The National Register.
London, England, 1820-05-01 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

THOUSDAY, APCIL 27.
The full uttentlatict. of Members enabled the Speaker to take
the Chair about a quarter betbre two o'clock.
At two o'clock, the Usher of the hick Rod, Sir T. Tyrwhit,
summoned the Ilome to attend in the Hou,c of Peers. The
Speaker immediately left the chair to proceed tu the !louse of
Lords, but the rush wits to great to get near the Bight Honora-
ble Gentleman, the Members present bnog very numereus, that
many were eventually prevented from being able to follow him to
the Lords. Amongst thot•e who were thus thrown Out of the
procession were the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. B•agge
Bathurst, and Sir W. Curtis, &c.

About a pawl, past two o'clock the Speaker returned. He
then left the Chair, and returned at a quarter before three, when
the swearing in of Member, commenced and proceeded till four
o'clock.
The SPEAKER, at half-past four o'clock stated. that the
House had been in the flott,e of Peers to hear the Royal Speech
of which, to prevent mistake., lie had obtained u copy ; and the
Right lion. Gentleman then read it.
The reading of the Speech being concluded,
Sir F. KNATCHI3I.II. ruse to propose an Address on Cie
Speech, which was as usual an echo of it.
The Address was carried Nem. Dis.

In a conversation respecting the Civil List, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer stated Mat it was intended to bring that question
before Parliament on the 4th May..--Adjourned.
JIMMY, APRIL 28.
The SPEAKER stated to the House., that he had received a
Letter from the Marquis of Hastings, acknowledging the re.
cApt of the Thanks, dated March •&„
Mr. SYKES presented a petition from Ship.owners of Hull,
complaining of the new duty on Wool.
Mr. COULRUBN pre,fented a petition, complaining of an
undue Return for Portsmouth. Ordered to be taken into con it-
deration M

Lord J. AIJStiELL gave notice. that on Tuesday neat Ito
ehashkeweso fur iestv.t to bring in a bill Di itictonehtse
pound, and to transfer the right to Leeds. He should also, if
it were consistent with the orders, move to curtail the sentence of
Sir Al. Lopez.
Sir H. PARNELL (for Mr. Grattan) gave notice of a Mo-
tion respecting the Roman Catholics for May 11
Mr. BROUGHAM gave notice that, after the holidays. he
should bring tinward his digested plan on the suoject of Educa-
tion ; the delay originated in waiting for documents, not in any
dilution:on of his conviction of the necessity of Education. Re-
cent events. indeed, convinced him of the necessity of general
Education on solid principles.
Mr. LAM I'TON said, that he should bring forward his mo•
lion on the State of the Representation on Tustlay dune ti.
Lord ALTHORN.: gave notice. that on Tuesday next he
should move for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Insolvent
Debtor's Act.
Mr. B. BATHURST gave notice. that on Monday neat he
shruld move for leave to bring in a Bill on the subject. as some
doubts had arisen regarding the terms of the present Act.
On ti:e motion that the Report of the Address be received,
The Address was ordered to be presented by the whole House,
when his Majesty had announced his intention to receive it.
Mt. BROUGIIINI moved for accounts of the produce of all
funds at the disposal of the Crown, and deemed not to he under
tile controul of Parliament.
Mr. H U E desire,' to know whether this applied to Gana'.
tar. 15101,001. having been received during the last reiL,n; it it
did not i.e wined such object to be gained.
Mr. BROUGHAM said the amount would be gained. The
accounts were to complete Me papersaircutly prtseattll
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no objec-
tion to the motion on such statements.

Agreed to, and the accounts were ordered of the application of
the stun, after
Mr. HUME had mentioned that he had in vain looked fur
aasittnts of ins late Alajesty's property. Had any been kti
The CHANCEI.I.OII Ull the EXCIIEQUEIt replied, that he
had no official knowledge of there being any will; but lie had
rta,on to bclicce that l.i, late Nla;azty 11;:d kit a will.
All the accounts were ordertxl, Mr. Brougham observing on
the necessity of classification in the manner of making them out.
Mr. illit/Utill.3M moved tiff accounts of retired alluwuntas
to public officers during the last year.—Ordered.
vi,. TIFIINLY said. he saw in the papers before the House
a sum of 3rs i,oq tl. paid to tic privy purse; wind did that mean,
or t here did it come from? The privy purse was limited to
bo.onol. _ .

'the t. II ANL:ELIA/It of the EXCHEQUER replied. that
it came from the Colonial teaources, anti was applieu according
to immemorial usage.
Mr. TtElt NEY added, that further enquiries ought to be
ittad••; riTre ought to lie no ob;ections to exp.anatiod.
AtUou.

.IPTURI SG ELEPHANTS.
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[From the Madrat Cosokr.l
Early in February last, about 3,000 people were
assembled in a place of rendezvous on t:ie skirts of
the Jungle, and the haunts of the cicphants being
aseertaineal, a :;cmi-circular line of people provided
with tire-arms, tons-turns, Re. and extending tin.
several miles, was formed round them, each
and of the line reaching a chain of hills, the passes
through which had been previously stopped and
guarded by parties of match-lock men.

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The object of this line was to drive tle• lorliants
toward:. a pattkular narrow place aurruuudcd %%WI

deep hills, and when they had once entered, and
the passes from it properly guarded, it was next to
impossible for them to escape ; in this place there
was abundance of fOod and water for several days.
'flits, however, was not an eaay,.task, as the eie.
phants frequently attempted to force the lines and
get off to the ettattiettl--but the line gradually dosed
on them, and halted at night, and kept up large
fires to prevent their breaking through; and after
ten or twelve days' labour, at last succeeded 5.
driving them into the intended place, where they
were closely surrounded, and kept in for several days.
In the mean time, at the debouche of this pass, se-
veral hundred people were busily employed digging
a deep ditch, enclosing about a quarter of a mile of
ground, leaving only the space of a few yards as an
entrance untouched.

Two ditches were cut from the entrance, to a hill
on one side, and to a rock on the other, to prevent
the elephants passing the enciosure. On the outside
of the ditch, a matting of branches about six feet
high was placed, to give it a formidable and impas-
sable ppeamnee, and green bushes and branches
were also stuck about the entrance to conceal the
ditch, and to give it as much as possible an appear-
ance of Jungle. When all this was completed, the
people were removed from that place, anti those at
the other end commenced tiring, shouting, and
making as much noise as possible, with drums and
cholera horns, which • sti intimidated the elephants
that they made the best of their way to the opposite
end; and the people following close, with the assist-
ance of a few rockets, drove them straight into the
enclosure, when the remaining part was dug away
and the ditch: completed. People were immediately
posted round the outside of the ditch, armed with
long spears and matchlocks, to repel any attempt
the elephants might make to cross it.
Next day, eight tame female elephants were in-
troduced into the enclosure; the Maltouts couched
close on their necks, covered with dark cloths. The
object of the tame ones was to separate one of the
wild from the herd, anti mob him. When this was
accomplished, foor Kut Mahouts, whose profession
is to catch elephants, crept between the legs of the
tame ones, and having fastened strung ropes to the
hind legs of the wild fellow, secured him to the
nearest tree; but the Kut Mahouts then retired
towards the ditch, anti the tame elephants, leaving
the captive to his struggles, went after others.
In this way 23 elephants were captured in six
days, without the parties engaged meeting with the
slightest accident to the great amusement of the
spectators, who perched on trees overhanging the
enclosure, witnessed their spurt without sharing in
the danger. The sagacity of the tame elephants—
tile address and courage of' the 'Mahouts in approach-
ing the wild ones—the anxiousintenents which passed
from the cast of the first rope, until the last ban.l
was tied—the rage of the animals open finding them-
selves entrapped, and their astonishing exertions to
get free—atlinaled altogether a scene of extraordi-
nary novelty and interest.
One of the elephants calved in the enclosure ; and
the young one was sufficiently strong to run alarit
with its mother the first day. To naturalists, it
may be satisfactory to know that the young elephant
sucks with the mouth, and not with the proboscis,
AS is generally supposed.

It is said that four persons applied to the Sitting
Alderman at Guildhall, on Tuesday last, to make
depositions against the man of the name of Edward:-,
so often mentioned in the late trials, but who was
not brought forward as a witness. These persons .
were prepared to charge this Edwards with the
ime of high treason, and that he had instigated
others in the atrocious atualk meditated on
his Niaj: sly's Ministers. In their proposed deposi-
thins they enumerated various flirts m corroboration
of the charge, but ull wi.ieh hailp hapened in the
county of Middlesex,
not withia the limits of the
city, and then:hire Alderman 6.';r W. Doraville and .
\lr. Alderman Wood thought fit to convey the
intended depositions to Lord Sidmouth, and desired
the persona to go to the office of the Noble Lord,—
The Noble Lord wrote an answer, saying, that as
Edwards was unc of. he witnesses nanual in the
and was liable to Le called as a witnos for ilia
Crown, it did not appexr to biro e.at any snflicient
ground was laid for instituting procc,:iiiiizt against
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EVIDENCE ON TIIF.
TRIAL OF ARTHUR .TH4S'I'LEIVOOD.
'M'e ties day give th' conclusion of *iv proceed-
ings under the Special Commission. We were in-
terdicted by the Order of the Court from giving
the EVIDENCE until the whole proceedings should
be finished ; we now subjoin the most important
a the evidence which was given on the trial of A.
Thistlewrxxl—that on the subsequent trials was
merely a repetition of it.
Tile first silt I, -ss caned was
Robert Adams, examilie.l by the Solieitor-General.—l
live at No. 1, I lode-iii-tlie-NVall• passage. Brookes's-mai ks I;
am a •hoeinaker. I. was in the Royal Regiment of Horse
Guards. It is Is years last Christmas since I left them.
I knew Brunt at Cambray, in France, he went then by the
name of Thomas Morton, It is is years ago since I first
knew I • . I know Thistlewouil. I knew him tiist
on
the I tith of .J notary last. He then lived in Stanhope-
street, Claio-111:11ket. I was introduced to him by Brunt
and logs. I saw him nt his own place. When I went in,
Brunt said to Toustlewood, this is the man I was speaking
to ton about. l'ltistlewood said, butt were once in the
Life Guards?" I said, " No, I was not, I originally be-
longed to the Blues." Thistlewood said, " You are a
good so in skin:Ill?" I said, " I could use a sword to de-
fend myself; but I could nut use it very expert, as I had
not used any arms fur a Wog tnne." Thistlewood said,
there sta• one vino was worth 101. who ow: worth any
iiing for the good of his country. As to the shopkeepers
tit London, they were all a set of aristocrats together,
and were ail working under the same system of govern-
teem ; he should glory to see the slay that all the shops
tole slim up, auil well plundered. He then alluded to
Mi. Hut, and said, he (Ham) was a 11—ti coward, and
Were he (ril;Ailewoo:1) to go to 11'hitchaII, he gas sure he
would hod his (Hunt's) name there, as a spy to govern-
ot. He then turned the eonveisittion to Mr. Cobb."',
and said, he was equally the same as limit, and
his writings, be 11411 no doubt he was also P ,• , .
etisti•il the consei Patient them I was afterward.. (.001
fur debt in Whitecross.street Faison. The nest inter, se
I had with 'lnistlewood was on the 16th, at the WI
uitt
Hart pulilic•honse ; it ails ill a 1101111 111 tilt hat t. yard:
Thistie uod was preset'', and lugs, Brunt, iti•.l Hall, ats
before they broke up, Tidd. On the lith I wt.,• 0
son, and remained 14 days there. I came out coo Sat .
the day after the death of the King. I saw Thistlevrou.
oi. ale Monday evening following. I saw lion in the sail.
i'mor in the house where Brunt lived, in a back roan:,,
in Fox-court, Gray's lon-lace. There were Brunt,
Hall, and Davidson, present. There was nodal •ir, path-
eider took place that night. To the best of my recollec-
tion, I met them nest on the Wednesday (by them lie
meant Thistlewuod, Brunt, Davidson, Hari ism), and logs.
I went into the room and saw a number of pike staves,
411JTItistlewood wanted to have them ferruled. Thistle-
wood then asked why Iltailhorn (the prisoner) was not
present, and he added that Bradburn was entrusted witlt
money to purchase ferrules, mid was not satisfied lest he
should not buy them. 'the staves were green, and seemed
as if they lido jas; t me lions the country. Thistlewood
said he vr (mid nut iise a damn fur a man who would spend
the money in such a way. Ido not recollect any thing
:lather then. 'the meetings were held twice a day from
thetce to the 23d of February. The room was hired by
Brunt and logs; Brunt said so. I remember one cir-
conestance that occurred : one evening, about ten days
before the Call-street business, I went in and sate
Hat-
tison, Th:stl,woud, and Brunt. Harrison said, lie had
been speaking to one of the horse guards, and lie had
told him. that Itte whole of them would be down at
'Windsor at the Is. hg's funeral; and Harrison said, this
would be ae. id sprat yto do somethim that night
(the night of the Thistlewood said it was a good
p 1.,. e, and added, that if they could get the two pieces of
c.iiiiiun In Gray's Inn-last, and the six pieces in the Al-
tillers-groom', they could so help themselves as to have
pas.ession of London before inorninz ; and he said, that
w:,ea the news should reach Windsor, the soldiers would
be so tired as not re ;ie able, when they came back to
I. 01140.; but that by activity some might
go to Hyde-park, and prevent any person ur messenger
from going to Windsor. lie also said, that they should
go over the water and take the 'telegraph, to preveut any
eommuua•mlol vvuh t% tollalell. He then said that they
should total a l'lovistutial Government, and send to the
sea-port., in pier mit soy gentlemen titan leaving En-
gland animal passports. He particularly 111e11110111.11 to
semi to Dust r, tSi.Stun, Margate, 41111 Itaitisgate, and tie
particulaity of lied Brigion—not that he thought the
new King would tie mete ui al Ile funeral. He stud the
the present had mheuitt d Ilse throne twig enough,
and it was no use let the piesent King to BMA of being
crowned. Brunt and logs tunic in anti tills, and 'lbis-
tlevvood mentioned to them what passed; but they said
nothing would sans!), diem out their plan of assassisiation.
They had lsokcii at a former Meeting Of this plait of as-
sassination. 'lwo Ur !Ince of them had Massa out a plan
of assassinating his Majesty's Ministeis at 1114' first public
dinner they tido. 'they talked of assassination at esti)
one of thrill meetings, I could not say tittle %%etc pikes
in the room mime this. I met tiktu tut Saturday, the
t 1 tb of io nary, a. II or twelve w the tui enoosi. 1 sat,
04Y1113011, BI lags and Hall.
They were all set 'taloa the the, 41111 seemed a conver-
sation betwixt themselves. 'racy all got do and turned
round aim said ~It is agietif, if iisalioig turns out be-
fore next tt tabiesday night, next Wednesday we Mill go
to 01 k.' oas •,mi, they woe all sWoln not to wait
any lonl;eu. Thistleosios proposed they smlld meet the
follon i, anus mu' at 11.11 e, to draw Out a plea to go by.
said to 111 you had better go round
this aftet,,ion 411.1 mention' it, in order to have the eons-
'naive to mot-tow." WWII s,id, he did nut Batik he
should be mew to go, at he Itittl suttee NMI, to do, but lie
should gu tin the nest morning, and perhaps ile might see
some of them ; it was nut necessary to to isig a great
many. Boum appeared to lie leaving the room thee, and
Thistle Newt called to 111111 And :4111, " 0, 8111111, It Will
be highly necessary tor those 11141 come to-mortow morn-
ing to bring b.. 41111, with uhue Ui, in case Ally Wheels
should cow. . On whom Brunt said, " I)—u my
eyes, if ally . • sli 1 runic in here, the time is so
near now, S e.•. s sin I tin tough the hotly. I auuid
murder liltu law e sootier than we should he diA!uvvi
On the next nor g I went about eleven o'clock --
it was a little dark on my eyes wlivu I went iu after