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London, England, 1819-12-26 00:00:00

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dicta's& or A 'LITTER. RATED IMAZGARITk. ;Oct. I.
" We received despatches here a few days re
from the Government at Angostura, and also from
General Beresuder) wire is stationed at Barcelona.
Thevause dl the eteadontiltent of the blockade ot
this island by the spanisit fleet is now explained to
be the want srprovhdent, and it is therefore proba-
ble that. we "tall, ere long, receive another visit
front them. Morino himself was so bent on the
measure. that he came down in peraft to La Guyrs,
to hasten the departure of the squadron. The pros
vision!" they had ott board were 'efficient only rot
two months) which) as they sailed on the 25th
of July, must all have been exhausted at the time
they quitted oar .Coast. They had drders from Mo-
rino la fight and Viet the Veneatrelats squadron
whenever and wherever they could meet with them.
Gen. Urdaneta 'has been in disgrace at Angostura,
for the failure before Careens, but is reinstated in
his command, and 'has orders, as seen m the rainy
season is over, again to attempt to tatty the place,
cost what it may. The last meows from General
Pace state, that he had invested :Ssoi Cernando,
which was howdy expeeled to offer terms of capita.
laden, as re relief mold be looked fOr from General
bloriilk who was net believed to have nitre Asa
3;000 'men under ids cunuaafl& , It is amertaimad)
on-the information of a surgeon who has deserted
from the /loyalist army, that the varieties in Cu..
mans and Porto Cabello ere smaller than had bet*
supposed, and very tasidowinte to their dekames
the former having gft,iinti the ialle*msly 150 saws.
%tip, We have sestained here a are lam to the rilliikt ,
cause by the death ofrven. • who died Oda .
fever study in The 'innttintall 25th ale. said wee
buried the.atme 'evening 'with Military honours."

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Ad4nes from Cad's of the ht inst. ennounco
she; the Government of Spets have come to a
' determination to send oat interediatety two arms.
pents to South America, ewe Of Which, consisting
1 of 8,000 men, was to go to 'the maistence of Gee. ( 1111"tI 0 rjt
Morino ; and the other, Westering of from 10 te
15,00 e met, lets to proceed to -Americo.
It swan *tan a lee dhevarion in the Court et
Chancery, that the fix demanded by the Rev. Sloeli•
smith of Gretna Green, frit treating " one laift"
the ardent fftitives who Mott toltis Arise, is so -71
less theft to C they wife kayo boon Fortin to the
pa-feast% or who he, wironsok *oak too boar
Weft:yr whether parsetst is reviled loan 4lto } Y 155 •
pelibiessoaste of the ouvorm or sok

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2superial Varitanunt.
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HOUSE OF LORDS.
MONDAY. bEC.
COTTONFA.CTOKIES AMENDMENT DILL

Earl tan tsVI., NOB rose, on the Order of the Bey fee
going into a (20111111ittee on this 131iL lie observed, that it
Meet in a great ITICILSUre to repeal the Act of last Ses ion for
emulating the employment of children in cotton factories. and
Lis opinion was, that the Lords would do widely. if they repealed
the Bill altogether. The Noble Earl was persuaded that the
parents, who had the interest of their children at heart, could not
make improvident contracts for them, and be really felt that
rarlimanit was taking too large a range when they interfered
between the manufacturees and such persons.
The Bishop of CHESTER said. it was his intention last
Session, had not indisposition occurred. to move a clause to
prevent children being employed late on Saturday nighte In
tam no okosition was offered; he should more to introduce such
• clause at the third reading of the Bill then under diectission.—
lib reason for the introefiction was this--if children continued
smirking to a late hour en Saturday night, they were either
nimble or unwilling to attend divine service on Sunday, and
parents had no opportunity to :mike them appear at church.—
At a time when they were itiseing Bills for the supprtsdion of
blasphemy and sedition. he conld not see how any of the Lords
could be mine to • legislative provision which would hold out
to thousands or manufacturers in his diocese the means of
obsessing a decent and moral demeanour.

After a few observations from Lord Holland and Karl Gror•
tenor the Ileum went into A Committee on the Sill. The
Clatows were then read, agreed we and the llill ordered to be
ormi w the 1.-use.
FLUITIOUS MEETINGS BILL.

On the motion of Lord Viscount liiiiniouth,the House went
into a Coninii,ree on the Seditious Meetings Bill.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH objected tb the punishment of
t•velve months' imprisonment, to which person. were made
liable who *hall be prtbent at any meet ng without being eligi.
gibte to attend. There was an inconsistency in that provision,
because iu another part of the Bill a person might be present,
and if lie departed within a quarter of an hour alter die Sheriff
er Magistrate made prochunation fur him to depart, lie ails liable
to no punishment whatever.
The LORIS CHANCELLOR said, the persgos last mentioned
by the Noble Lord would, in case of riot, stall be subject to the
summon law.

The clause was agreed to.
The li.atl of I.AU DER DALE proposed to add to the clause,
dltecting the Mayor to convene it,eetings in oorporation towns,
taw words " according to the custom of the place.'

The kart of LIVERPOOL:aid. the Bill did not &Oct any
merungs in bitiklings ur towns. and there was nothing in it to
prevent incetinzs being called in parishes according to particular
custom._

The clause was ordered to stand part of the Rill.
The hlarquis of Lansdowne *scud to the clause which
provides that no per..ons shall be entitled to attend parish
meetings unless they are resident inhabitants, as proprietors
et freeholds producing 301. per annum. The Noble Marquis
urged the injustice and imptiliey of excluding from such
meetings persons having small freeholds. and moved to insert
the words •••forty shillings." instead of fifty pounds.
The 1.0111) CHANCELLOR objected to the amendment.
Ile observed, that many persons might be said to be inhabitants
of a parish who did not reside there, but had property in it. The
object of the clause was to exclude all.such persons, unless they
had props ty of some value..
Lord HOLLAND deprecated the exclusion of persons having
Knell estates in particular parishes. Nothing would add more
t 3 the &said:goatee of the people than preventiug men of forty
frembiut from intending parish .meting., where their
i dere; to a proportionate extent would be as great as that of the
loan who had Arty pounds freehold..
Lord Elfisit IN I: drew tho attention of the House to the
anetity of tl:e law they were about to enact.. Supposing a man
having a small freehold in &parish, and not a ret-ident, obsti-
nately thought fit so attend the meeti••,:. without a correct
knowledge of the Act of Parliament, would any Jury. if lie was
indicted, find him guilty P Certakrly not. Such a man might
go about blundering, and give the magistrate an opportunity to
ureperse the uteeung ; and in that view the clause was
ontectionable.
The Ehrl of LI VERPO.H. esid, the que;tlort for the eon.
sidemtion of the House wets. whether any, attempt should be
made to get rid of these tumultuous meetings, because, if there
was a necessity to suppress thenr,.the Bill must be made effective.
Lrad I/contended for the right which, he said,
every man had to.nieet atul petition the King and Parliament.
Tao Bill would take away that right, although the Noble Lords
said it was to regulate the privilege. In. • eof public ferment
nothing could hr more injudicioris than to separite the poor from
the rich. It was impohcy to interfere with parish meetings.
making the distinction. which.hia Noble Friend haul deprecated.
Ile observed the Noble Lords laugh.. lie knew the mottling of
of it. They meant to sap there will be no parish meetings—we
will suppress the whole. If it was so, and the clauses in the Dill
were nugatoey, it was threatening the people with Minh. Lum
Holrand gave his negative to the clause.

The amendment was, then put, negatived,. and. the clause
ordered to stand part of the Bill..
Lord ERSKINE objected to the power given to magistrates
to decide what constituted an illegal meeting.
On the clause providing that non resident persons, shall depart
after proclamation within a quarter of an. hour, on pain of
transportaton,
Lord ERSKINE mo►ed to have our the word "transpor-
tation," and to insert " guilty of.a misdemeanour."
Lord ELI.ENBOROIaiti. supported the amendment.—
rules, the taw was .trong, no Jury (amid tind a verdict of
guilty, and if they there mug naturally be is reluctance to
bond the defendant to Botany Bay.
Time i.t).tl) CtlA Ne i,1,0 lt emsidered the clause necessary
as it stood toe the satity of the country..
Lord HOLLAND made no doubt, fmm what he had hearth,
that the pem le were de►tined to bear the operation of the elati4e
Ifs m lingered at a meeting af.e: proclamation to depart, he
was to be treated as a felon.

The ainecdaient waanegAtival, and the claw:a 6tood part of
t'ae Bill.

After considerable discumion the Dill passel through the
Committee, and brat ottlrrt:4l to Li: renortttl. Adjoutncd.

•rt:r•oEtv, rwc. 421

Mr. BroOen and other Me.drers from the Commons, brought
up the Mi,demeanoun Bill with A ormultnt nts.
On the mutton of the LORI) CHANCELLOR, the Amend-
ments Were taken into am,ulenttion,

Lord HOl.l. \SD gave his assent to the Amendments. altich
went to extend the prnr1,,,,,, of me BIN to Irel ind, at toe
same time he admitted thgt the Bin woul I greatly improve the
emitting I:,w.
The Ainandmenti were agreed to.
sF.Drrious 11F:ET1NG.i

Lord LIVERPOOL on the third reriing of this 1121, moved
several verbal mut nometua, which sere ;ign.w., to.
Lord LIVERPOOL then adverted to two objections, taken
by a Noble Baron. One related to the difficulty magistrates
would Bed in endeavouring to arrest individuals who might
.these to depart after peoclemation. In cam of obstruction the
magistrate might *made& the meeting illegal, and proceed to.

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-digit. in oiler totemove doubt with no* to what sadly
wee obetration, the Noble Earl mpored to insert the word
" forcible," which would signify an Intentional obstruction.
Atter a few words from Lord Erskine, the Amendment was
agreed to,
Lord ELLENIOBOUGII moved a dame, to allow magi&
trate. to permit meetings to be held las than six days
slier notice glVfn of such meeting. The motion was negatived.
Other Amendments being agreed to, the Bill was reed a third
time.
On the question—" Is it your Lordship's pleasure this Bill do
pass
Lord EIISK !NE, in a speech of considerable length. opposed
the principle of the Bill, and deprecated the policy pursued by
Ministers. He observed that they were so bound up in the
belie of the excellence of their measures,. that there was no
thoroughfare for their understanding.

Earl DARNLEY rose to express his opposition. not only to
the Dill before the House, but the Libel Dill. He deprecated
turbulent meetings and iiinerant demagogues going •bout to
corrupt the minds oe starving manufacturers; but the rigourous
measures of Government had driven the people to madness and
despair. Meetings with arms were never thought of before the
unfortunate transactions at Alanchester. _

Lord BLLENBOItOCGH reviewed with eloquence the pre-
sent state of the Country,. and recommended • Muciliatory
spirit towards the people. LAWb would be no more than paper.
if adverse to the wishes and interests of the community. lie
supported the Bill, considering it tits beet 11101114 of protecting
free Meetings and our Constitution. which had raised moo in
this country higher than human nature bad ever been raised in
any country under Heaven.
Ent fiItOSVENOR wished to introduce a elanse
foetid( d opus) a petition which he hail to submit ill the
Minn from the iiihabilasits of the city of We•iiiiinster.
,The Solite Karl mated, that the Petitioners. ealcwloting
mom solute expression in praise of their us drily meetings,
dropped in that House by the Lord Pi esident, hail peti-
tioned to ilr c•elnpt from the operation of the BM.
The Earl of IAVEstP(X)I. spoke to older, sod mini.
mated, that the Noir EA I could noi, cunsi►t-nt %Oh
Parliamentary feints, mote to jut educe any clause a fief
the third reading of a Bill. He might mute to postpone
the debate on the question then before the House ad
infiullani, if their Lordships wound consent to such pest-
ponement, but could nut go further.
Lord HOLLAND o►served, that the Noble Earl
could certainly route to postpone the debate, to milord the
House nu opportisoity of hearing the Petitiori.
Earl G.::OSVENOIt then tooted to postpone the eon.
sideration of the question for a time.
The Earl of HAHROWBV opposed the motion, on the
ground that the host., could not reed., a Petition
founded tin any words uttered by a Peer in debate. At
the same time he hail not the least recullectitor of having
said one word tithes in praise or dispraise of Wistininster
Meet ings.
Earl GROiVE.NOR then stated that the Petition was
genets! with respect to the Bill. The Petitioners were
desirous of lepsesewing, that they hail reason to suppose
the Dean and Chapter of Westminster would be under
intim-nee, the effect of which would retard or prevent
their sneetiogs. The Noble Earls however, did not an-
ticipate arty success from his motten,.theteture connoted
10%011111'4w it.
The Motion was-accordingly withdrawn.
The Lint of BLENSINGI ON controlled, that the Bill
ought not to extend to heianil.

/1. ner110114? fusilier discussion, the Bill prim,.

THURSDAY, DEC. 23.

The Roy tl ‘sient oa% peen Comouinlon to the %I
meattuu, 11.11, tool the Cuitoo Alanwia..tuie. II Amendment
Bat CMllllllblllOlll.ll were the Lord Chancellor, the
Eat I of ihaftreltury, and Eart !fathom.

Mr. lirowlevi mill,several Members from the Commons,
hrouitht np tic S. dation% Meetingt: Prevention Bill, with the
amentlmento made ity the !Arch ugl eed to.

The Irish Eleccona Bill woo rettd a third time and psvmed.
Mr. lirogden hccitgloi tap the Newspaper Stamps Bull,
sheds WIIP the first Bole.
'floe End of SI I AFT EA BURY moved in the absesice of a
Noble Friend, that the Bail bv jointed, and send a second
time on Monday.

After afe oh•.•rvation' frttm Lord liolt ,nd, aho seemed
de.iraus itrne.•eding to the •ecohd leading 1111 Fr.da). the
Bill was ttr.lereil to he rend a second time us 111,mday, um,
the Lords a..re •auuuoued tat that day.—Adjourned.