The National Register.
London, England, 1822-04-01 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGIST IR

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proposition made upon guess, and without any foundation
to go on. The estimates had been formed on the lowest
%cute, consistent with the good of the public service.
Col. IMVIES contended that a reduction might take
place on several parts of the eoiatates —he particularly
adverted to the sale's, Gf the clerk to the Banta, who,
emit-kering the magnificent house which had !ken as-
signed to Il i 11l ,Itad lilt It sr than 2.001. a year. Tile salaiy
of the secretary to the Nl.s.ter General was also too
it was 1,5001. a year. Tlie finance committee, in their
report, had recommended it should be reihiced to 8001.
Mr. HUME contended that the palely of the Muster
General ought to be redneed, anti he moved a reduction
of 10, tIY. on the higher salaries, awl proposed that in-
stead of 15 81:11. tar salaries and allowances to the Board,
the Amin sl ld he 25,8131.

Sir It. 14112GIP•iON objected to the int-flit-31 staff, and
especially to the salary of the Ditertor th•ner•l.
Mr. K. WAIII) defended the appoitiiiiwni.

The amendment trav ultimatelynegatived, and the ori-
ginal revolution agreed to.
Several other 11.101111i1)11.1 WPIe agreed to, and the report
wac °railed to lie re t civet, to-mot row.

The retnainio; orders sere disp4sed of, and the house
adjourned.

TI:ESDAT, M %ROI 26.
being only A Members pre,. is at noir o'clark,
the Speaker declared the !loom to 6tand itAjourned till
to morrow.

The linlifax Gas Lig a third time and
pared, after a 111'w elanse, proposed by Mr. Sykes, had
&KPH 11 ;obvert Wlllllllllll livid ut.
Sir F. BuRDETT said, that he wished to postpone the
motion of as hick lie hail given nidiee tit 111i4 any, for an
whit ...a to the Hine to lentil the tem:Mang portion of Hr.
limit's tit nlrcee. lie /amnia tiling it forwnitt on the first
open (lay. There oas a good deal of balky evidence
which he at litst (leaked to atatl, and lie theiefore post -
',mica the motion.
'flue Speaker and Sir F. liiiraett looked through the
order book for some time without a 1 ii an open day ;
nod it Wall then &clared that the 'amino was postponed
for the present. lie afterwards said lie should bring it
forward on Tnearlav Illf•Xt.
Mr. N. CII.VERT presented a report from persona
altenain~fierifurd ntuket, praiiil; the house toveilh-
draw their confidence in niiiieder.. The petioners had
not heretofore interteierl in politics. Petition ordered to
lie on the table. _

Mr. LEN NARD said, lie should bring forward his mo-
tion for a 'Nicol of seditious meetings additional act, on
tlic hilt of May.
Sit IL WILSON said, pe.tcons still continued to be fol-
lowed with penalties for roosted Main; and be is idled lie
could get some distinct answer on the %objets?. A person,
who had been convicted with Major Cattwright, and sett-
traced to Mite mouths imprisonment, and that person,
after expecting that an excise pioseetition for selling
IrOdall'il grain, had been was detained Oil d
mil. penalty. If it were enfuiced, he must remain iii
i•on all his lily,
Mr. LUslll NOTON stated that the treasin y A‘ere still
engaged in txiiiitining Ike net io question. The excise
board attached great importance to it.
Mr. ABEIWROAIBIE hoped that the house would en-
fotce itirptiry into this .` frateilnleta" act.
Sir J. MACKINTOSH gave notice, that on the Ist of
Ma) lie should bring forward a unction on the stinject of
the et iminal laws,
Mr. SYKES prasentecl a Report front Richmond, York-
shire, signed by upwards 1000 persons, romp) • • gof
agi Willi twat dist' f ed to lie on the table.
Mr. S. WOlt 1 LEY wished toy ask an hon. %twittery, as
the subject was calcislateil to aford relief to agrienlture,
by pi ling the consumption of barley, whether there
would lie any objection to allow English distillers, like the
Irish distilleis, to bond spiiiis ?
Mr. LUSHINGTON replied, as we understood Von,
that it would be better to suggest such regulation to tile
agricultural et aintittee.
Mr. Al ABERLEY moved for a series of pallet's relative
to the quarantine expener, the exi,iiiitce or Irish packets,
Ike —Ordered. He hoped they wool.' 1w presented fit. th-
w nit ; it they were not so produced, lie should move to
have the offending officers called before the house.

Dr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition float John
Bat kley, aged IT years, who had been shnionau to Cat-
hie. He WAS now suffeiing cooler the sent, ace of the
14w, a sentence witiCll he submitted to the house was un-
justly obtained, for lie was tried by s jury who hail
Prr.1.1,111C,1 his c 4,41.. The petilioner was Illicit by the
spiry
that he,l tried another shopinan for the like offence. .1 icy
hail loomd the book a libel, and iciw could they conic to
the jorv•boc with a pure mid niiiiiassed mind ? All that
was left to tiwiti to do on the trial was to find whether
114,1, or had lint, sold the• hook t they had aliently
111011‘,Illie411 the book it libel. This, the learned member
was a violation of the first pr neiples ut• low ;
objections we. e made at the time by the prisoner's 1:1011il•
Fel, but Ilse Common Sergeant over-lolled Clem. 'llie
lineman had bitterly and t propel ly complained of
that des lail)11 of the judge, nod he condi tuned that conduct
in Ilse judge. It was not upright and impartial. '1•o
sliew its effect, lie said the counsel persuade': the jury of
their previous verdict, of the arguments he had then tweed
to them, and of the eirecatity of lining consistent with
themselves. Thus the prisoner hail to compete with ar-
guments lie had never heard lie was to be tiled try own
oho had already pronounced all 00111011 ill his Cell,C. Lord
Coke held that such a jury might fairly lie objected to;
indeed it was contrary to the first principles of justice.
The jury on lite see I cane—thev had beline decided on
the genie libel—di lituerat.d 35 initiuto; and then they
ircuuumrndrd the 1,1 tanner to mercy. Ito was sentenced
to six Mouths' imprisonment; the other bail been sen•
tencrJ to two years' iutplisuupned, sureties fur life, and
in prison colidenined to limit labour. " Hard labour'•
bonwit no part or Ihr original sentence, but it wait Said
that hind labour followed, of course, ionimitinesit to the
house of col fection ■lid yet hard labour, he understood,
had been inlcrlioeti in the original sentence. He then
'dotingly conileitmed the Constilutiousl Assneistion—their
conduct had been fatally active—they had brought into
general dissemination iloctiiiies and books which it Was
meant to supine as; airy 11411 (like Sergeant Shepherds
prosecution of Ali. Hone) (lsru roust•gneure to that
might ',the. wise have reit:Hived fu Uli.C"lity, Ithii
tended to produce a flame throughout the roundly ; theft
labours bud hero must pernicious, auJ they hail uuw
affected the trial by jury.
The petition was brought ap.