The Sun.
London, England, 1814-07-01 00:00:00

that With re.peet to the ships of the line, the Ho-
noitrable and Learned Gentivman ought to have
applied to the First Lord of the Admiralty—(A
loud lap.2li). All that he knew- of them was, that
they been properly equipped and launched,
and that they were to manteuv.re in the. Serpen-
ter, but that there was to be no sea tight--
(a : 1, As to the continuation of the prepa-
i•ations, the 'stands for the..fireworks having been
completed in parts, all that was' now •doing was
to out them together, which would he done by the.
the. day after the Thanksgiving Day,. when the ef-
fi • al; these splendid preparations would be
avir7!;.,,sed be the
,public,
Mr. -TIERNEY observed, that if these prepara-
tion were intended for the entertainment of the
Allied Sovereigns, as. the Allied SON eiTigns were
gone, why should not the preparations he discos,-
tinned ? As to putting together the parts,
.that
would be attended with -considerahle ex pence,
And- so would also be the disjunction of them.
He wished to know what was to be the purpose
of the great buildings in Carlton House Yard? -
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied.,
that these prereations were intended for the en-
tertainment of the Allied Sovereigns, but that they
would now.serve for the entertainment of the No-
bility.and Public of this country.
Sir W. CONGREVE declared, that, every precau-
tion had been taken to prevent accident from the
fire-works, which were scattered over the different..
Parks to effect a division of the crowd. The
whole expence of the preparations would not ex-
ceed 15,0001. that of the -fireworks would be.
about 4,0001. Nor would this be lost to the
country, if the receipts for admission would .war-
rant, which he thought they would, the endowing
of some Charity, commemorative of the late glo-
rious events. •With respeet to what had been
said of the folly of the desi!;:ti, if most of our
annisements were considered abstractedly, that
quality- would he found to form a component part
of them. He hoped; however, that the Honour-
able 'Gentlemen opposite might be induced, on
this' occasion, to relax a little from the severity
of their
.wisdom, and not to visit a little harmless
musenlent with very heavy censure.
Mr. TIERNEY explained. •
Air. WYNNE observed, that there was scarcely

a boy in the kingdom who would not think the
, proposed amusements too childish to be carried
into effect. lie reprobated the insult which had

been offered to public decency, in allowing the
per;onS employed in forwarding these preparations
to work during the whole of last Sunday.
Mr. WYNNE, in the remark he had made, did
not mean to say, that workmen might never with
propriety be employed on a Sunday; though
thought the cases were extremely rare, as it was
an outrage on decency and morals ; and he bored
such an example would not be soon followed.

The SPEAK ER observed, that these was no mo-
tion before the House, and here the conversation
dropped.

MRS. M. A. CLARKE.

Mr. •BENNET presented a Petition, which bad
been Put into his hands, but fOr the truth of the
allegations of which he considered himself by no
means responsible. ' It was from Mrs. M. A.
Clarke,. confined in the King's BenCh Prison,
complaining of oppression on the part of the
Keeper of the said prison.
The Petition was read by the Clerk. It steted,
that Mrs. Clarke had been confined in the ',prison
of the King's Bench on the ith or February last,
having been convicted of a libel on the Right
Hon. W. Fitzgerald ; that she had suffered great
partiality and oppression.from William Jones, the
Marshal, to whose ill treatment she attributed
her present ill state of health. She was confined
in a cell nine feet' square, of which. her bed oc-
cupied considerable part, and which -had but,
one small window, harricadoed with iron. The
approaches to her room vcere so. obstructed, that
even her medical attendants found it difficult of
access. Underneath Was a place to which the crier,
• and other subordinate officers of the prison re-•
sorted, and. from which she was annoyed, with
the fumes of tobacco, lamp-oil, &c. At ten
o'clock, contrary to the ordinary regulations of the
prison, her cell %vas-locked, and no oae, not even
a physician, was permitted to visit her. Her ill-
uess had brought on a nervous fever, by Ivhieb
she was so enfeebled as to be hardly able to walk;
but although requiring air and exercise, she could
nut obtain the usual indulgence in those cases—
an indulgence xvhich lead been granted to, Mr.
Alexander Davidson, Mr. 'Manners, Mr.' Draper,
Mr. Bell, and a. number of others, under cireurn-.

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stances Simila'r.to her own, but who had been per-
mitted to reside withont. the walls of the prison.

She tvould not have delayed. her appeal to the
HOuse so long, had she not observed that a mea-
sure %vas in progress in Parliament, from which
she had in vain expected relief., 'She prayed that
the House would-take her'singular case into con-
sideration, and direct an inquiry into the cause of

her baying been so treated.

On the motion that the Petition should be laid
en the frabie, Mr. FITZGERALD .spoke to the fol-
lowing effect :—" Perhaps, Sir, I am not called
pon to say any thing on. the subject of the Peti-
tion which the Honourable Member has just
brought up. lam sure:that 1 should-not be jus-
tified in saving much. Ilia I have been referred
to, though not by name, yet obviously in that
statement which is about to be laid upon your
. table, and I feel that I owe it both to myself and
to the House, not- to - remain silent,(Hear.!)—
tirlse ‘vho know me,, I trust,. that I need not
disclaim any vindictive feeling—(tear hear !)--
Sir, when the application which is alluded to was
ma‘le to me, I felt, as I believe every C4'entlenian,
even tinder the circumstances, would feel fur a fe-
male suirering confinement under the sentence of a
Court; but having taken these proceedings which.
Ind adopted from a sense of what was due to my own
character, as well as-to the laws, (clear !) 1 felt
also, that it would still become toe to interfere,
even,. if I were incompetent tp do so. I felt that
slid) a course wotdd
hardly-accord with the 're-
spect which is due the administration of public
justice. The Marshal of the prison appeared to
me to be the., person with whom it was to rest, ,
'whether to grant or to.refuses the indulgence
prat ed for. But I did desire it to be cotmuuni-
cated, .hoth to _that Ciliicer and to:tike.l,),etitioneE,
that I was the last man in the world who would
interpose to 'prevent any indulgence being ex-