The National Register.
London, England, 1819-02-14 00:00:00

FRIDAY.

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The House was summoned to the 'louse of Peers, to hear Or
Royal Assent given to the Westminster Hustings Bill, aad the il,il
for the future (.arc of his Maje,ty's Person.
Mr. MAN.fril/ELD presented a Petition from certain 31anufact o-
re!" of Leiceitershire, complaining of the hardships they at present
labour under, en account of the want of employment in the wtxdry.-
manufactories ; and also from the Frame-work.knittem The Peti-
tioners also complained of the introduction of a spurious article, by
certain persons, into the manufacture of the articles in qmitioa ; by
which the value of their commodity generally was very much dc:( -
riorated. The Hon. Gentleman stated, that the patience with whit h
the persons employed in the manufactories at Leicester had b.,rre
the hardships to which they had been subjected, was deserving of tl!e
most serious consideration of the House ; and he now wished carat*,
that, should this Petition row be allowed to lie on the table. he
' thoithl, on an early day, move, that ii be referred to the consideration
of
ee.
;f FA Cr. MXle itt
seconded the motion for the Petition being received ;
and observed, when the motion fur referring the Petition to a Com-
mittee should be brought forward, he should have an opportunity of
stating his opinion more at large. The Petition was then orticrul to
iie on the table.
Mr. CvitwEs: presented a Petition from Workington, praying a
revision of the Poor Laws.
A new Writ was moved for the County of Tipperary, in il..s
room of Lord Celli?. now Elul of Glengall.
Mr. ISE.ZIN ET brought in a Bill to regulate the mode of Sweep-
ing Cliiintiies. and 0 prevent the future employment of -Climbing
Boys. Read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Mon-
day.—Aatjutinsed.

BOSTON SESSIONS.

APPF
AT. SY TIRE PARISH OT SPALDING AGAINST AN oNnI.S.
KEMOYAL Or THREE CHILDREN PROM THE TARIIt
set:tut:ex.
This case hail very singular features. John Former, the
legal father of the children, proved, what was lint disputed,
Ins having gained a settlement in Spalding ; and further de-
posed, that the reputed mother of these children, Prudence
Forman (whose maiden name was Sharp), was his wife ; that
lie sold her, shout 17 years ago, to a man of the name of J.
Holmes, for fire /pineal (a tolsold beerable prime for such a COSI'
lucidity ; but perhaps wives tter then than they do
now l) and that he had not since cohabited with her, or
hardly seen her. The three children were all in Court ; the
eldest was little more than 12 years of age. Authenticated
registers of hal:distil of these children were produced ; from
it appeared, that they had been hubtised by dale' eat
names ; the eldest, At Bestou Church, a the son et Joseph
and Prudence Holmes, aiial Forman ;s • the secouskat the
saute Church, as the son of Prudence Forman ; aud the
third, at Skirheck Church, as the son of Joseph and Pt ndence
Holmes. Evidence was adduced of these children living
with, and being considered from their infancy, as the chil-
dren of the said Prudence Forman ; and of their also living
with, and frequently being called. liolinev, as well as their
being milled Sharp. These (without ;dog formally into the
evidence) were the leading facts of the case ; and
Mr. Carter, of Spalding, who appeared fur the appellants,
insisted, that Furman having sold his wife, and ceased to
have intercourse with her, lung antecedent to the birth of
any of these children, coupled with the other circumstances
of the case, there entild be tto pretence for considering them
has his children ; but that they must rather he takem to tie
the children of Holmes, the purchaser of the wife, by wheat
crime they were babtiseil and frequently went. The Learned
Advocate, dough lie talked of calling evidence that would
very much ttreagfisett the case, concluded ny saying, that he
felt it siilticidely strung without doing. so ; and, therefore
would nut take up the time of the Court by calling any.
On the part of the respondents, the Outer Mr. Hallway.
appeared, and ably argued their case. He quoted from
Btackstone, from oilier established authorities, and from the-
dicta IX Judges in cases that had come before thein, to skew
that ehildreit been in wedlock must be taken to be those of
their legal ',Arent., unless cirennuaances could be shewu that
rendered that impossible to he the case ; that the law pre-
sumes access bi t ween 'flatland wife ; that the sale of the wile
by the husband was a scandalous action, and detiimental to
the OlOtiliS of Society, and could not be set up as a bar against
the childrens' right of settlement; and that it would be
111011411•011,6 to admit of a huslistrid's cowing &Fmk: d to bastard'
lee the ism's, of his own wife.
Order of removal confirmed.

At the Derby Sessions, Elisabeth Wood, convicted of
being the mother ut mix bacind children, was ordered to
the 114)114C of Correction, to NO labour for twelve months.
HORRIBLE DeisnAvlTY.—The following paragrapl!, from
a lath Paper, refrrs to atrocities. the recital of winch, a. it'
is truly reitiall.ed, must ntakt• liontia&ty shudder:—" A
monster, in female shape, ha:, been committed, for want of
bail. to answer an intlictineut, charging her with keeping a
Inoiltel of the %v.' st description. 'rids Norman condi, in a
uit.tge, situate in a gardoo, in the Parish of Wideombe,
nearly opposite the South PJIMIC Fern whets 3o.eral hoary
li».itled w retches ii,ttc been iii time habit of bikini female
children ut tender 3 cat. fur the roost diabolical practices !
i'his iniquity owes its diseot•ery to the parent. of two of
the cltildrcu arriing to Ih Magistrate forrctitc.s."