The National Register.
London, England, 1818-03-16 00:00:00

BOARD OF LONGITUDE BILL.

Mr. CROIBR moved the second reading of the Board of
Lon;ititde Bill, which was read a second time, and ordered
to be committed on bloudity. Adjourned.

FRIDAY._

A Petition was received from the University of Word, on the
subject of the tithe? bill.
rooft LAWS.

Mr. S.- Bouswn moved the second reading of the Poor Laws Pa-
rish Justigies' Bill, and the Poor laws' amendment Bill which were
read a Silt and second time. committed, and the reports orderedfor
the nth of April.
The leather Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a
second time on the tith of April.
Sir F. BURDETT presented a Petition from llolbeach, praying
for a radical reformrand universal s-uffinge, by ballot.
Mr. W. SMITH presented a Petition from King's Lynn, praying
against indemnity to Ministers
hie Tithe Laws' amendment Biff was ordered to be read a-second
time on Monday.
EASTER- RECESS.

In answer to a question from Coed A. HAMILTON.
Lord CAvvr.uncautt observed. (as we understood,) that it teas
intended to propose an adjournment un Thursday neat.

PORTER BREWERS.

On the resumption of the debate on the Petition respecting Porter
Brewers.
Mr. C. CALVEIT said, that he was prepared with statemeqts suffi-
cient to refute all the charges which had been made against the Lon-
don brewers. It was not,. however, his intention to trespass on the
time of:the House at any length, particularly if the house should
feel inclined to refer the Petition presented to them to *Committee.
This Petition contained serious and grave charges against the brew-
ers, such as that they were in the constant habit of making and sell-
ing to the public a pernicioutibeverage. He did nut with:to go into the
subject farther. if any Gentleman would move, or give notice of a
Motions or a Committee.
Mr. LoaCitsear said,. he had pledged himself to nothing,.but
that he had thought it his duty to present the Petition.
Mr. W.:Sorra had inquired, into this Abject, and thought, if!
the lion. Member who presented. the Petition moved for a Coin .
mittee. it would.be wise to agree to it. lie did not, nevertheless,
see thatany case was made out to put the brewers on their defence
bet additional evidence might be proper in a Committee, if it could
given. The whole charges against the great brewers wore
it ;dui-
terataes and monopoly. But was urged that, to show the effects of
monopoly% quality and price should be considered together. The
Petition dud not prose the points as to quality. Thu charge as to
adulteration must be in most respects absurd. Everyone knew that
the laws on this subject were too severe to render it even worth while
for a great brewer to violate them. Betides, they could not do it,
without its having publicity; the servants employedaaad the neigh-
bours, must know at. How must such a pracuce be with his lion.
Friend's brewery, wherein 500,000 biamelt a year were brewed. The
accusation was =probable and absurd, the hearing of it contained a
refutation of it. tie should not urge the appointment of a Committee,
unless the Petitioners desired it.
Mr. CaLvsar felt it. necessary to refute some parts of a Petition
so scandalous in its statements. but he would.take up as little time as
possible. The charges were of monopoly. of die use of deleterious ar-
ticles, and of advance of the price at beer vutjantly. It appeared to
him that little or nothing need be taid• on the charge of monopoly.—
lie might refer Members to die Report of the Committee. They
might, by examining the circumstances, see that the Motion wait
ridiculous. Nothing linfrillere unfoundedahan what Ms. Beaumont
had said about the capriciousness and. wancoonets of the brewers re-
specting their prices. In Igoe, good gnetads existed for what they
did, its the Chancellor of the Exchequer had informed them of his
intentions to increase the duties. There was a great increase by the
War I Bity on malt, which was disadvantageous to the brewer. The
price was lowered when the War Duties ceased, which made the
ditletnce of this. la would be too tedious to the house if he were to
go through iteins. L.uokinc' back as Air as 002, it would he found
that the price of malt was 12s. 6d. and of loops, aos.; but they had
risen to bits. odd,. and to lb guineas. In ceintraulictMn to what was as-
semi% he could say, that for two years after cot), the brewers. in.
9f making urediss were loosing part of their capital. As to the
mss of deleterious articles, his ousted he had uo necessity of saying in
that ;louse that the Brewers wen, not. is the habit of using than, as
it was charged, day by day. Au adielawc was male by a.proprietor
of a large brewery, deny mg this stateniena, and which was farther
•Itrengthened ly the affidavit of the person himself who was die ac-
'tual brewer. Me Petition had heed kawittal about the streets for
i.gnatures. Ile earnestly hoped that a Connitittce would 1w appointed
:u inquire fully into all the circumatancesconnecuol with this sohjiet,
in order that it might be seen how little credit ways due to the differ-
eat statements of the Petition now before them, and that Mr. Beau-
mont might Le exhibited in hit proper colours. as a disappointed Ma-
e:stride, who had failed in his object of exercising the commission fhr
1.. s own private ends.
N! r. Loom/due said he knew nothing of Mr.iteauniont, and eon.
salt:en:lv could say hub: as to the motives that might possibly have
prompted hint to take an active part in this butinets. lie had
the petition biota' by l.k,tsio intlivithuds, and purporting to convey
tkeli and when desired to present it to that house. he
thought it hi:: duty hi pit sent it. 'ln afford opporttniny of weethig
the t.th.wations of Bit petition, he rhould move that it should be re-
f'errt il to a coratnittee.
Mr. I .00KHAUT thin nithdrew hi original utot;on, and moved
that the petition be =Cat lto a select eonai,itt....e. The petition WiLs
accordingly referred.
S f..saturs:t. 119 MIL premr.tol a rentiort final Itobot Swinton.
in d., town of Cheater. comploiaicg of Larti. am: cruel tteutinent,
uni.re the suEren: ion of the Ii aliens reirpus.
A vari;ti of account:. were moved fot, mspec:ing the transport-

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anon of convicts to New south Wales, of the number of thou who
died on their passage, ut the number discharged for the last three
years from the hulks distinguishing. the numbers fur each year, also
uf.thuse whose punishment hat exparltti, and of those who had been
pant uned.
The Gremiand fishery oaths' Bill went through a committee.
INDEMNITY DILL
The ArroaNtr GF.NVItAI. then mond that the Indemnity Bill
should be read a third time.

Sir JOHN titavroa•r then rose and stated the amendment which
he intended to propose in the preamble of the hill. lie thought
that nothing could be more fair than that the public purse should pay
fur the public protection. The first amendment he should move %U.
" That damages sustained by individuals be paid out of the public
puree." The second amendment lie should extend to eases of undue
or excessive rigour or severity in apprehending, imprisoning, or de-
taMing persons.' If Ministers should not übject to those amend-
ment+, should say nothing further of thous tiM the Bill was read a
third time ;„ but if they did object, he would moire ghat the'llill be
recommitted.

It being understood that Ministers did not agree, Sir John Newport
wooed that the Bill be recommitted.

The S:EAKLR felt some difficailty as to form. There was no
precedent of a Ito sum to have .a.llill recoenzitted on the question of
the third reading.
After some conversation un-the subject between Sir John Newport
and Sir William lihrrunglis, it was agreed to postpone the amend-
ments till after the third reading:
Sir It, lIKKOS could not omit the opportunity of expressing his
decided opposition to the Hill. and to the system with which itwas
connected. So much was he attached to the constitution of the
.country, and so much did tie admiteits strength and excellence, that
he could not believe that it was neemary, to suspend it. The peeple
of England- would know, when a dissolution took plate, how to
' estimate the conduct of Ministers.
_ _ _

The !Louie then divided—.Borthe3ii reading b2—Against it 23
Mrtjority 69.
Sir John 'NEWPORT rose, to move for leave to bring up a clause,
providiog that the inderunity granted by the bill was not to be con-
,strued as extending to those who had exercise-4 any unnecessary
'cruelty or severity in the apprehension or detention of persons tinder
the act for suspendingthe Habeas Corpus.
The ATT coa HAI. opposed iu rreepainn. on the ground
that it was quite unnecessary for the purpose of declaring the true
construction of the bill. The law had already secured to indivi-
duals the right of seeking redress and compensation for any unneces•
sary rigour or excess of severity which they
.might have experienced.
Mr. P. MoonE. considered the bill, in its preicnt shape, as
‘indemnifying every kind of enormity, and as excluding redress for
every kind'of private injury.
slr. W. SMITH wished to• know whether, under this bill. the
persons guilty of the cruelty could be indicted? Were a pause if
a few moments irecurred:) Us understood then, from the Attorney
General's manner, that Nadia,. if indicted, could not plead this bill
bar of the prosecution. lie hoped this public acknowledgment
would go far to effect the end which the amendment had ip view,
but at the same time he would nut receive this admission as a
substitute for the clause.

' Lord Castlereagh and Mr. B: Bathurst opposed the amendment.
Mr. LY TT ELTON, observed, that the proposed amendment was
extremely simple and could only operate to render Use principle of
the Bill more plain and indubitable.
Sir Ittnnilly spoke in. forint of the amendment, and the Soli-
citor General against it.-
bfr. linouoitaat midi. it the lion. and Learned Gentlemen on
the opposite side were sincere ;. if they did nut mean to justify and
so indemnify all acts of persecution and cruelty, they could- have no
objection to add the word " unnecessary," particularly in an act
whieh was not drawn with all the conciseness of which they boasted,.
and whish they might have employed on the occasion.
Mr. W. Wrists thought that a clause, such as that prop° -,ed by
the lion. Baronet, might throw ft doubt on other acts of the same
description, though nut on this. There could, however, be no in-
convenience in inserting the words necessary."
The Motion of the Hun. Baronet was then withdrawn.
Sir W. 114;11ROUntiti. atter reminding the House that the en-
acting clause proposed an indemnity for any acts whatever done
under the suspension, proposed a clause to prevent its including
oases wirte those acts were done maliciously and without probable

AVEORMEE GENERAL said, that if the Hon. Bart. wished
for the adoption of this clause, his best course would be to vote
against the passing of the Bill, because the whole object and inten-
tion of the Bat would be frustrated if that clause were inserted.

On the question being put whether the preamble should stand,
Mr. Bustaouous moved to omit the words in the preamble,.
stating the necessity of concealing the sources trons which informa-
tion had been derived which led to the discovery of traitorous de-
signs..
On the question being put, it was negatived.
Sir J. NEWPORT then made his motion fur adding to the Bill a
clause, to satisfy out of the
.public revenue any damages or costs
that should be found by a jury to have been incurred by pertains
aggrieved under the operation or the late act.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, the object of the Bill was to
prevent the disclosure of the sources from which informative had
been derived • but this clause,. by giving damages to those who had
been informed against, would compel an inquiry into the merits of
the information, so that the courts must either inquire contrary to the
spirit of the Bill, or give damages blindly, witnout uny inquiry at all
as to the extent to which they had been sustained. if this clause
ware adopted, the whole Bill musebe shared.
Mr. W. SNIT! supported the amendment, which was then put,
and negatived without a division.
Me. Basatrussoao proposed an intendmer.r, that the words " which
may have been nteissary. should be inserted tier the words, on
aceousat of any act, matter, or thing, Ate. and beture the words, " fur
apprehending.. cormeitling, imprisoning, and detaining in coi.
tody,
The ATTOMINEY GENERAL objected to this amendment as :-.u•
perthious.
Mr. 'l' traNEY avid, that the lion. and Learned Gentleman who
opposed the amendmenton the common principles of low, to
Lave semcnibered that the present Bill was a violation of LW, il!:11,
therefore. that it ought not to be tried by such a te
me 'louse Mur the amendment, 31.—.\ gainst it, :49.—
Majority, t tn.
itasormarits rose to express his opinion filially on the Bill,.
and to enter his psetest once for all against the ni,asim...
Mr. TrEnw 6:Y woulib only say, that in every point of view he Le-
livvell the Billets be ohs et the most detestabla measures ever intro-
duced to "ornament.

After a few observatws nom Mr. W. Wii.n and Mr. P. Mnlrc,
the Bill was paned without a divitiou.—Adjuunied till .lond:.y.

The following very arguing and afeeting event took place on Sun.
day week, in the pansh china of Henley, during the note of Divine
Service :—At the time of naming the text, (Isaiah Iv. 7.) a labouring
man named House, observing that the person who sat next hiin was
drowsy, eagerly aroused his attention to the interesting and import-
ant ,p=age: hut scarcely had the Minister proceeded three minutes
in his address. when House instantaneomily sunk in his seat a lit*, less
empse ! Thig sudden and awful event was in the afternoon implored
hy the Rev. 11. Fell, Curate of the parish. in au impressive d:s. nurse
from Pow. xxvii. 1. •• Roast not thyself of tap-morrow : for thou
klrowtst not what a day tuns Ming forth."
A l'oet has appeared in gussia, to whom the Emperor has granted
a pension of .1000 roubles. about 7001. a year. I its name is
kowsk% and his work is upon the Ruins of the Kremlin. at Moscow.
lii .i field in the neighbourhood of Turin, several gold medals acre
14tei% Mot b. longing to ddliacut reigns, front 'll.a.odosins 11. to
15.145.

LFTI7:I?
FROM THE DUKE OF JAMMU) TO LORD GRANTHAM.

The Prince Regenr4 Ministers having appointed Lord
Grantham, who has no estates in the enmity, to be Lord
Lieutenant of Itedfordshite, in preference to the Duke of
Bedford. the Nubile Duke has resigned his commisltion of
Deputy Lieutenant, and addressed the following letter to
Lord Grantham:—

" Wobarn-abbey. Feb. 17.
" Mw.LonD.-.-Perceiving by the Cenwette of Saturday last, your
Lordship has been appointed Laird Lieutenant of the county of Red-
ford. I avail. myself of •the earliest eippevtiinity to.resign into
.your
Lordships hands the Commission of Deputy Lieutenant, which I
had the honour to receive twenty years ago. *in my valued and la-
mented friend. Lord Ossory. In the motives which have urged
to this step. 1 beg leave distinctly to disdains any feelings perso.ial
to your landslim t but there is a reasonable pride which forcibly ad-
monishers every upright and independent niind, when a stigma is
attempted, and unworthily, to .he Oast on a man's character, that it
is a duty which he owes to himself, to 4.lleleae our to stamld dear to •
the estimation of the virtuousand unprejudiced part of mankind.
" On the death of my grandfather, in 1;7 I, Lerch Ossory accepted
the Lieutenancy of thiS county, with an intention of resigning it when
my brother beetone of age; he held the shire, however, from that pe-
riod till the day of. his death, various causes occurring at different
times to prevent hi i reigning it, ininevessary to trouble your Lord-
ship with, but none at any tune, or in the lea .t degree, hearing as
the character or qualiitention 'Shim who he was most anNious should
succeed him in the offfie. Lord.Ossoiy more than once urged me to
relieve him from the labours of the Lieutenancy, and I now htott
truly rejoice that his rengtaition was delayed, and that his mind uas
spared the pain he wmild have experienced, in seeing me. whom Le
honoured with his friendship and esteem, proscribed by the gee. r:•
mint, and proclaimed unfit to hold the office of Lord Lieutenant of
the county.
" My ancestors, through a succession of ages, have at various Moses
filled the honourable post of King's representative in the county ; and
I will venture to affirm, that in tic one instance has the induence
arising from an extensive property.and an unsullied name been used.
but for the interest and advantage of the. county ; and whether tlie
individual wlio has now the honour. to address your Lordship has
been the first of a lung line to finfen the esteem of his Sovereign and
fellow subjects, must be left between.the Prince Regent's minis.ters
and those who will judge their conduct, to deride.
" Front the day wheh it pleased Providence to take prematurely
from this world one whose life, though unhappily short. Was one con-
tinued series of efforts to serve his connuy, and especially to promote
the welfare of the c..unty of Bedford, I have constantly resided in the
county, with the exception of the period when I was absent on the
King's service in Ireland, and when a domestic affliction compelled
me to a temporary residence on the continent, during which time I
have uniformly and earnestly endeavoured to serve the interests of
my native county. When I see an attempt matte to degrade me in
the eyes of those amongst whom 1 reside, and whom I have been
proud to consider as my friends and neighbours, if I sin warmly
sensible of the injury, your own honourable character, my Losd,
will readily justify the feeling.
" When I: returned Irons Ireland, I bad the gratifientitin to re-
ceive from my Sovereign his personal thanks, expressed in the
and must flattering terms, for the mariner in which I had exer-
cised the administration of affairs in that part of the united king-
dom. When this country was threatened with invasion by the then
powerfulnirms of France, I. raised amongst my own tenantry, die
surrounding yeomanry, and maintained, as long as the public seems
rity required it, two troops of yeomanry cavalry ; and thr this also I
had the satisthotion to receive the thanks c•f" Me Sovereign, eutictyed
i through the Lurd Lieutenant of the county,
't hese are toy cluiins, not un the favour, but on thejust
deration of the tniverninent, and I rannut charge myself with having
done a single net urforfeir those claims.
" I clan *Wier envy nor respect those feelings which, on occasierse
like these, condescend to the miserable resentment of party eemi!y,
and tom) other can I ascribe the conduct of the Prince Ittret-.0 I
Ministers.

'• Your Lord.hip will readily believe that I ran have no intention
to question the right of the Crown to nominate its or.n officers, whilst
I claim, at the same time, the privilege• belonging to every
dual, of „judging urine propriety of. its appointments, and in the elf
erviee of that privilege I feel myself reluctantly compelled to re—
sign into your Lordship's hands my commission of Deputy
tenant of the county of Itedford. I felt a pride and satisfaction is
acting under Lord Ossury in the business of the Lielte7iancy
kiteLLlllStilitAl6 are changed.
" I have the honour to be, my Lord, it.e.
(Signed) " Iik:DFOILT)."
"-The Right I ton. lord Grantham,"
". I tint I have mislaid my eoli.r:i sion amongst -ny paper;
but I have to entreat your Lordship to consider it 46 C4l4:lCelltd."'