The National Register.
London, England, 1819-02-21 00:00:00

(4•6(N I.

Mr. S. WonTr t:r sidir4i; tlat1101;efil hi hi• hand a relition
from the 0 Her% end Orenpiers of Land the West Riding.
gir the roauty of York, fir pi otecttug Julie! against
the importation of foreiun corn.

Air R. WiLsoN rose and obsetyed, that he thought the coon.
try Gentlemen would hire done nun h hear or to halo stifled
such petitions, and • miters of tho same trainee, as had her'
lately pre4ented to the House. lit the present it itated state of
tho fs.elings of the lower chilies of %Deady. While the pro.
prietors of land were so solicitor's about their tisen intere.r.
he bad done swilling whatever to ameliorate the condi;:..,
of the agricultural labastrers: The Mien' in' classes of pre_
tend were vilifering malt r very severe pressures: and he gave
warning to the Petitioners, that shonld more Petitions of this
nature be ',resulted, the table of' him House world soon he
covered with Petitions agaima the existing Corn Law,. H.
hoped the great agricultural proprietors would think of 1:i
minkbing, the hortheffir uf the people, and not engage in such
ra.ll pursuit. us they seemed to be at present embarked in.
Mr. S. Woterxett had given no opinion LI3 to the prayer of
tile Petition. All that the Petitioners asked for was, to be
allowed to wove the allegations in the Petition before 'a Ceas.
maitre of the Howie. He fur otte•entild.not consent to state
smelt a Petition.—(Hear, was the dirty or the Meta
hers of that' blOnse to be ifiepartial to all classes of their con-
stituents. He lied told the Petitioners, that the present was
not the proper time for such a Petit:on i, but he could do no
more. cot • ently nytlr his pnblle ditty.
Sir R. Wtr.surr, in imply:tattoo, observed, that the agitarou
of such a question atAltap,resent momettmighLbe,pratdwctir e
of mild, mischief.

Mr. Aldertuau Woon thoughts a Committee might be ap.
pointed in order to prevent the public mind from !mina. a
tato', though he thought a motiou to that purpose would be
neGaiived by the Hume.

Mr. Welk is could not accede In motion for a Committee ;
I as the consideration of AOC% a qnestion was no ni.ttter of ie.
difference ; and no 'savant:iv would arise loin the thscession.
Every Member of that !loose must remember the alaim
created by the diseussiatis at tile time of the Ono Bill ; and
it would perhaps have been setter, had•the Hasse i..Lodaitaid
from legislating on the subject..
Sir J. tiRAH AM thought, that alter whet had fallen from a
Right Hon. Gentleman. ( Mr. F. .Robinson.) WI a failtier
evening, the present question had hero set at rest.
• A Member whose name we Could not lea: u, regretted that
the gallant General had brought a ebarge agelbst the
cultural interest, which was as winch entitte.! to the pr.oteetion
of the Hoete.ea any Hof the classes of the community.
Sir R. WILSON acid. lie thought enough lied been already
done in favour of the Agricultural interests.—The PelllioO
was then read and laid on the tattle.
SCOTCH BURGHS. • •'
Lord A. HAMILTON presented a Petition frossieertain
Burgesses end part of the Corporation of the city of Perth,
against the system (4'4of-election in the Scotch Burghs, and
praying that their Constitution might he sineuiled.t;:imid ou•
the table.'

•"
CHIMNEY SWEEPERS.
Mr. OMIIANYkY. presented is Pci•tion' front certain
Master Eliinisseraweypsps against the thianuey-sweepi
Regulation Bill; otiservisig at the s4llle time, thountany
nias could not be swept by ineons of isiscliitici an,f Mat the
Bill eoultl prevent rarislipaupers from bAing-lokas as op
prentices by Cliiinbry se petters.
Sir J„ Volute • coacurred• with the last speaker. lu the
present rage fur legislation, 3 law might be made against a
sailor being teat to the mast-stead. do 411,-ration shwa!!
rather be made in the roust' nriiun of which ;mild
stsperseile the neressity of the Bill.
BINNET stated. that 'you the piinciple of the lion.
Meinber no less thou 800,000 in London most
be
altered. Tim modern daintily's were h the mot iliffivii!t
to be swept. ' Wirll respect its a sailor being mist In the ut..st..
bead, be did not tin.igiiie ;hat siting era kinibril tinder his
feet to make him oseets•i the quicker.
Sir J. Youate Sahl, No; but lie is sometimes started wills a
eat-d•nine-tails.—Laid nu the table.

WAR. IN CEYLON.
Sir. W. De Cavern:my ta•keil if it was the intention of
Minister to lay any information before the House on the
subject of the war in Cevlem. Mottle' no explanation he give.,
he e.uoiald himself call for documents upon the sathjact.
Mr. GhuutußN 1.1(4.4.'45t-dr huthstif read)) to afford all tits
information in his power. Though no official neeetiots hail
been received, there was tarty reason to behave Slant the di,-
, nstraocts in 51145 1441,i1d weattld speedily he tertitineted,
HIGHWA Yi AND TURNI'IKV.S.
111 r, PROTIICROE stated, that tt was hia intention to move
fur a tithe' cononi; tee, In cowtitter the Arts relative to High.
ways and Turnpikes in Ettgland and %ales, :.aid a hat abet-
atiosas it tuitoet he eap.•dient to make in them. The e xtentln
those !aglow's, s was 23,0j0 trades; the expt•nce ht making them
had atnonu►ed to the •urn 01.7,000.000 f. ; and the :withal en-
penee of keeping them in lemur a nioneeteel to nearly
1,303,0301. By pauper ri gtilatioas, he aas of opts/lon, that
ell saving might be etturteel, and a !mat redaction
be mask is the place et the &Great' articles of life.

Cli I MI: EY SW F:EPEItS.
Mr. BENNIFT mOvill the order of the Day rot the Commit-
tee on the Cbiamey eeper.' ttegalohom 8.11.
Mr. OKILAIVICIA stated, that upon elapiirs at one of the
Fitr-othees, be bail learnt that the minting of tires in London
woo from 6 to 70 in a month, and that only tno out of 63
of diem took place in eisimities that were swept by meant f
the machine. 'Dough the precise utiwber of

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timid not he aseertained, yet there was no doubt there were
thousands if them to London.
Mr. 011,1tANKFlf wished the plan le hemorlified.
Col. WOOD wished that the chimnies that cont 4 not be
swept by the machines might lie bitrut as anon as possible.
Mr. Bnouonatit defended the BEI against the charge of
being visionary. A similar enactment had-been !made in the
time of Mr. Pitt, who warn a practical Statesman. The Bill
only interfered with the tights of parents end masters Witco
that interference was called for by the nature of the case.
Mr. DENMAN thought, that if the saperiurity of machines
over the present Hunk. Will. so great, it did not want the Legis-
lative Act. The common sense of the Public world trash
them to which to give the preference. Boys hail better be
employed in sweeping chin:flies, than in thieving and rob-
bins.
Mr. Witnenroace said, that in the ditensaions on the
Slave Trade, it had been objected to any proposal for the
better treatment of the Slaves, that it was uuneressary ; as it
was the interest of the owners to treat them well ; the fallacy
of which was apparent, from the treatment these unhappy
beings had received before the intervention of the Legislattire.
1 unculatiou had long been known before it was generally
practised; and it was well known NM' difficult it was to do
away with established practices, though it was intended to
substitute better in their room.
After afew words hors Mr. BARTIABI, the House went into
the Committee.
Alderman Woon, on the proposition for fixing the age of
the children, wishetit to he fixed at 14 ; for if lest, the Meals.
testes would Wive extreme ililliesilty in ascertaining their
*exact ages, so as to impose the penalties. Besides, if they
live to be boyoutl that age, they become too large to go lip
conseqactitly they have no' employment at all;
whereas if machines were tied. they could .get employ.
anent.
Me. OMMANNEv said, that every chintney sweeper had a
cheerful COIIIaPII.IIICC. They weer of ism aspiring character,
and would make good seamen.
Mr. BENNET Was a.totikhed to hear lurch assertions, when
every day they saw miserable maimed children in the streets.
There was a ease of a father selling his child to a chimney
sweeper.
The age of the children was then fixed at I.l.fur their being
bound apprentices. and not before; and to continue ar
„prenticis till 21.
Mr. I)I.ItNIAN moved, that the forfeiture should be omitted ;
as he considered heat it was sufficient to make the indentures
of a boy under 13 seals void.
Mr. RENNET hated on the forfeiture as an additional
security.
The amendment was then negatives]; and the forfeiture
ordered to be not isbove 301. nor under 101.
Mr. DENMAN objected to the clause imposing a penalty of
211. nor less than 40$. on any Master Of misteess4iircniploy..
nig boys nosier 14 years of age. as climbing tvbays, its sweep-
leg
M. flees we said, that this riposte was the BAI; and if the
cnnthii!tee abolished this clause, they were welcuino to the
Bill altogether. ~ . . . . . • .
The clause was, however, carried, nod Ilse Bill passed
through the Committee.'
Ordered to be, reeortrd on Pi May. •
The Usury Laws Repeal. Bill went• through a Committee.
Report ordered fur tomiorrow.=A.l;tourned.
THURSDAY.
Lord CAsTLCREAGII gave notice, that on Thursday next he
should trove for a Svlect Couitnittee, to enquire into the state
of the Gaols.
Mr. LAMISToN gave notice, that en tile 11th of March he
would subset a inotiou to the House on the atwjvct of Copy-
rights.

STATE OF ISEAtiSOUTH WALES.
Bgai NET rose lac .tdie.Rtitione. o.f moving for a Cam-
nonce to investigate iit:o the 4iseskitroode of transportiug of. '
fenders, and also to 4(014 lido :be Gate of the Colony of
Kew South Wales. The subject to %Osten he hail to call the
x:tc.ition of the House, mid the eircuinstincei entitieell4l
wit% it, tool which lie should state to the lionsei.eintaid, he
co..- d, be found of Cite utmost importance.. The ,statt! of
convicts ore ioas to tra le•rt, firm and the shocking settles
duriug lticir sota:!o. e snijeetstealchlAted to excite thee
greatest ahhorreare, The Hun. Gentleman entered into a•
review of the gteattierea4e in the nit.u!rer of convicts trans-
ported from 4804 to 1819. lie adusitimi.tiiat the state of the
T'ulks was much improved to what they were some tiutcaince;
:led that as Mr. C was out' Cu itastrutnent in the hands
of Lout Skimmer', lie considered intuit-wee due to the Noble
'.ord. Yet the want ut•chissifieation uses aveat
a.i• 'retied of life alien tnc mind is flexible mad open to lin-
piovenient, were associated with tlfendeis of the most bi-
belot's description, sultiveted -to the danger of mental and
emporia poll.); where moo idea only prevailed, hoe the.
present moment cobid he passed Yet. tomtit as this was to
lameutill, their entrance on Isnard• the transpo is cut.-
tinned their utter des raction. Kerr lie must realm that
however lie might he mistaken in his formerstaleincut; as to
-silt persons being stowed in a crib, lie ( Benin:olra% now
prepared to meet the ruble Lord, aii't to prove, by mast
nn-
rpiestionalde evidence, that four we re so emit-Med. Lt had
le•eu said, that thr convicts were treated as humanely. as the
,''titers ur R;!iliiii.ll;. but [hie could 1101 udmlt ;• for it was a
tort a ell kenaii, that iii the Nosy sir re irsabil!y
on
Mcls, ai.d lie believed a large' proportion of soldiers, when
tits a long voyage; eddy' to which they lead duties to . pet-
-I.!rni, and were subject to lie' discipline moil control of COlll-
- Ittit is; while on the other hand two or three hundred
wit's i4lllllllled tit a lilt LOW seat..., passing their time
is the most abominable scenes of licentiousness, gaining, and
debauchery ; and thr 110Xi011s smells arcing front filth, were
asceedingly offetts-ise and bolesome- He 114,1 hewn in-
formed by convict!, whom he hail seen, and also by Military
officers, that the siitieringa of the convicts, while un heard
the trativoi is, exceeded all coneeption ; anti if a Crimultter
s'ionld be appointed lie felt persuaded that the facts, proved
o i incontestable evidence, would be sulli..iect to abolish tbs.
,i..stent altogether. It wayisot to be fotgotten that the eapcnses
o e account of convicts had coat the country no less a cum
tie ne 4; 0W; sterling since the year use ri port
tu i!le last year, the Co 11111 l ittee stated that in riir! year libn
tb eliarg.s amounted tO .1:16,0)01, raid in Intl they land in-
cr.-4,yd to 22'..1.15t4.• At- :hat time the sit lett at econJiny had
It !it lecoininetided; but new es.peuse.i bad been lammed,
!tweed et the old ones being abokmed. lie had heavy thaiges
to picks. ri 'meeting the- genet al gus ermiteiel of the colony of •
New South Wales. 'lite sy it. in 1. I, sited WWI r.mtpusiu.l of
injustice and oppression. Govarnor of tie isiand
commanded the pricesof corn by.sitost (torahs and unjustifiable
I,,oana. A eputt Waif 111.11Sit),•Cifttliatell Inlaolllll the settlers.
la au were little superirs -to paupers, that abe,•6o*CfnittPla
Care; acts open, and that-the put* givt.a 1141104 M belatlVl;

THE NATIONAL..;IrCiTTIM,

when the settlers • ,rived, the stores were shut against them,
and the% were-compelled to sr/1 the corn at whet price they
could obtain, ail the buyers contrived to get therorn thus
perelbeied hits the Government Stores. This seas not All
Oreilltiolliil transaction, it happened every day, and formed
the general prieviele of action. • Meat was also subjected to
a similar control; the general Gosernosetit.price was nil. per
lb.; bat if the Giavernor isseed his orders that Id. was to be
the price of the day, no one dm ed to give higher. Thus wet e
the inhabt tab's of the colons, exposed to the eaprii-ious will
of a Goiernor uncontrolled, unchecked, and uesecounting
for city acts he might think proper to euferte. The Courts
ofJostiee, tuo, required considerable revision ; fur it was
actually a fact, that a Mr. Land Lad been appoioted to the
Alagisitace, who was likewise an euctietteer, and it was by '
nomeans utilise:ll fur this 111411 to leave the bench of Justice
and ascend a cart to sell blankets. The facts that lie had
related were all known to the Government ; and he wished
to be informed whether his Majesty's Ministeis had taken
any steps to correct the abases? I t was impossible to open
one of the Gazettes published in Nese South Wales, without
hearing of murder, tubbery, and every species of crime, con-
stantly-occorring. Never was there a country existing on
the face of •the globe, in which a greater portion of crimes
prevailed, than in that colony. The Hon. Gentldniau next
adverted -to the conduct of Governor Alacquarrie ; who
thought It, of hiiown seebrd, to order three persons te be
whipped,. fur passing over smile ground which he Was pleased
to call his pink. (Inc of these persons was a most ingenious
artist, the discoverer of a mat-Line by which the Governor '
gained le,opt)i.. fle gaoled This as as instance of the ill
effect obit.' power pi latticed in turning the Itead.of evem a
worthy man, as lie believed Col. Plat-gnat sic to be. There
wits a proof from the' Committee appointed in 1312, that a
Govet nor think& ire lies power to Whet .SGO inslies of his own
accord, for the enforeetue.tit, not of the English emnitiou law,
but of the-eolottial systeM. 'lids tact lie could prove by tile
person who had stelfereti; audio: his part he was at a loss to
find out why the Government olimild entinet the safety of
20,0011 subjee Is to the absolute disposal of a Governor witheat
is Council. He should next pass to a cuusideration of the
mural and religious cumin:ton of the inhabi tent* of the coloity.
There ei:l4.il lel ge porton; of Melt Catholics their, who hail
no means of receiving instreettem, except that to which
they were faced. luc onsequeure of this they, us he was
informed, preferred to remain unmarried% rather than to
submit to a religionS ceremony of which they disapproved.
A. elm gymati weal out from Ireland of his own 'accord to
the colony : and before he proceeded to notice the treatnieut
treatment which this Clergyman experieuced, lie should
say, that be was nu friend to the Catkolic religion, and that
the world methd lie better When it ceased to exist.—(Bear,
hear, hear!)—The Governor, wishing to have unanimity on '
telietous subjects, put the priest iu gals/. Was it not better,'
however, hr wonid RA:, to have forty religions and inutality,
than only one religion and vice. As a proolot the deficiency
Whiell existed in regard of seligioue instritetion, he could ,
mention, Mat nut more than 490 amine were ever kit twit to
attend elite eh. Toe lion. Geittleinae next noticed the de-
ficiency Of school eilneetiUsa, and tke inettention paid to the
couslition of malty unhappy females in the colony, Who were
obliged to suilpui e. thernselvee by vrostitu lion ; hold, its con.
lineation of tits statement, read a letter to that effect limn
Mr. hleciden. lie afterstatels commented on the facility With
whichlicensos ere greete
ir
d to persons of tulantom ellAtlSC-
ter in Ate colo, y, iiid reprObated the impuliey and immoral
edema pt educed: ifs eunbeipsetice. He had; 'howeeer, no
hestiatiun in admittitig-thet if wise leeislative Meneetres•were.
' edupted, the esduny might be of. Meet beuefit is iiiiigotitZlry.:
As a proof of the ill (elects produced by the went cif.wit
agticullarel popeletion in the • eoloity, he could state, that
whets a distant settler upplieileo elie Governor for only three
'hesbetithueo, he was obliged is send Misr two tailors and a
Laistilon pickpocket —(Mucli .Laughieg.)—The expense itt-
mertesl by the country in transporting the convicts Wheetbere
Met sent, to the colouy aseminteil to at least teel.letifoo.'Now
lid cutactived, that Peutteittieriee might be established in
flAs enmitrs ler less expenee. So far was he front being au
enmity le seves. punislimeets, that, on the contrary, lie would
wislsto pettish strongly, bet with wisdom and iliseretium—
The real check to crime, however, world be, to insure Meth i s
of sletectiou.; to snake the public believe that the commissiou
of crime woted invariably be followed by detection and stile
punieteneett of it. The liunowralde Meitilser conelotinel by
*nosing—" 'l. bat a Committee should be appointed to itiquite
liutolue system or transpurtatiou of °Reenters, and the State
ot thescoletty of New South %Vales.
Lord CASTLEREAGH did not wish to be considered as
lii opponent to the Hun. Gentleman of the general merits of
she .piestimi ; but if he could prove that he was not relSlliag
the best method for ate ' g l'lll II his 0%111 rod, lie hoped that
the Hots. Gentleman would joie with Inns. He thought that the
information which the Hon. Gentleman wished for. 'Meta be
'with ireLter ad salimge obtained under a mote general inquiry
'mid lie did not thick that a ease had been simile out, which
called fur a separate inquity. His Majesty's Government had •
already instituted un terrify tespeeting the colony el Nese •
South Wales; and lie could assure. the Hon. Gentleman that
he wield have no 'mediation in giving hint such information
its might he derived fruits that inquiry ; information selliCh
he might other% iw find it diftirtilt if nut impossible to obtain.
( Hear, hear! )—He would sincerely give the Hon. Gentle-
man credit tot the best of meti yes ; limit nt•the same limo he
must add, that hr atilt ew so tem li lausieble zeal Mtn this in-
quiry, that lie buffeted Unmet( to pieties a little smote of his
personal character for the' accuracy of his etatement, than
inigist, pet hops, befouled endientits ur prudent. Tite eensitive
mind of the Hots Geatleirean could nut Ise.nr the conslitioit:oe
Our Soldiers or 'milers on board transports ; but so fee es his
experience lit cruseeng the Channel went, lie never fotshil 1
packet boat tilled with messengers, even if they were holies,
,very pleesiug after a squall holed.—(Hear, hear I and laugh
!cr.! —Engaged its the 111/lIAII was ia a multiplicity of linsinese
' it has no small objection to the motion of the Has. Gentle-
man, thorn metha tend to nicrease the poultice of Cesiumittees
unnecessarily; a disadvantage wlecit noelat be, in sume mete
sore,yensoveit by adopticg the store cosepreltentive motion for
a Committee of Illtiliily Imo the state of the Petal Cede. His
lordship conclitiled by olsservine, that as be did not wish to
' negative the *notion oldie lion. I:reticle:le directly, he should
leither move the' th del cif the Dev, oi that a G 1111 l 'settee he ap.
pointed to inquire into the state of the Cu iiiiinal Lae, sit
fee as petaled vo tositsisonmeet and tt anspoi ration. After the
original motion end aliteeiterect 0( re 1,11.1 flo/11l the Chail,
Mr. WItIIERIVItEa: Ilealli with surprise and concert! toe
speech of his Nubic Friend. lii the tiisi 11.111 °Otis speech
We Noble Lord Eel 'tied adverse to all twilit, y, anti in the tiiii•
Muslim lie seemed to, lit efer a Mile' ent mode. Its had hoped
that the Nohle laud would have taken a ditferetit-com se.
The Re port of tits. Cennuittee of 1d1..; was a good reason for

the appointment of a Committee at pre:s:e-nt, to see why the
proposed reforms had net been carried fain execution. TI e
Criminal Code was a nominal, tint a rt al,. system, as the lan s
were not pm in execution. A knowledee of facts roation to
New South Wailer night enable the 110.0 e tdste what reforms •
might be made iu the Code. Upon the, plan of the
Noble Lord the inquiry could :Sever come to a'ranelo.ion.
If it was intended to prevent inquily, a mere, effcctual mode
could not possibly be adopted. Many of the facts stated by
the lion. Gentleman eslled loudly CUE and hail been
unknown to the Committee of 1812.—(Hear, bear !)—Slumfal
the coloay not be reformed, it ravtild be a nest of vipers in
that part of the VfJI Id.
Mr. GOULDURN rimlied, at comidtstable length, to *hat
had fallen from Mr. Bennet and Mr. Wilberforce. He should
himself 'vote for the previous question; bitt•from no wish to • .
stifle enquiry. Government were uniciott• to strut ont.Cilk-
gymen to New South Wales, but few Yorte,.'... seVin.g.to.les4i; .; •
their native country. With respet to tlfeCatliolic
men who Wad been sent home, the feet was;,lliat he had mails
application to Lord Batherst to he sent •It ; but upon
enquiry being made to his eceltsimfical superiors, they bad
reported that he ss as a man unfit to have the cage of souls.
With respect to the small number of females that attended
the Church at Sidney, it should be recollected, that from Ibl4 •
to ISIS, the number of males transported had been 3555, and
of females only 29L—And that tact perfectly explained the
circum.lance alluded to. .

Me: CANNING said, with resneet to the nintion and its eb-
jiiti, it certainly complained of the severity of tin'. law. GA
Almighty &rind, if the safety et sor;ety emild he'prexerve,cl
by tameless severe, that he should say Ite low ought to coa:i-
nue as it was. Bet at the time tiro( Gentlemen Wore thus
exciting the feelings of sympathy for the otletiders against
the laws, let it not be forgotten that they also sit to legisleto
for the preservation of the peace, the property, and even the
lives, of the Public; and he could not but regret these soils
of discussions, which, as ithowt having provided, or even.6lN-
vsted, any other system, had the effect of unhinging that
which had so long existed. If any selleme could be suggested
by which tiecondary poilislintents coed he rendered efficient,
there mothd he but one epiiiimi as to coon al prsishment.
Mr. 'I•1E.1 NEY eatittloleti, that the present umbel) ought to
be nen-ad to, and ought Hot to le superseded by the Noble
Lord's auntie. The inquiry into time state of the eon•ict- •
ships. and the Colony of New South Wales. would furnish
sufficient mailer for enquiry for oat Committee; while the
Noble Lord's motion, respecting tile state of the prisons.
would abundantly employ mother Comniittee ; and he could
not see shat emtriection there was between the two sub-
jects which rendered it necessary that they ikatild 'lota
be teetered to one Committee, unless ii was fur tha
pnrposc of. preventing ally Report being nude du-
ring the present Session. The Noble Lord bad said. •
C 11111 l nitters could plot be found now there weir so many Elec. .
tioa aril oilier Committees sitting. He hod no doubt, if the •
Noble I.olil would, agate to the motion, that he could get, on
a milkject of lin iantiy, 10 Committees in 10 minutes; but if
the whole subject was referred to one Coottnivee, the Noble
Lord Would no more get a Report this year thou he woultraget
to Botany Bay this year. , •
Mr. &statelier sass in favour of the previous question.
Mr. C. WYNNE was to (avour of the uriciiial motion.
The, House divided :—Fur the fruition, da —Fur the previews
question, 130—Majority aa .
. . FRIDAY..
l• Orders were made OW tee to' the attendance of Members
•
pa ballots fur the r-leetion-Ceinmittees; the Speaker bet .g di-
'retied to make out a list of t lure Members whordid not attend
to.clay to be laid before the +home on. Monday, and it bent:
ordered that those who should Hut make ,atflicient ext fir'se fee
absence should be taken lute the custody of the Serjant at .
A nn 31.
Mr. H'. Davis presented a Petition• from the Traders of '
Bristol ogaiutt the' Ilisolvest Debtors' Act; ukich, .was
. .. ...
ordered to lie on the table. ' •
GRAND JURY PRESENT:MEV-TS.
Mr. Dawsos brought forward his motion for a COMininte to
take into consideration the Irish Grand:l2'y Tresentrhent Act of last
Session ; his object being to atnead, not to reocoiljthe law.
Sir J. Newport trusted that the inequality of surveys would be
taken into consideration. . . .
Mr li. PARNELL widied that all applications for money should
1,-CCiVe the previous satiate lof magistrates before being presented '
to the Grand Juries.
Sir G. Hitt approved of the proposal fora Committee • but if
he were placed on it he should not be bound by what had been jrtst
suggested. He gave notice, that on Monday ire should apply foe
leave to bring in a Bill to empower the Grand Juries at the Spring
Assizes to dispose of applications for grants regarding works now in
progress.
MT. V. FETZGERALD said. Sir G. HilFseppenition was not fair.
because as vet the Bill was mooed—it had not becnin full operator, ,
The lion. Baena had heretofore spoken of the dartasetivestotaof
the roads—but he knew threw:nary of what he stated to be the fa; r.
The principle of the Art had Ircn approved, and us effects had been
beneficial. It had produced the lowering of wa,ges for public work 4 .
and generally more satisfaction among the working classes. He •.
should go into the Committee determined to sue port dit principle of -.-
Ole Bill .t. if he failed he should retire from it with newt He hat
been charged with throwing implications on classes of indi=l:
he did not complain of thomagiaracy altogether, but lie -
that there were magistrates in the Coined:ohm who ought not to her
there. Ile wetted tobnomve the state of the Bench. He implonat '
the Hemet not 'o abandon the.:Act till it had been fairly tried ; above•
oil, not to think of return:woo ths,old state of the law.
Mr. AREA viro.stallt eTinT.Tel himself favourable to the principle .
cf. the Act; a id suggested an amendment of the motion. that the
Committee should be on the Act " with the view to a n:: re effectual
execution of the same."
Sir 6. Itill , aplaihed, observing that he did not ,I di to revive tl e
Ad law; and that he was !tot responsible for the Asa of Lst beasts It.
Sir J. N i:11e()Er itastial that die thought Ofrt.pading the A7t.
would never be' entertained ; but that the Committee ssoold he gins
into with the view of realty amending the Act. He was smprisei
that none of his Miajcsty's' Ministers had favoured the Battle oitit
the opinion of Government on this subject. . .
A 'Member deprecated the Motif returnisq,to the old law.
Mr. Dawsox replied : oh,erving that he .ues'red the strictest en-
quiry, and he adoptal the suggrotod amendment of Mr. Abet-
, ermintoa
Motion agreed to.
Mr. C. Ft rzourtatas disclaimed having ever throats any imps:.
s
tations en the • iii 'dent gently-of Ireland ; and also that he had en-
' counoted large c palmtops. Belied ever attid. that any remedial • .
measure would attended. with great kilfetiltr Sunie.had said.
that it win not t 'ought that niarievochs:mudtheamcwithin the A:t;
bnt wa. the House to extant! isidWgence for lenoranee or inattention:—
fori...,tiriatt.'..n:tt;iit ruti‘nt_tli,ingiet,,l\et2tif,t,..,
f.,..
a Bill up carry 11Vo efreet .lortain
Convention. regarding 11111(1s:ins of Bajtkakilitibji.e:s a• n the (; .ve n .
i meat of France ; and Nfi. Smith* fOr a .I.'(,)ry cif Apo.intment: of
Commissioners under 'the •Trialies,eittotah•ges sal rellnint', for itio
Abolition of the Slave Smile.. .aid ,;f ant, instiacticus,aiveia to such
coaloabeamets, being disposed of, the House atljourbr.d ~in 3iontlay , • •

trust i/s e LONDON GAZETTE, Satur.lay, Feb. 20.

BANKRUTTS.

.1. Hardison, MemAmu:: warehouseman, Att. Mr. Kay. "Rum
Scrt,et. Alanettest r.
rt. W. Fox and W. I'. Smith, Plymouth. rncre'uants. Atts. Anetice
and Co. !nner 'redip:c Lane.
.1. Peerr, Liverprol, mercLunt Alta. Avian and Co. Castle Stmt.
W. Garner, rdulton.e.nn.Seacome. Chester. Atte. Lowcs and Co.
Tt mph.
G. F:yhillirs, Pl,mouth, eaddla and barnaa maker. Att. Mr.

•
McVey, Plyiroutli.
.7. Kent, stow Market, Su:folk, brewer. Att. Mr. Chaton, Chancery
Lane.
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r. Blandford Fornmw linen draper. Att. Mr. Detill,
ford S:r...et.
j. Re% eft Jun.. Toll.Ahunt Derrey, Ewe:. butcher. Atts. Milne
and Co. Ten ;Ile.
J. Green. Maddox Street. I? vincer Square. coach maker. Alt. Mr.
Tleynohls, Hertford Street. Pit.croy Square.
W . Nest.. Swectings Ailey Cornhtll, silversmith. Atte. Rowland
swine I.ineoln's Inn Melds.
Bourne. Austin Briurs, tuerehant. Atts. Hearse), atul Co. Wallope-
r:lie Street IVitian.
Shotediuth. chinam /71. Att. Mr. Stud*, Earl Street.
Blackfriars.
W. Broady. Broontsgrove. Worre.ter. mercer. Ater. FlAgate and
Co. liswx Street Strand.
W. Thompson. I/untie:dale, Manche ter. Arta, Ilstrd And Co.
Temple.
J. Clink., Susgbac%,l..eominster. farmer. Att... Jenkins and Co.
New Inn.
J. ninety, Caopleton, Worce:Arr. Coal Merchant. Att. Mr. Cecil
Snake, 36, Devonshire Street, Qacen Square.
W. Preat and J. Woolner. Lawrence rou'lley lane. tendon, Corn
Iterchauts. Atts. Me&srs Druce and San; Billiter Sqtuae.
J. Weodttouse and M. Woodhouse, Mincing Lane, West India
.!irokers. Alts. Messrs Weston, Teesdale and•Symes, Fencliurch
Street.

(Dividends r.nd Cettificates in our next.l

PUBLIC AMUSENIENIi
POI TIRE ENSUING WELL

COVENT GARDEN.
Te.mnrrow—Eradni• ; or, the StatJo—Blue Beard
Tuesday—l)uennr— lt)n Tun.
Tiirsuay—Evadni:—Bartar of Seville.
Friday—Sacra:l Music.
SaturJay—Love in a Village.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LONDON.

AUND.II", FEBRU.IRY, 21, 1819.

\Vv have received the Paris Pape:s of Wedneslay
last ; and we looked for them with the more eager-
ness, bz•eanse a rumour prevailed on Friday that in-
telliqence had arrived from Paris, stating, that serious
apprehensions were. entertained by the Physicians of
Louis XVIII. that he was threatened with mortifica
tin in the legs. Symptoms of the kind had manifested
tltemselves, and all their efliuts were employed to avert
the imminent danger." The journals, however, arc
en i •ely silent upon the subject; we trait, therefore,
that the report was unfounded. We are the mere in-
dinned to believe so, because we have also n_reived
letters from Paris of the 1.5 it, 16th, and 17th lust
and none of them convey any intclligenon of the above
description. The King, indeed, has Leen seriously in.
disposed; but no ininidiate danger was entelmined.