The National Register.
London, England, 1813-06-27 00:00:00

Turs.;)%v. JUNE 22.

TC: . CTTO N !rOvfnt.
Sir to put ca. I. ifiltner eni,,itirration or the
poor t1;11.for !All' 111,/n 1 liS ; Or. divioiou took piat:e
*.f.tr the motien, a6,ainfl. 0.; J;:5.

JUNE 27.,

Mr. FR EEM ANTLE, after def.:ern:4lg enormous Ames, winch he
said existed in the Barrack Delon tineot of Ireland, moved that the
estimates he laid before the noose. The motion was agreed to.
Lord A. Ha MILTON !Roved fOr the di,charge of Mr.. Thomas.
Croggan from New gate . where he has been a prisrmer for some time
past, undtr an order ~r t{on c, for having improperly interfeied
in procuring the return of a Reinesentative for the borough of
Tregony,
Mr. HOLM Es seconded the motion, and referred to the minutes
of the Committee, to slim that Croggan had been found guilty on
the testimony of peeinred witnesses. He also animadverted in point.
ed terms on the oppression and corruption which prevailed in the
borough of Tregony.
A long conversation arose between 'Messes. Bankcs, Brand. C.
Wynne, and Bathurst, chiefly on the point, whether Mr. Croggan
should be discharged without first petitioning the House, dud uc•
knowledging his guilt, which in cases of this nature had been pre.
viously reqhired.
Mr. Crogean's case, however, being deemed one of great hard-
ship, the House, by 77 against 59, agreed to Lord flami:ttm's mo-
tion for his discharge, and thereby, for the first time, dispen4ed
with that formality. In consequence of its being stated oy Mr.
C. Johnstone, that Croggan, since his confinement, has been forced
'o sleep with a common felon, it was resolved " That a Select.
Committee be appointed to inquire into the circumstances of Mr.
Croggan's treatment while imprisoned in the gaol of Newgate."
On the Order of the day fur considering the 13th of the India
Resolutions, which refers to the sending Missioners to India, Lord
Castlereagh said, a very general idea had gone abroad, that it was
intended to encourage an unrest, ained and uoregulated resort of
persons to India, for religious purposes; pieeisely on the same
ground, as it was imagined, that unrestricted and unlimited com-
mercial intercom se would be perinittyd to that (mutiny. Both these
notion-, were founded on misconception ; a certain nomher only of
Nlis,,ionaricA would be allowed to proceed thither, under the cogni-
Zallee of the Board V Directors, who were again to be controlled
by the Board of Commissioners,
Sir H. MONTGOMERY spoke against the Resolution as futile, and
like :y to he attended with dangerous eonsegnences in He
thought it would be better to commence reform on the morals of the
peopte of our own Country, who, in that respect, were far inferior
to the Hindoos. As a proof, lie stated that the number of com-
mitnivets, for various siisrenecs, in the city of Decca, containing
300,000 iniwbitants, was in tire most criminal year, out of ten;
but Bi 3 persons; while the commitments for the same pt iod, fur
London and Middlesex, according to a document laid on the table,,
was tri:l2.

Mr. WILBERFORCE, in a long aml brilliant speech, supported the
Resolution.

On a division, there appeared, in favour of the Resolution, 89;
against it, 36. Majority, 53.—Adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23.

Lord A. HAMILTON moved the Order of the Day, for -.!alling
Thomas Crogan to the Bar to be disdiarged, and congratulated the
House on tiro abrogation of the precedent, that no person com-
mitted should be discharged but on petition.
The prisoner having been brought to the Bar. the SPEAKER,
after a suitable admonition on the enormity of his offence against
the freedom of election and the laws and constitution of this realm,
and in:otming him, that in consideration of the length of his impri-
sonment the House had been induced •ro consent to his diseharge„
(*tiered his discharge accordingly,- upon payment of his tees.—M r.
Troggau began to say he was unable to pay the fees, when the
Speaker commanded the Serjeant to take !rim away from the Bar.
Leave was given to bring in a Bill to enable Commissioners of
Excise to transfer Licenses from Publicans to their Successors:

On the Report of the Resolution of the Coimnittee of Supply for
•
granting a Subsidy to Sweden being brought up,'
Mr. BANK IA delivered his sentiments ou the subject ; be entered
at large into the stipulations of the Treaty, which tie decidedly
condemned, and for this plain reason, that it was one by which, of
all others, we paid the most and got the least..

Lord CASTLERFACH replied to Mr. Bankes, and the Resolution
wit% then agreed to. . •
On the motion of Mr. R. WARD, 700,4991. wa voted for the
Ordnance E.tiniates. The aunt (.4' 662,0001.. was like,wise granted
fur the extraordinny expense% of the army.
lii the course: of the discussion which arose on the vat-huts items
of the latter Flllll, Mr. LAW argued that thee country. could net
oasonably be expected to inaintain contest against Trance, tul,
lets .oine-law hi the oattue Df a oonseriotiou were rcsorted to. ,