The National Register.
London, England, 1821-05-28 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

'file other orders of the day having been disposed of,
the house adjourned.

FRIDAY, NAY 25.
The Freeholders' Voters bill aas read a first lime.—
Ordered to be read a second time on Monday week.
A bill to enable justices of the peace to act out of their
own counly,was brought in and read a first time. Ordered
to be read a second time on Monday.
Mr. LITTLETON obtained leave to withdraw the
Church Briefs bill for the present session.
Mr. Alderman WOOD presented the report of the
London Bridge committee.
Sir W. CURTIS availed himself of the earliest oppor-
tunity to enter his protest against this report. It recom-
mended the building a new bridge, an expense of 700,0001.
and that he considered such expenditure would be most
extravagant.
Mr. Alderman WOOD defended the report. After
what had jnst passed, he should expect to find the hon.
hart. the sturdy advocate of economy on all future occa-
sions, and that would present lam in a new point of view.
—The committee had consisted of 19 menthols, and he
believed the lion. hart, stood alone when he placed him-
self in opposition to the report. It said nothing of an
expense of 700,0001.; the report stated, that a new bridge
would be better than the old one; and if a new bridge
were Inuit, although the public would be benefited by it,
none of its money would be wanted for the purpose.
Repot t ordered to be printed.
Ott MANS' EUND.—Sir W. CURTIS asked whether 8R
lima. member intended to propose any committee respect-
ing the orphans' fund this session.
Mr. H. UMN EU replied, that lie hail no such intention,
owing to the lateness of the session ; hot he did nut knots
why the hon. hart. should so particularly identify himself
with the questiou ;it was the court of nliletnien that was
interested in it, and the hon. baronet had acknowledged
himself the set vent of the court.
Mr. Alderman WOOD rose but
The SPEAKER reminded him that there was no ques-
tion before the house.—The conversation accordingly
dropped.
'I he house at its rising was ordered to adjourn to Mon-
day next.
A petition was presented from Birmingham against the
poor laws amendment bill.
The Irish stamps bill went through a committee.—Re-
port on Monday.
The second reading of the audit of public accounts bill
was ordered for Wednesday.
Mi. W. COURTEN AY brought in a bill to regulate the
sale of trust estates.—Read a fist time, and ordered to
be read a second time on Monday.
Mr. 0. BENNE IT presented a petition from a gentle-
man named Trimmer, in Wiltshire, complaining that a
slate quarry had been rented by the crown to Mr. Ten-
nam, the petitioner having previously bid fur it.
Mr. Alderman WOOD observed, such was the present
state of our finances, that this matter ought to be strictly
inquired into, with the view of protecting the public
interest.—Petition ordered to be printed.
A message from the lords announced that their lordships
had agreed to the Eau Brink Drainage bill, and the
Cr:impound Disfranchisement bill, with amendment:.
Lord MILTON called the attention of the house to the
Graintionod Disfranchisement bill, with amendments,
a lin h bad come from the lords, desii Mg the concurrence
of the Mouse; and he moved that the amendments be now

Lord J. RUSSELL thought it wool,' be better nt once
to name Mt the amendments of the ioids be taken into
eonsidetation on Wednesday next. lie added, that he
was prepared to move that the house agree to those
amendments. (Hear.)
r. C. W. W YNN observed,that it would be adviseable
at the beam time to propose some regulation for the con-
ducting of the elections of the two additional members
for Yorkshire.

Lord LONDONDERRY hoped the lion. member would
pause b. tore he prises ered in the proposing of such regu-
lations as part of the present measure, for lie feared that
the agitation of them might occupy so much time as to
endanger the loss of the bill. (Hear.) Inadequate us
was the bill, he was apprehensive that, by such course isf
proceeding, the measure would tie lost.
Amendments ordered to be taken into consideration on
Wednesday next.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from Mr. Thorpe, late
a judge at Sierra Leone, complaining of his dismission, iu
consequence ut being the medium of preferring charges
against Governor Maxwell. The petitioner had sustained
great losses in cunsequeoce of having abandoned his pros
tessiou to serve the govet anoint, and of being refused
'smithy and redress.
Mr. WA RAE observed, that there was no foundation
for the charges against Governor Maxwell.
Mr. 601..1.Hji:N said he should our avail himself of
circumstances within his knowledge to aggravate the
. situation of the petitioner.
Mr. HUME regretted th;.l the Colonial St cittary
should nut have eitteted into some explanation. The
petitioner was unaware of the cause of his dismissal, after
having been engaged in the government fur 14 years f at
least the petitioner stated as much.
Mr. HUTCHINSON expressed himself in similar terms;
the pi titioner was anxious to remove the stigma from his
character.--Petition read, and ordered to be printed.
CO !MI N A L Laws.—Sir J. MACINTOSH presented the
report of tile forgery punishment bill. He then observed,
that 2.i0 'umbel a hail expressed their opinion or the pu-
nishment I death for forgery I and amongst them were
6.111 s ut iii most distinguished and enlightened merchants.
lie now rose to skew his reference to the opinions of
°filets, by the amendments which lie was about to pro-
pose. He had alteatly made considerable sacrifices of
his own opinions, in older not to sutler them to stand in
the way in those ameliorations of the CI imival law which
lie was desirous of accomplishing. The amendments
which he should propose welt respecting the forgery of
wills, mai riage registers, and transfers of stock, and to
exempt them from the operation of the bill.
The first aniendiueut en the report hiving been pro-
posed,
Mr. CRYPTS thought the fargery of country note?'
ought to he exempted from the opelation of the bill. Bank
notes, when forted, were stopped; but if country notes
Ile forged, tlir ci edit and stability of the country wile
at stake.

Sir J. MACINTOSH could not acquiesce in the sug-
geitiou of the hum member.
Mr. GRENIELL agreed with what Ind (elm foul

Mr. Cripps. He did not see why bank note forgeries
should be exempted.
Mr. J. MARTIN said he should support the bill, if the
punishment were made transportation for life.
Mr. 'SENN Err observed, that transportation in many
instances operated as a bounty on crime; it was, in tact,
generally considered as no punishment at all.
Mr. BARING remarked, that if there were no severer
punishment to be proposed than that of transportation, he
should oppose the bill; he agreed on what had been
stated, that it was, in fact, no punishment at all.
Mr. J. SMITH stated, that the punishment ought to he
strictly defined and rigorously adhered to ; no judge could
desire to have discretionary power lodged in his hands.
Alter some remarks from Mr. Lockhart, the proposition
for omitting the word " wills" was agreed to.
Sir J . MACINTOSH then proposed the exception of
marriage registers.
Amendment agreed to, as was the next for omitting the
words respecting forgeries of transfer of stock.
Sir J. MACINTOSH then proposed words to follow
imprisonment, " for a period of net less than three years,
and not exceeding fourteen years."
Mr. BARING should not desire the hill to pass, if
"three years" were retained , he was for naming the
larger period positively, •' fourteen years' hard labour."
To have the less period would be to diminish the terror of
the offence.

Dr.LUSHINGTON thought the punishment of forgery
ought to be most severe, and it ought to be positive—not
less than ten years' imprisonment and hard labour. Ho
would propose MIL It amendment, *lnch was agreed to.
Sir J. NIALANTOSH, at the request of a learned lord,
proposed that zscotland be exempted from the operation
of this hill. . _

Alr. CRI PPS could not consent to let this bill go forth
to the country without the weeds," to exempt promissory
notes, Are. from the bill."
The SPEAKER said, the bill hail been gone through—
the house could not go hack ; the proposed amendment
might he urged iu a future stage of the bill.
Mr. 3IABERLY observed, that if the amendment was
not introduced, the man would be a madman who ►hould
forge bank notes with the probability of being hanged,
when lie might forge country notes without the possibility
of being executed. It would operate as a premium on
the forgery of country notes.
Several members desired the amendment to be pot, but
the Speaker said it could be regularly proposed on the
third reading.
Additional clause agreed to, and bill ordered to be re-
committed, to afford opportunity for the.proposieg of Mr.
Cripp►' amendment.
Atoll( ESTIMATILS.—The house afterwards went into a
committee of supply, to which committee the remaining
army estimates were referred.
Lord PALMERS'I'ON brought them forward. He
proposed that there be granted 1,00 1,0,;01. for the army
extraordinaries.
Mr. HUME proposed to reduce the vote by 36,0001.
Upon this amendment a long conversation followed, and
the tin's. member consented to withdraw his amendment,
to make way for one of
Mr. BENNETT's, who proposed to reduce the stun of
1,000,0001. to 000,000!.
Upon this emeintinclit the committee divided, when the
numbers were—For the amendment, 3V—Aglrinst it, '54.
The next resolution proposed was ill, suns of 401,56. A.
for the Commissar let.
Mr. MABERLY expressed that this department should
undergo revision.
Mr. HUME said that from lUI6 to MD the expences of
that department bad been a 14,0001. and the yearly charges
of the establishment amontited to 32,7771. For 181 ti the
whole expences of the commissariat in Great Britain had
been 301,0001. This year it was 401,0001. The addition
of the storekeeper's expeto:en would, perhaps, account
for the difference. But after allowing for that, there
would not be one shilling of reduction of the expences of
1518. The whole number of eortuntammaries in 1813, a
time of war was 300. By the returns on the table, it ap-
peared that there were still 230, when the ninuler of men
to be supplied was reduced to one third. Mr. Herries
had 1,2.)01. a year. 'ibis was a most extravagant pension
fur the few years he had been commissary general, after
having previously hero private secretary to Mr. Pereeval.
Another pension to which he objected was, 1,1(101. to Mr.
Trotter, who had been commissary general in 1808, and
raised the expellees of the establishment in a few years
to 52,0001. a year more than be had found them.
Mr. ARBU niNoT said, that lie could assure the com-
mittee that it was impossible to yonder% the business of
the department with a smaller number of commissaries.
The number had been reduced too low in 1816 ; but the
protests from various stations made it necessary to in.
crease it again to what it was at pi escat.
Mr. It. WARD justified the expences of the store-
kreper's depattnient. The annual charge was 45,0001.
and for this a stun uI 5,000,0001. was administered.
Mr. H. 0. BEN N FL' protested against the pension to
Mr. Bert irs. Active comtnissarics-getteral who had been
engaged by night and by day in the severe exertions of
war had retired with 4001. 50.)I. or 0001. a year. Mr•
Herries, whose sersices had been rendered in a wants
well-eurpeted room, with his pen in his hand and his ink•
stand before him, rsccivcd 14001. a year.
Colonel DAVIES said, that lie should content himself
with moving a reduction of ti,2381. front the grant their
before the house.
Colonel DAVIES said lie would withdraw his amend.
mcnt, and substitute in its stead another, calling on the
house to reduce the grant by only 4,2381.
Mr. Ni. CALVERT observed, that, without entering
iuto the propriety or impropriety mil this amendment, her
was inclined to sapient any general reduction of so much
per cent. on the estimates, and to leave the disposal of the
sum to the responsibility of governmetit.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the corn.
mince divided, when there appeared for tlic amendment,
40—against it, ;10—Majority against it, 40.
Uu our return to the gallery we found Mr. P Moore,
moriug that time chairman du report pi egress, and ask
leas c to sit agave, on the ground that the rme lhea before
it involved constitutional questions too int..ut tint to be
di .eusFPd at that late hour of the evening. The question
was agreed to after a short conversation in which COIUUCI
1).1% ie•, Al t. nelitat, and Mr. Arbuthnot took a share.
Mr. ARBU fIiNOT, in the absence of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, gave notice, that that right honourable
gentleman would bring forward his budget on Friday
next. The other orders of the (lay were disposed of sad
the house adjuuteed et one o'clock.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
4M.•••=111
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BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
W. Jones, liandsworth, Staffordshire, farmer, from May 2 to
July S.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
W. Reeves, East Ardley, Yorkshire, farmer.
W. Elwell, Birmingham. chymist.
BANKRUPTS.
A. J. Browne, Portsmouth, grocer. Solicitors, Messrs; Collett
and Co. Chancery Lane.
J. Eastwood. Liverpool, haberdasher. Sol. Mr. John, Pals-
grave Place, Temple Bar.
F. Jenks, Bromyard, Herefordshire, tanner. Sob. Messrs.
Williams and Co. Lincoln's Inn Old Square.
J. Shaw, Battersea, dealer in oil. Sois. Messrs. Cuppage and
Co. Old Broad Street.

J. Store, Churwell, Yorkshire, clothier. Sol. Mr. Wilson,
Greville Street, Hatton Garden.
J. Atkinson, llohue, Westmorland, manufacturer. Sol. Mr.
Beverley, Temple.
W. Ford, Holt, Worcestershire, farmer. Sol. Mr. Platt,
New Boswell Court.
.1. Warneford, York, grocer. Sol. Mr. Wiglesworth, Gray's
Inn.

J. L. Fairchild, Thurlby, Lincolnshire, farmer. Sob. Messrs.
Willis and Co. Warnfont Court, Throgmorton Street.
J. Hughes, Cheltenham, wine merchant. Solve Messrs.
Williams and Co. Lincoln's Inn.
J. Irving, jun. Carlisle, grocer. Sol. Mr. Addison, Staple
Inn.
T. Day, Blackman Street, Southwark, stock broker. Sol. Mr.
Shute'', Milbank Street, Westminster.
J. Swell, Limehouae, timber merchant. Sol. Mr. Duthie,
John Street, Adelpbi.
I'. Ramsay. Mark Lane, wine merchant. Soh. Messrs.
Reardon and Co. Corbet Court, Gracechurch Street.
M. Tidy, Southgate, Middlesex, corn dealer. Sots. Messrs.
Fisher and Co. Gray's Inn.
.1. Smith, Fromm, clothier. Sols. Messrs. Hicks and Co.
Bartlett's Buildings, llolhorn.
J. Henley, Sol, Row, Han mstead Road, rectifier. Sols. Messrs.
Druce and Co. Billiter Square.
G. S. Ford, Great Bush Lane, Cannon Street, wine merchant.
Sol. Mr. Taylor, Furnival's Inn.
J. Gibbons and H. Hibbert, Great Preseot Street, Goodman's
Fields, bricklayers. Sol. Mr. Kyles, Worship Street Road.
DI VID Nl)5.

CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION.

On Tuesday, at the annual meeting of the in.
habitants of the parishes of St. Andrew, Holborn,
and St. George the Martyr, fia the choice of go-
vernors and directors for the ensuing year. Mr. C.
Murray, the solicitor to the above society, was re-
fused to be elected, in pursuance of the following
resolution
Resolved, That this meeting views with disgust and indignation
the formation of a society, arrogantly pretending to protect the
constitution, but really intended to impair its proudest safeguard.
by controlling the press to ministerial subservience; thus mis-
chievously, falsely, and libellously assuming that the government
is so lost to the confidence and obedience of the people, and the
Attorney General so deficient in vigilance and ability, that neither
the increased powers given to the former by the recent restrictive
acts, nor the excercise by the latter of the questionable privilege
of proceeding by c.r oficio information, are capable of restraining
the supposed licentiousness of the press, without the officious
interference of those hungry satellites of power, who are always
most abundant under the worst administration,and who, by their
facetious bigotry and seal, aggravate the discord, and promote
the evils they profess a wish to obviate and to heal.
The meeting was one of the most numerous and
respectable within the memory of the oldest parish-
ioner. As some of our readers may not have heard
of this " worshipful society," we may here mention
that there are a set of persons calling themselves a
constitutional association, who have instituted in
their own names, or rather in their own behoof with-
out names, prosecutions against certain individuals
for the publication of libels. No matter who the
persons prurecuted may be ; tyranny never, or but
rarely makes its first essay upon unblemished cha-
racters.

LAIV INTELLIGENCE.

May 29, E. Smith, Green Lettuce Lane, tea dealer—June 26,
T. Sisley, St. Peter the Apostle, Kent. merchant-14, J. Ainlcy,
Doncaster, silk mercer-14, T. Bleasedale, Chorley. Lancashire,
ironmonger-IS. J. and W. Wilkinson, Blackburn, cotton
manufacturers-16, J. M•Master, Mile End Old Town, master
iii..riner-16, T. West, Cracec!iurch Street, wholesale perfumer
—l6, W. Fincham, Epping, banker-9, L. Moses. Great
Present Street, merchant-16, W. Scott. Pall Mali. tailor-9,G.
Hardisty and J. Cowing, Bedford Court. woollen drapers-30,
W. Miles, Oxford Street, linen draper-14, R. Hunt, King's
Lynn, Norfolk, tailor.
CERTIFICATES to be granted June 12.
P. R. Phillips, Carmarthen, druggist—J. Baggott, Brotnyard,
Herefordshire, skinner—W. Ayton, Macclesfield, cotton spinner
- Parsons, bong Acre, coaca lace manufacturer—J. Fordham,
Bishop Stortford, plumber—J. Sloper, Bath, baker-11. A.
Noble, Albany Road, Camberwell, wine merchant—T. Barnett,
Kendal, corn merchant—J. Clarke. Worcester, coach proprietor
—R. Fry, Leicester Square, linen draper—J. D. Rayner, Bow,
mast maker—R. Hoiroyd, Halifax, jeweller—J. Wells, Liver-
pool, merchant.

COURT OF KING'S RENCII,
WEDNESDAY. MAY .23.
THE KING V. HANSON.

The court wascalled on in this case to decide whether
any appeal lay to the court of sessions agaiiist a conviction
Ity two magistrates, upon information charging the de-
fendant with selling beer and ale without two het-ices.
The Judges decided, that the 48th of George the 'Fluid
gave no appeal, and confirmed the conviction.

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dignity of Queen made it inconsistent for her to come
into court with an affidavit as a common subject; I ut .
the court required it, her Majesty would be rear:), to
make the affidavit. The hon. and learnedgeutleman
contended that the rule ought to he made airmlute.
Mr. Denman supported the argument of Mr.
Brougham, and added, that her Majesty hid &wive
rights, being recognised as a ferns sole.
Tne Court hell this to be an important question, and
intimated that they should take time to consider their
decision.

SISSIA V. SMITH.
Mr. Denman moved to discharge the defeodantout of
custody of the Marshal of this Court. It appeared that
the plaintiff had brought his action against the defen-
dant, and that he agreed, after the man was in custody,
to take security fur soul. the amount of the debt. The
attorney for the plaintiff claiming a heron the sum reco-
verable, on account of his costs, refused to mullein to
the defendant's discharge, and the question was, whether
he could detain him in custody after the plaintiff had
been satiefied.

Mr. Denman contended, that the attorney could have
no lifn on the person of the defendant, and that he
ought not to be held in custody.
Mr. Reader, on behalf of the attorney, argued that a
fraud, had keen practiced on his client, who was depri-
ved of his costs by collusion of the parties, and he there,
fore submitted that the court ought not to discharge the
defendant.
'llse Judges delivered their opinions seriatim, and held
that an attorney in such a case could not keep the de-
fendant in custody. The ling he had in respect of coats,
might he supported by application to the Court, calling
on them to order the sum for which the security was
given to be subject to Ins claim. There was no prin-
ciple in law which justified the detention of the defen-
dant at the suit of the plaintiff, after the plaintiff had
taken security and declared the debt satisfied.
The rule to discharge the defendant out of custody
was made absolute.

A GAMING•HoUSe BESIEOED.—An affair which ric•
cursed a few eveiting,s since at a gaming•house in St.
James's, has occasioned touch stir and inquiry la Marl-
borough-street Police-office. Information was laid at
the office by persons who had lost money at play, and
were otherwise disappointed. These persons undertook••
to assist the officers in getting into the house, by open-
ing the first floor windows, as the house was so barri-
caded that it was impossible for them to get in by the
regular entrance. The whole of the officers, with an
additional force of constables, assembled near the hone*
at the appointed hour, with ladders its reserve. The
striking of Si. James's clock was the signal for attack,
when some persons within were to throw up the sashes.
The ladders fin scaling being brought, the watchmau
on the beat gave an alarm, and all was spoiled. The
watchmen in his defence states, that he did not know
but the party were abotit to commit a robbery, as they
were strangers to him. The managers of the gaming-
house voluntarily. attended before the magistrates upon
one of the inquiries into the conduct of the watchman,
who was, they urged, doing his duty. They said it was
a house for play, and they had no objection to admit
police officer at any time, but they did not chose to have
the house plundered by a mob. There was 4,0001. in
the hank, and that was too much for a scramble. Here
the affair rests.
ONE LAW FOR THE RICH AND ANOTHER FOR THE
POOR.—" lia the last session of Parliament a bill was
passed entitled ' An Act for the 1.11 1111 l ary punishment,
in certain cases, of persons wilfully or maliciously dama-
ging or committing trespasses on public or private pro.
petty.' .4nno pinto (a bad specimen of what is to hap-
pen) Georgii IV. Regis, cap. 56. In this act it is provided
that ' if any person shall wilfully or maliciously commit
any damage, injury, or spoil, upon any building, fence,
hedge, gate, stile, guide-post, milestone, tree, wood, tin-
derwood, orchard, garden, nursery-ground, crops, erge.
tables, plants, laud, or other matter or thing growing on
or being thereon, or to or upon real or personal property
of any nature or kind whatsoever, he may be immediately
seized by anybody, without a warrant, taken before a
magistrate, and fined, (according to the mischief he has
done) to the extent of five pounds; or in default or pay-
ment, may be committed to the gaol for three months.'
And at the end comes a clause, exempting from the ope-
rations of this Act all mischief dune by hunting and ty
shouters who are qualified ! This is surely the most im-
pudent piece of legislation that ever crept ono the statute-
hook ; and, coupled with Mr. Justice Itst's declaration,
constitutes the following affectionate relation between
the different orders of society : —Says the higher link to
the lower, ' If you meddle with my game, I will imme-
diately murder you; if yen commit the slightest injury
upon my real or p rsonal property, I will takeyou benne
a magistrate, and fine yod tire pounds. 1 ant in Parlia-
ment, you are not; and I have just brought in an Act
of Parliament for that ;nurse. Bin so important is it to
you that toy pleasures shout I not be interrupted, that I
have exempted myself and trictids from the opeiat on of
this Act; and we claim the right (without allowing you
any such summary remedy) of riding over your lute,
hedges, gates, suits, guide posts, milestones, woods,
uuderwoods, orchards, gardens, nursery-grounds, crops,
vegetables, plants, lands, or ce her matters or tillO4S grow.
fug or bring thereuitod--.7ncluding your children and
yourselves, if you do not get out of we way.' Is there
upon earth such a mockery tat justice as an Act of Par-
liament, pretending to protect property, sending a po. r
heilas-hreaker to gaol, and specially 'sculpting irons its
operation the JCCOOIig and the judgui.; 'it:l.6re, who, at
ate tail of toe hounds, has ihat morning, IL-theps.
ruined as much wheat and seeds .is would purchase fuel
a wools: year for a whole tillage?"
At the sale of the sut.f 0; the late Sir C. Bonbon..
at NCWlolliket, last week, the eel: dilated horse, Sow-
lensko, was purchase.' Ly Air. Wi.atherliy, at 1300
guineas Mt the Prince of Estetii..z.y. The (tidy bro-
ther of this reoutviieil hose is also hi p4.193.4;i41011 of his
Excellcucy.