to
the following day, althotigh 400 electors had not
polled, which, if it happened under
,ordinary cir-
cumstances, on the second
.day, would, by the
words of the Act, terminate the poll.. From this
it appeared, that if the riot happeued di, the oil
day, the returning officer might, adjourn the 11011
till the 3d—from that to the 4th (if the riots con-
tinued)—and so oil, indefinitely. Now a person,
who stood as candidate, and who was not able, by
the second day, to bring up a sufficient number of
sisters to authorise the returning officer to continue
the poll, might himself, for the purpose of gaining
time, employ his friends in creating a riot, .and
thus procure an extension of time, for the purpose
of mustering those Who were in his favout. This
clatsie was also ohjectionable in another point. It
did not specify the place in which the riot should
he committed, in order to warrant the adjourn-
Picot. A riot might be committed ii, a. part very
remote from the place where the poll was going oil,
and yet, as the clause now stood, that eirrhinstance
could be pleaded as a reason for adjourning the
poll. He hail no remedy to propose—but wished
to call the Learned Gentleman's ottentiou to there
points.
Mr. W. WYNN said, that in this, es well as in
some other cases, the discretion of the Returning
Officer must he exercised. His conduct would
afterwarde be subject to the examinatton of a Com-
mittee of the House of Commons, if it were eon-
eeived to be necessary to complain of it. if he
*eve found to have acted partially or
,tpuproperly, -
his *eve
woad, of course, be ,visited ,y the
severe censure of the Houses
Mr. LOCKHART mid, the only remedy to meet the
evil he alluded to, would be, where the poll was to
adjourned, and re-opened, trot to admit any persons
to vote, who would not swear that they had been
prebented, by riot, from attending sooner.
Lord LasceLLes objected to tlsat part bf the
Bill, which threw teethe comity, instead of on the
Candulater,t he expense of erecting the hustings, &c.
Mr. W. WYNN said, the mob were in the habit
of seizing on the busting, whit's, in fact, was the
reason of the expense--Lbecause, if the materiels
were left untouched, they would fetch elsoost as
much as they originally cost, and the reinitiating
charge *mild be trifling. •
Lord LAScEI.I.Bi observed, that, its such a county
as York, the number of booth, to 1w twirled, in
conformity with the provisions of this Bill, would
p►eexirnvagatttly exprosiee.
• Mr. W. %Vvxm said it was necessary, in so large
a county, to multiply the slumber of poll-booths.
Hy the esisiing system, floe poll ran dry iu one
quarter, while it overflowed ist another: At pre-
Gent there were generally fifteen poll-booths, and
he conceived the number ought to be doubled.
Lord Isscs:t.tes wail of Nastiest it would be bet-
ter to leave this puiut to the discretion of the Re-
torting 1/Nicer.
Mr. W. Wtnit avid, the clause would save con.
saleable expense. It was Most unfair, iss es4es
where no isidivsittisel had almost the whole of the
votes of e county, that lie ,Itould, Iseeatpue nee or
two persons demanded a poll, lie put to this extra-
vagant expense.
After some further conseesation, in which 11cosrs.
sabittiv.v. BARN eTT, trot ‘VYNN, sitar Lord Lai-
cit.Les, took part, several clauses were then lorouplut
ep mid starved to, Clue Hone reimineul, awl the Re-
port was ordered to be received nu NI lily.
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
Mr. ()Atm GUJARAT ion...voted a Petition from
the Preatilent and Members of the Aertettithrsi
Society, praying for a grant to promote some of the
interests Or that Inatatut .
The Petition was laid an. llbr
flu the mulitus tat Mr. Gorton si.'•aCcistossts were
(warned of the Expenditure during last year at the
Works ii I'lynsouth flock I
.1..5i0.5.
CLIMBING
Ou the motion of %l r. L;EaskiT. the Bill fur
the Itrgulat 1111 l of Chnisary ;toe. pea ass read a
second time, and ordered to be committed on
Moodiv.
beFFiiiENS WOOER THE cuttrrNsittN. OF THE
HABEAS CORI'USI ACT.
Mr. Durum rose to loWeNtPetition front

Joseph of Liverpool. complaining of the
.otterings he eiolused unele► the Suspensiou of thsi
!Libras Quoins% Act. ,Ttlis I •ctitioiter, who was pro-
nounced by.the Soliiitori.tieuend as istiwortlayisf
belief, sass looked open iu (pine a thifereut mart.
int bt• whet«, who thooplit his CAGE to be doe cif
cutiatilerable iiiiireriug. lie had, accoiclitig to the
stateineut iii his Pe•titiuri. suffered peculiar hard.
ship. aispetiolderl 111 the nu igtssul outrage of his int-
preachment. He therefihe hoped that the House
would not pass sit Act of Intlenteitty to Ministers to
►Creert them lino► the Inift thrt• hod eormoitted.
This Petition woe brought tip.
• The C►tsact.t.t.oa tit the ExcHrQuEtt wished
to know whether the llou. Grid. had lead ►t, and
could vouch for the propriety of the outliner in
which'it wait drawl') of. ? Ile merely put the toes-
of the Holt. Gentleman's wishing

. dew ndlhing improper in the ar-
tbe.vorstents of the Petitiou.
4 to lie on the walk.
t presented a Petition from another
from Mr. Thrums Evan!, of New,
_ I contained a reeapitti)atiott of all
trirwring* endured try list Petitioner, and ex-
pre ed. •trung sit the contradietiob
givris to.soine of sloe statententi !previously mode
by the tsliii4:lB he now ipticred to prove
at the bar. .

This Petition was ordered to lie on the table.
• Sit 51. MI:MIA took this inivottunity or express-
ing his dissent (ruin the observatini mode by the
Right Hon. Gentledian opposite. 11 it Petition
were lit to he use the table, he iippreltesidtd it wail
fit to be printed, mid that oil - Member boil a right
to dill for the printing of ally Petition which the
House thought fit to receive.
Mr. Wv Ns could not give hilt went to this doe-
tiiiie. . A Petition was, in fact, to be considered as.
Daly.' press-Med. in the first instance, For the use of
the Mettibers, and the House tiers to exercise tbeie
own ()Minim on each individual case.—( Hear)
Lord 14.1LICSTONE said, it would lake more orpi-
ment than lie hall yet lewd to ctinvitice hini that to
Metuher had not a right to have any Petition printed,
which hail been laid on the table. The object or
printing a Petilidh was to pot Members in posses-
sion of its contents. 'nits used to he done formerly
on the Votes in full, hitt stow that practice had been
discontinued. They were now only rend at the
table, and unless every Member wile up in sue..
cession to the table, and read each Petition that
was laid there, he trould not be expected to know
the subjei:t matter urged by a Petitioner. It now
appeared that it was a mutter of indulgence to have
• Petition printed. This would indeed entail
great grievance upon the people, whose servants
mid representatives that House may be said to be.
and he hoped they would never concur in the prin-
ciple they laid down *gaunt their constituents:.
The Petition was then ordered to be printed:
Mt. BEN x Err presented a Petition from Was.
Ogden, a person 74 yeari of sge, who had also
suffered arbitrary imprisonment. fie hail been
treated with the greatest crbelty, loaded with ma-
nacles, 30 lbs. weight, *filth sprained oaa of Isis
hoods, 81111 hr was 13 hours in this state without re-
ceiving any assistance; lie ultimately lost the use of '-
his hand, alid, has discharged after nine monthsite=
%hail confinehient, though he bad never committed
the slights at offence against the laws df hii country.
He further stated, that, by a double marriage, lie
was the father of 17 children, some of whosti were
dependant upon hieli (or Support.

Mr. BENNETT desired this Petition to be read in

full, and not iss a short manner, as it contained an
allegation or mOit tinsfarrautable torture.
The Petition was read and loid on the tisble, and
also a bimilar nue from Win. Elentsow.

ssitensiiiPirlitsintiot:
I:hilb
l:ye,
it rise r rsci.iillteuillitsrjwil:Terieltlarudei,owl:irse‘eilil
that be lived ntilser tinder the dominion of the Dry
of Algiers than under a govern:omit of law. He
hoped it would riot !mini the table, but heroine the
subject of inquiry at a Future period. This Peti-
tion was front John Stewart, a weaver at Glasgow,
who had been arrested there on the 33d February.
and kept in iiiilioary confinement for seven weeks
and three slays, wills *easily, and sometimes au rood.
anti (011 an allowance of dr. per week, half of oltich
**grist for furl.
The Petitiosi Willi laid on the table.
It EFoR H.
The worthy Baronet presented another Petition
front certain inhabitants of ilie parish of St. (*mgr.
Ilatiover-liquure, ',raying fur a Reform sit Par-
hutment.
The Petition set forth that nothing but a Ile.
f in Parliament vanish *sive the country front
the bad effects of a weak olud contemptible Admi-
nistration. who bad suspended the Constituf of
their eiiuntry. That that iiimiouralde fiLitse slid
not repieseist the people. At the concluaion, the
Pentioneis declared, that if a Reform m Partly-
meld were not acceded to, they would refuse shay-
is% taxes.—(Near, hear.)
Ott the question that the Petition be brought up,
Lord CASCI.EitEAGII said, that here was no cosi-
ititestiomti argument for asset-nog a voinaitistional
privilege, hut, on the contrary, a &fret notification
Of Irt.iatitiiee to the Stan, and a refusal to pay
taxes.—(Hew. hear.)— e would therefore mine
that this Petition he rep-died.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir F. BURDETT revised, that the language of
the Petition did not necessarily imply any ot:ier
than a legal resistance to a system of nolorepream-
tatiosi.--;(Hear, /real.)
Lord CASTLEREA DR read the words of the Peti-
tion, which wrre....` That if the I louse dui not take
the question of Reform into it. most serious eon-
*Memnon, they would most certainly resist paying
taxes."—(Hear, hear.)
The Petition was rejected a ithout a ditri,ion,
though the gallery was afoul to he cleared fur the
purpose.
Sir F. BURDETT ',resel4l three Petitions front
Bath, fur Pirlimurntairy Reform, on the prins.iple

MESSRS. BARCLAY. PERKINS, and I for him, at thr rill l. genre sl t tretion. to travel Thim 'toil., ~,, w
CO. Iwor leave to inform the Nish!, that the sransia- 70 Of SO 0111614 to e,tve 1118 vole. he was fearful that . Tiw cif 4ii c Li.
loss Repast of a 46111""villig hee° wade by the Officers he should lose the opportiessisiy of exociaing Isis to know %%bolter
of Excise aPli 'hely Premises, is 1°4411Y Flikle, alla wilkuilt elective franchise. He t lets eke* waived, that 4
the slightest (*medalist's ; and that there neither is. mar has could vouch for
other w
Bill should he I gist in to enable hest,, and other w 44 ,1„„„,
bees, any FAchoopirr !Proems, or Information of any howl
or WO whittseesser, Uhl against their House before the Board lwrsa" littotbellY situated, to vote by otlidobit.— It lst the event c
of F.xeise. (A /wag's.) it to lie !mated.
Southwark, 1146.11., ISIS. The,Priiiittm wee rend, and Pair! op ti* tablets •• Mr.. 411Oltee*TT
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• • , .. ELECTION LAWS ANIENDSIttiT BILL . rottuasueirt of OK
ANTII4IONOPOL% CO:11)ICITEE. On the eirealieemi Mr. W. %I' T•ts m. Um &reties, is ordered
. .
, ..• • • howl and A'aidsee Tavern, Stsaad. . liapw•Ammoimingssll4 mem te-ttomunitted.
HE E PFOITIO,I- to "rite-110 U$ E ur c(),bl- Mr. BF:NtiliTt
- fit the Committee, the Learned Member rat- ficti.,., it
was fi
.111. MONS. for the Rratoration to the Katlic of she Right Dressed it wish that any Gentleman who had mite-
of. a FREE TRADE IN BEER, nod to the Virtsiatter the • . ' .• , . . • . , castle-street. !lint
Protection anti Government of LA trs, tuateml of the WILLS kations to propose *Onto tistrmince Mein Hien? . Its
the stsfferiosnt rem'.
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