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London, England, 1812-07-03 00:00:00

MARY-LE-BONE PARK.

IJr.
CREEVEY, in pursuance of his notice, rove
to move for Accounts of the DiThurseinents fr, in
the Treasury for the Improvenients- in Mary-1.-

~•, Ta-rls. After stating that it was the duty of
t }louse to inquire into the state and employ-
ment r-f the Crown Lands, be adverted lo the Act
of Frrliament,.which called upon the first Commis-
siocer of Woods and Forests .to make a Report
once in three years, w.-Ititin 30 days after the
meeting of Parliament. This pro.vision bad not been
complied with by Lord Glenbervie, and in con-
sequence he (Mr: Creevev), had fell it his (fay to
endeavour to obtain infOrmation in some other
mode. He went therefore to Mary-le-bone I'ark,
to witness the improvements
.and plantations,• for .
which so much money bad been issued, but he
only saw long gravel walks, and-the p'iincipal plan-
tations *consisted of boards, v‘..hi ch warn ei him from.
committing tiespa.ss es, bywalki-agfurther to acquire
-the information he desired. Under these circum-
stances he tho ughtith atParl iam entwasbound to look

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to the Accounts for which he should move, as the
conduct of Lord. Glenbt;rvie and Mr. Nash, who
appeared to be commander in chief .in ?Mary-le-
bone Park, was to be regarded with much suspi-
cion. Mr. Nash was .a subscriber of 10,0001. and
Lord Glenbervie Of 35001. to a scheme. called the
Regent's Canal (hut which might, with moretruth.
be called LoriOlenbervie's Canal, inasmuch as the
Regent bad not the slightest interest in it) that ran
through Mary-10-bone Park., He disapproved of
these interferences of private interest with public
ditty, since it ttj4ht be nOthing more than a plan,
by which an artificiar-e;cpanse of Water should be
supplied for the ornament of the grounds of Lord
; and as the process of the 'scheme
ought to be 'watched with, great jealousy, he
moved .

" That an humble Acldref:s be presented to, the Prince Re-
gent, praying hi!‘ Royal to order an account of all
the sums money expended on Mary-le-bone Park, from the
expiry the leiv,e 4z-1814up to the preat period, be laidbe-
fore fill:4

Mr. WHARTON did not wish, by any Means, to
resist the motion, but he was- anxious to remo.ve
some of the annverited a.tpersiOns, thrown upon
Lori Glenbervie, who he would, with(nit fear of''
contradictidn, declare to be one of the most meri-
torious public - servants that had ever been
,ployed. The Hon. Gent. had expatiated much upon
`what he called the various facts of the case, and,
had permitted his imagination- to range without
restraint,-for certain it was that Mr:-Creevey came
to the discussion of the subject.unshaekled by the
slightest information; he was raiftaken in 'every
point to which he hail advertt<l. First, as to the
triennial Report he (Mr. Wharton). 'regretted that
Mr. Creevey had not yet- read the admirable Re-
port which had bee made by the Chief Conunis-
-coner of Woods and Forests, and hewoulri assure
him that it was a plseas*Ure, a delight,whieb yet re-
mained for him. The Hon. Gent. had .called
the Canal projected, Lord .Glenbervie's 'Canal,
as if it were to be named after his Lordship, who
had only a share ;of 32001, out of 280,0001. in-
stead of receiving its appellation from the per-
sonage Who now exercised the functions of Royal-
ty, and to whom it was intended as a compli-.
went. The succeeding assertion was, that Mr.
Nash, the Surveyor, was Commander in Chief of
Mary-le-bone Park, and that he and Lord Glen-
bervie would derive improper advantages from the
plan of carrying the Canal through the Crown
lands. The truth was, Mr. Nash was merely Sur-
veyor, and had no discretion, and seven acres df land
had been rented at the high rate of 151. per acre for
the purpose ; if the Hon. Gentleman thought k
a bargain for the tenant, Mr. Wharton assured
him, that he, if he chose it, might on similar con-
ditions' obtain a' similar advantage. That -.413 to
the suppOsed.beneat which Lord Glenbertie could
derive as a subscriber, he has for himself and in
trust thirty-two shares, or three thousand two
hundred pounds out of two hundred and eighty
,thousand pounds ; and by a calculation which
he (Mr. W.) had inade, if his Lordship were
to cheat the public, as the Gentleman terms it,
and instead of the 15/. an acre, or about 3/50/.
for the whole, (which is the price already fixed by
estimate of an oath) were to give the seven acres
-gratis to the Canal Company, what his Lordship
would gain would he 311. odd; but it is also apparent,
from the proceedings, that Lord Glenhervithas in-
sisted, to the. detriment of the Canal Company,
in point of expense, on an alteration of the line,
which will cost them 5000/. • It was acknow-
ledged by all, and proved by satisfactory evidence,
that the revenue of the Crown appropriated to
the Consolidated Fund would be benefited by the
improvements now effected,-to 'the amount..pf no
less than 30,0001. per annum. Mr.WT. censured, in,
very severe terms, the flippant manner in which
the Honourable Gentleman bad treatedthe charac-
ters of public men placed in responsible and ardu-
ous situations ; such conduct could answer no
good purpose, and might lead, to the most danger-
ous consequences, even to a revolution, of,
which, perhaps the Honourable Gentleman did not
entertain so much dread as many of those to whom
lie vas, generally politically- opposed. He con-
cluded by stating, that the accounts moved foil
would not comprise the whole sum expended,
whiCh amounted to a little more than 14000/.

Mr. CIEZVEY replied very shortly, and dis-
claimed having used the. word cheat, an'd the
Address was agreed to.,

DISTURBANCES IN BRISTOL.

-Sir F. BURDETT was desirous of putting,• two
questions" to the Gentleinen opposite. The first
was, Whether any steps had been taken to inquire
into the case of :qr. Fletcher, the brewer, from
whom he had some time ago presented a Petition,
complaining of; oppression on the part of the re-
venue officers ? The other question related to a
, subject of much grcater importance. Notwith-
standing what the Honourable Gentleman who had
just sat down had said of the danger which his
Honourable Friend ran by his observations in Par-
liament of throwing the country into confusion,
he should always assert his right in that House,
to eommenton public men and public measures.
,He had frequently and deliberately declared in
that House, that he considered it illegal to call
out troops against the .people. It was his firm
conviction, that the man who ,ordered troops to
lire on the people was guilty of murder) and he
was prepared t? contend with every lawyer in that
House—
The SPEAXER asked the Hon. Baronet what his
abject was
Sir F. BURD3TT replied, to put a question to his
Zilajestyti

The SFEA K2:7 observed,that it was not the.ptae-
tice of the douse to allow of art argumentative
question. If sueli t•.n 'were permitted, a de-
bate would freverttly..ai;ise without any question
being before theliome:: •
. ,

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Si F. RDF:TT that there W=ere N!arions
mode's of wh. ch, if he thought ptoper, lie might
avail himself to communicate to the House at once
his sentiments on this or any other subject. , -At
resent he would content himself with asking if his
ajesty's Ministers were ,aware that ,there were
soldiers present at the taking of the poll at the elec-
tion' for Bristol ?

Mr. WHARTON,' in reply to' the first question put
by the Honourable Baronet, stated, that when the
Honourable Baronet presented the original peti-
tion from Fletcher, he had looked into the official
documents, and had found in them a complete re-
futation of the allegations of that petition: He
had propos'ed to lay those-documents on the table
of the House, but his late Right. Honourable
Friend had recommended him not to do so.until
it should be ascertained whether or not the Hon.
Baronet intended to proceed any further in the
business.

Sir FruNdrs BURDETT then gave notice, that
be would to-morrow make a motion on the sub-
ject.
Lord PALMERSTO NE (who. was not in the House
when the Honourable Baronet put his two ques-
tions, but who entered it a few minutes after) re
plied to the second question proposed-by the, Ho-
nourable Baronet, implying that the onbiliable
Baronet had received information of improper in-
terference on the part of the military, during an
election at Bristol. He would state to the House
what he was sure would be satisfactory to theth,
that, as was usual on all such 'occasions, he, -as
Secretary at, War; had iskaied orders that the-troops
should be marched out of Bristol the, day, before
the c.ominencement of the election, and that they.
,should not return until the day after the.election
had tertainated„. He had, however, that. morning
rec.ived a letter from General Oswald, who was
in the command 'of that 'district, informing him,
that in consequence' -of a requisitionyfrom the
Mayor of Bristol, and. several MagistrateS of plo-
cestershire, he had .mnrched the-Eail Middlesex
Regiment into the vicinity of Bristol ; but that
he had conkdered it ineXpedient to post the troops
in the heart.of the eitv. itself, and had therefore
stationed a portion of them in the suburbs, and
the remainder out of the city, in the neighbouring
part of ,the county .of Gloucester. If the Hon.
Baront had received subsequent information, eon-.
veyinethe intelligence. that.the troops Were actu-
ally in:the city of Bristol, he wasper..-maded that
such *a step must have been rendered necessary by
some tinn,ultuary proceeding -Which imperiously
demanded it ; but of such a fact Govei'mnenf had
no 'knowledge wbates er.