The National Register.
London, England, 1822-12-01 00:00:00

, PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE,
HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, Not. Q.
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This day, at three o'clock, tho LORD CHANCELLOR. with
Earl BATHURST and Lord Mu Lwrims, took their State in the
House of Lords ; and, being attended by the usual officer from
ths House of Commons, declared Parliament to stand farther
prorogued to the std of January nest,

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZRTTS.

CROWN OFFICE, Nov. 90.
MEMBER returned to serve in this present PARLIAMENT.
County of Derby.—E. Mundy, Esq. in the room of E. M.
Mundy. Esq. deceased.
This (Smite notifies the appointment of H. Winstaalt7, of
Liverpool; C. Moore, of Hull; and T. Sparrow, of Wolver—
hampton. Gents., to be Masters Extraordinary in the High
Court of Chancery.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
J. Eastwood, Madras, Yorkshire, clothier, from Dec.llo to
Jan. 28.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
S. Wellburne, Sal!conies, York, grocer.
BANKlluers.
G. Stock, Aslrweek, Somerset. farmer. Solicitors, Messrs.
Adlington and Co. Bedford Row.
W. Dare, IVoking. Surrey. nurseryman. Sol. Mr. Walthew,
Wine Office Court, Fleet Street.
N. Goldstein. High Street, Bbadwell. slopaeller. Sol. Mr.
Hutchison. Crown Court, Threadneedle Street.
J. T. Grocott, Manchester, wine merchant. Sol. Mr. Kay,
Manchester.
T. Ed-garde, Gerrard Street. Soho, woollen draper. Sob.
Messrs. Sweet and Co. Basinghall Street.
T. Matthews, Ross, Herefordshire. currier. Sols. Messrs.
Bridges and Co. Red Lion Stinire.
J. J. Thompann. Bermondsey Wall, boat builder. Sols.
Mews. Jones and Co. Mincing Lane.
.1. C. Jones, Br id..morth. Salop, linen draper. Sol. Mr. May-
hew, Chancery Lane.
L. H. Martclly, Finsbury Square, merchant. Soh. Messrs.
Farren and Co. Culeilian Street.
L. Houk, Norwich, iron founder. Sols. Messrs. Longdill
and Co. Gray's Inn Square.
G. Wingfield, Worthing, innkeeper. Sol. Mr. Hicks, Gray's
Inn Square.
I. Field end Li Royston. Leeds, cloth merchants. Soli.
Meows. Robinson and Co. Essex Street, Strand.
J. Craig, High Holborn, linen draper. Sol. Mr. Mohler,
Slav Lane.
C. Gray, Upper Montague Street. Marylebone, horse dealer.
Sol. Mr. Benton. Union Street. Southwark.
C. U. Rietlunuller, Mark Lane, broker. Sol. Mr. Lewis,
'Crutchedfriars.
H. Ellis, Friston, Suffblk. farmer. Sot. Mr. Hine, Temple. ,
• J. Butler. Milk Street, Clteapside, merchant. So 3. Messrs.
Hurd and Co. Temple.
T. Kirby, Mai ket Weighton, York, common brewer. Sol.
Mr. l.ys, Lincoln's Inn.
DIVIDENDS.
Dec. 23. I. Wilson, Worksop, Nottingham, money scrivener
.--21', T. Goose, Cesium, Norfolk, cattle jobber-26, J.Parsons,
Swatfham, Norfolk, linen draper-23, A. Gooch, Norwich.
bombazine manufacturer—l 8, T. Butcher, Alitcheldean, Glou-
cestershire, timber dealer-14, E. Nicoll, Hemel liertirtead,
/lens, wine merchant-23: J. Smith. Manche-ter. dealer-21.
G. Wilkins, Bradford, Wilts, victualler-21. W. Itymill, Ban-
bury, Oxfordshire, currier-23, T. anti T. H. Robinson, and R.
Hancock, Manchester, cotton merchants-23, 11. and W. Web-
ster, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, merchants-21, J. Johnson,
Leamington, Warwickshire, druggist-23, T Atkinson, Man-
chester, shopkeeper-21, J. hides, Lamb's Conduit %rect.
upholsterer—Jan. 4, J. Broughton, Almondbury. York, cloth
arerchant-7, A. Ross and J. Murray, Leadenhall Buildings,
Graecchurch Street, leather lisetors.
CERTIFICATE'S to he granted Dec. 21.
• W. Todd, l.angbourn Chambers, Fenchurch Street, timber
ineridiant—T. Sharp, Cheapsitle, pa..trycook—J. Cox, Pen.ford,
Sornersetshire, meal:mut—l. Green. Birmingham, ironmonger—
.). Willcox. Almondebury. Gloucestershire. dealer—T. and T.
Johnson, Lowestoft, Suffolk, shipwrights—J. Richardson,
Webb'. County Terrace, New Kent Road, corn factor.

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,IST ER

unjust•-•-in the case of Mr. Hunt, the Jury declared
him as nearly " not guilty" as possible, that is, they
acquitted him of five counts out of Nix, and found
him guilty under the sixth with a very strong qua-
lification.—yet when brought up to receive judgment
he was, sentenced to an imprisonment of two years
and a half !—lf such were his sentence under exist-
ing circumstances, what, we would ask, would it have
been under a general verdict of guilty ? Why, arith-
metically, we should say, if half a count produce
two years and a half, what will six counts produce ?
—the answer is appalling—Thirty Years 1 and we
contend that such a sentence, under a general verdict
of guilty, would not have been more cruel than that
which Mr. Hunt has suifered.—ln the next place
comes Mr. Bridle—but he is on the Court side of
the question—he gets affidavits of his humanity from
Tory Magistrates, who, if they did nut further 116
wickednes, decidedly connived at it—every point in
extenuation is urged—nay, even one of the Judges
observed (not during the deliberation of the Court
on the sentence, for then it would have been proper,)
but during the pleading of Counsel, that " he had
lost his situation in consequence of this prosecution,"
(which was false, by the bye, for his other enormi-
ties had been so extreme that shame got over all the
favouritism of the Magistrates, and they were
obliged to discharge him,) well, the Court delibe-
rates, and sentences a man who had fur many years
been in the receipt of from 1,0001. to 1,2001. per
annum, (even supposing, if we can suppose of
such a man, that he had acted honestly) to pay a
fine of 501. and be instantly discharged—we do
not mean to censure the Judges, we dare say they
acted from their judgment, but with these facts
so recently, so connectedly before us, we do think
the law as it stands needs revision and alterations.
—The grateful voices of all honest Englislinten
have ejaculated blessings on the name of Fox for
his eaertions in aid of that Act of Parliament which
confides to the Jury the duty of declaring whether
or nut the article prosecuted be a libel—an equal
degree of gratitude will be due to that Legislator
who shall cause an Act to pass, by which the Jury
shall be empowered to apportion the punishment
whenever they pronounce a verdict of " Guilty"—
had such been the law heretofore, how comparatively
different would have been the two sentences we
have alluded to I

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STOCK EICIIANGII, ICKSTFROAY, 3 o'CLoca.--
The Royal Exchange for Foreign Stock this morning
was far more numerously attended than had been
anticipated—but no business done except in Colum-
bian—which the death of M. Zea dropped from 75
to 68. But the itimnsistency of connecting the sol-
vency of Columbia, with the death ofan isolated in-
dividual, was so obvious, that Colombian Bonds
gradually remounted, and at this hour are 74 to 75.
About 12, the whisper began to circulate that Mr.
so and so's account was rather du'do.t.r, and sik;ces-
sive whispers implicated so many, that the Royal
Exchange presented a scene of confusion, unexampled
since the memorable bursting of the South Sea
Bubble. All deliverers and ~o takers.
CITY BusrxEss.—On Thursday last, the Lord
Mayor proceeded in state from the Ntansion-howe
to Guildhall, fiir the purpose of receiving the report
of the Sheriffs upon the result of the Election for
Bridge-master. Upon his Lordship's arrival at
Guildhall, the Sheriff; made their report, that the
election had fallen on Lewis Lewis, Ksq. His
Lordship thereupon proceeded to the hustings, ac-
companied by several of the Aldermen, and dissolved
the Common Hull. lle afterwards held 1114 first
Court of Aldermen, at which the thatils of the Court
were voted to the late Lord Mayor, and various or-
dinary business was also transacted.
DLIIKY COUNTY ELECTIUN.—The election of a
Knight to represent this county in Parliament, in
the room of the late E. M. Mundy, Esq. took place at
the County Hall on Monday last. The High Sheriff
took the chair soon after ten o'clock, when Francis
Mundy, of Markeaton, Esq. the only candidate on
the occasion, appeared in Court with a numerous
party of friends, and was of course declared duly
elected.
Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton, Governor of New-
foundland, is arrived in town, and has had seve-
ral interviews with Ministers on the affairs of tha-