The National Register.
London, England, 1812-05-03 00:00:00

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%t.,4. thatfroinso small an army thenation had nothing to dread, ht
exc:te commotion, she could unsheath errsword, and right he. r.
Self.' But his Lordship had emitted a veryoneous opittri; lobe,
times Of' the Charles's and•the Comirmnwealth •disrlayed a successicin
of armies rising against the Rulers as justified (lac assertion, that there.
teat fteeer in cherishing a startling The Riot 'Act-atithorised
the Sheri o Mag.istr..tt.s to call in the aid of civil officers to quell any
tumults, but what had that to do with turalone of soldiers loose aM
taxesg on tndhe
people to de,troy theni ?On the groondape:nve a'
dearth of provisions, he should contend tgauist the tont:reflation o£ the
Barrack Estimates.
The Mr. Pcf.ccvnt, said, that assuredly the -Hon. Baleonet -Was es-
Vreniely mistaken if he thought that either in the.Honse or in the nation,
he had exerted feelings accordant to his own.
He must also have been
labouring under a great error if he believed He
in the Breech which
he had just uttered be had employsd]. a good sound dicretion,
knowing, as he did, tlie turbulent situation of Several of the Counties of
14.tsgland. He was *conscious the Hon. Baronet must have known NAV
the *p'arposed barracks were not, as he represented, to be created Mgr
subduing nr making war upon the peopli2, but for the express purpose
of protecting the lives and property of the subject against a hand of
tenditers, whom the lion. Baronet appeared to' have taken under his
terotection, because they were not to her vermitted to plunder the splen-
giel accumulations of wealth which our inerratitile efforts Irad raised
throughout tire tatirlin—(Luml applort se ! )—When the lion. Baronet.
perceived a kind of madness pervading the people, awl Government
taking measures, as it were? to repi-e.4.is cebellient, he immediately Soo ttd.:(l
forth how they were attempting. to overawe the peaceable people by
measures. Perhaps he endeavoured to impresstht I-louse with,
ta tha:.. the liberties of the ipeople were in dander, as was clamoured
forth a feet months ago, as the tionotti-ablt garotter well remembered,
.vheu the populace lent him their assistance.—(Hear, hear, hear ! fronr
Sir Frabeis Burdett.)—" Oh ! I understand," exclaiintod Mr. Nrteval,
how he comes to bear such hatred to soldiers Lbild OPprAttia).-
64trely there would tit l'efnains of a sa'd impression on his Mind, that
at that Memorable time lee conducted himself against the 'very laws
1004:11 he proposed to defend—(/Vlach applause).—Ho*e ver, he feif a
• biftsciottiiii-s that the good setae_ of tlea pifople would preserve them,
jrAtu being infeCted with the lion. titlJOnyt's declamatory minsense, for
vehateVer 'denomination of sense it took, it was of a dangerims nature.
Who but the Honourable Baronet would foresee misChigto the eountry,
Trani affording tottoldiers a wholese,rne situation; :main placing a detaeh-
tnent a;tillery at lelary-le•:-Bone Park, in preference to Woolvaich
• NV ithrespect tea the creedal Of the liarracks,'hiS own heart accompanied
the measure, an lie would be acting ritieviSely timid he not forward
It. The. barracks were necessary at Bristol to overawe The numerous
Vrerich prisonert,aod for the 'better -accommodation of the British troops.
Altd the Barracks intended' for erection at Liverpool were to be reared.
tin a field which Government had riirchased cheaply, ainrthe Petitions
against their erection, counselled that they should be erected in a marsh.
Which 'should the Government unhappily assent to, they 'Would be in-
titantly told, how little they had profited by the Walcheren expedition.
With regard to the Mary-le-hone Park Barracks ar•l exercisesgrounds,
he would briefly state his reasons for purchasing so largt. a park: The.
t'age for buildierg houses, and squarep, end streets, scrprevailed, That he
-eagerly tea hold of an opportunity of purchasing a park of 540 acres,
Utill'icumbered by honks, where soldiers who Werepent up in the town
_ ' 'thould breathe freely iu the fresh air. •
General 'IAI4IIEI'OI4 shortly explained. •
Mr. Husiussost, after animadverting 'with inerch'severity upon the ,
letkeeli of the Hon. Baronet (Sir F. Burdett), declared his concurrence
tai the Intendment. •
Mr. Bate riass also attirriailveited tton ttie speech Of the Hon. Barn- ,
lit. He matttome down to the House intending to give his decided
i.negr.tiVe grant, bit the speech of the I-14n. Barooet had
or ainmis •iost•
intlifeed him- to-alter that Intention ; for a more inflammatory
tirievosis speech he had never heard.' • He certainly objected t, `he pre-
went 10,:etel'n of Government, but 'with that of the Hon. Baronet it bore
comparison. lie was indeed inclined to think there were persons inchi
Country ready. to lead the mob. With respect to the orestten itself,
tie thotitht it a most extravagant and unnecessary grant, and should-
theirefovegive it his Deem-eve.
The tion‘e then divided, when 'there appeareclFor dirt original
%%legit*, 134; .Elgatinst it, 113.--Majority,, o..—Adjolrrnel

PROVINCIALS.

).TONTALV AGRICUL'FIIRAL IMPORT.

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'tilt *teed processitas gone on heavily 'upon strong and dough Amity
Troth thdr.parcbed andtloilded turface, The conseqtrence of some weeks'
*reugift ; there Is yet nmeh to do, nor will it be performed in that
tilde or good husbAndry. for' Whith a more genial season it required;
Ihtresent, ijn couYse, wttl tie late..
AR the seang corn and pulse is above ground in a very backward.
kstate, earthed by chid, dry, fitrthetty and'easterly winds, atd much in
want of shol.veles.. Nothing. done.y.:l upon the falloWs. The crop of
wheat viiiticit ortkinall't pbtited Nvt ll are universally in a -flourishing
'stare, thietcrop Fong !eldom-ini!ired by d-ei, weather in the s_ p . ring ; but
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MAY.

6iiiasussammerPso--.-7-% • -. • .
thoie -upon toot, ill-cnitel-ed,anttundrained soils, the-early appearance
of Which was unthrifty, shoW.uf pitsent very thin, and of a yellow unheal:*
thy colour. IbestAgnant internal dainps of such sails are nut the kind of
moisture required for the nourishment of plarts: •
• Reports of the fertility, ot the newly enclosed lands, general, and The
,movie of breaking t!;etn up in all• improved 'districts; that of paring teedburning, ail the oh: objections to which are proved flit& and gronnCiless,
• where subsequent good cultdrers persevered in; namely, worklng.the
eradication of weeds, and a fair portion of manure.
Both fat and lean cattle. cheaper' fYoni the scarcity and enhanced
price of food:-- Pigs sonieivhat- clearer. Nothing neW respecting sheep
and lamb. •.A fair stock of hay= ‘ipon hand, straw proportionably de-
ficient. The stock of turnips flashed, excepting with th-ose provident
farmers who drew and stacked'their roots for spring use, and such, as
usual*, were very.. few. The few crops of laterne very backward, nor
can grass be expected but with ..rain and *arm weather. Stock of oil
cake. short; and no feeding With sugar,' but on the scum of distillers'
wash.
The stock of wheat on hand, in the most productive Eastern court-
I •ties, alarmingly deficient, according to best accounts which can he oh.
tained; and the general opinion there, that very considerable foreign
snpl.lies will be needed dttrinz the. summer, to eke out the residue
until the new corn shall be fit for use. Let the temerarious opposers
; of aGent-ral Enclosure Bill, connect this account with the natural and
almo.• mira.:uious uncertainty of a wheat crop, and the too probable
ionthitiatwe of vv::r, that dire fiend of waste and 'consumption, and I:es-
eneiny to the cultivation of the earth:

DISTURBANC'ES IN THE COUNTRY.

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A most melancholy circumstance took place in the treiglillourhood
Heciderslield, on Wednesday evening. As Mr. \V. liorsfall (a partner
to the In 11,e of Horsfalls and Co. of that town), was returning to
house at Marsden, about seven miles.eff, he was shot at by some despe-
rate Villains, concealed in a. plantation by the turnpike-road side on
Crossland M:•or, about two milts from Huddersfield. Mr. H. cried
out, lam shot, 1 ..rit murdered!" and turned his horse round, is it
ir.tending to go to a public-houseabont two. or three hundred yards
below the plantation ; four men made their appearanCe Qll the wall,
but Mr. H.lnineediately fell from his horse, and ihey then went into
the wood and were seen no more. A butcher, of the name of Parr, saw
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the transaction at about two hundred yards distarce,and ran up to 11Ir.
H. 'Calling out to another man for assisranee. They so.)n convvved the
'unrortttnate Gentleman to the inn. and sent for surgical aid. lie was
attended by Mr. Iloughton anti Mr. Wilks, eminent surgeons at Had-
cler'sfield,. and also. by Mr. surgeon to the dragoon guards.
It is supposed that no less than four slugs were di-charged at• him, one
-of which only has.yet been extracted. The shots took place near the
• groin and an the lower part of the abdomen. Every attention that pro-
fessional skill, and the exertions of his numerous and respectable rel.-
tives and friends can produce, is paid to kis lamentable situation, but
he is not yet pronounced out of danger. •
A :letter front Manchester, dated Sunday, says—" Another act of
desperation was committed. on Friday last, when a body of .malconterts
attached the factory belonging to Messrs. Wrae and Dulcuff, at Med
-Houghton vi,hich they set on fire, When the building, with all its machi-
nery% was burnt to the ground. The damage is immense: the bung
alone having cost 60001. None of the incendiaries were taken, not a
soldier being in that part of the country."
The insurgents, advan • .ig in crime, now atternpt and threaten the
assassination of those most active in opposing them. S-aturday se'imight,
•an attempt was made to assassinate Mr. Cartwright, the intrepid ile-
fencler'nf Rawfolds Mill, by two villains, who fired:at him from behind
a hedge, on hiaretern froin Huddersfield. The shots were discharged
from opposite sides of the roads, but happily without effect.
Letters from thence received onVednesday, mention the followim,ng
outrage :—On Monday night last, about eleven o'clock, Mr. Trentha
of the house of Trentham, Tierney, and Morton, in the weaving trades
was way-laid on his return home by two ruffians. Just as he was about
to step np,to his door, one of them placed himself before him, and pre-
.senting a pistol, shot him through. the left breast : the assassins then
Made their escape. The *report of the fire-arms having brought the
neighbours to the spot, surgical assistance was immediately procured,
and the ball was extracted from the back, a little below the left shoulder.
—Mr. Trentham being 63 years of age, little hope is entertained of his
recovery. The Corporation of Nottingham has offered a reward of
6001. for the discovery of the Villains ; and it is expected that Govern-
metzt before whom the transaction has been laid, will make a similar
offer. *, •
About 'twenty of the Aciters in Lancashire have been committed to
4Lapaster Jail by the activity of Magistrates, and we understand that
commission is forthwith' to be opened to bring thefts to immediate tria..
Among.the prisoners is *the famous General Lud. This man, Who'
real :najpe is Walker, a collier from Werneth, was considered as an
_active leader, 'marched before the deluded mob in a large cocked ha:,
and was distinguished by the appellation of General Led. • The ch,ii;
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against several is that of taking and administering unlawfol oaths, Alb"
.mayhe considered as the wo'rst feature in the outrages, of late unfvfo'
stately TO .prevalent. •