The Sun.
London, England, 1819-07-02 00:00:00

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

Mr. BANKES proposed a series Of resolutions,
the first of which directed that %viten it should be
found necessary to erect some, great and extensive
building at the public expence, and when such
building should.uost be already under the utanage-
went of the Surveyor-General, that Officer.should,
in the manner which might appear most conve-
n;ent to himself, invite a competition of Alai-
ter to construct the same.
Atter a few words trout Mr. Lotto, the resolu-
tion wits agreed to.

A resolution, declaring that it %Vas inexpedient
to rinnuoerate the Surveyor by a per centage on
11:e sums laid out; as that mode of remuneration
prt him an interest in augmenting the expeute,
.al o agreed 40,

The Appropriation Bill went through a Com-
pri:zee, the report of which was ordered to be re-
ceived .10-1110rlow. •

ATTACK ON THE KING.

Lord MoRrETH presinted a- Petition, signed by
a Gentleman of the name
.of . Betting&lll. The
retitioner was a person
.of an ancient and respect-
able family. ttr would- be in the recollection of
many Members of that House, that in 1795 con-
siderable dissatisfaction prevailed in the country ;
'and it would also.he remembered, that the King
had been attacked on his. way to the House of
Lotds in that year. To rewind the House of this
fact, he hadouly to War the House to the pro-
kistnatioWthat was iisWed on.the occasion, which
t et torth, that on the 29t1i, oi Octoher divers per.
eons in the City of Westminster had -Committed
citi(44:n d7:ing offences, in:gross violation of the
peace, to the actual.danger of his Majesty's Royal
Person, and the interruption of his passage to his
railiamcnt. He (Lord Morpeth) would not Elwell
(Ls i:„c'encirruiucb committed,- our on the violent
cxltessium. used by tbuse.who attacked the King's
aythe time. vvere,well known, but
it #.4:ct,bat y that hi. 161.4u1d state the tact that

the same violences had been repeated on the re- I
turn' of his Majesty through the Park. That
which then occurred he would read to the.. House
in the words of an Author who had recorded the
transaction, (Mr. • Gifford). He accOrdingly•
read a passage flour a work well k'nown-'to the
pobliri in which the—appearance of the-ctowd,
and the character of the attar k tuade'on the Kitigi
were described. It represented his Majesty to
ih:imminent ettaliger, 'wbturMr..lohn
13edingfield, of the Navy Pay (Mice, opposed him-
self to their fury, and gave a signal to the Guarde,
Athothen. came up, rescued their Sovereign, from
the populace, and conveyed hint in safety to
Bnckingham House. Ile would not dwell on the
subject, for he thought it unnecessary to ,say mare
-in his favour than that at such a moment he bad
exposed himself lodic rage of an infutiated
pn-
pulace. He then read a private letter, itt which
the conduct of Mr. Bedinglield was spoken of in
very high terms. The service thus rendered had
been recognized by the Sovereign himself, Neho
some time atter Wad been pleased to say the Peti-
tioner " bad route just in time." Though, as he
alteady said', the Petitioner was of an ancient and
respectable family, unhappily he had not been
placed by fortune in a very affluent situation, and
with the claims he had on hint, he thought that
he would have been in a measure repreheusilile,
had he not applied fur some reward for the service
he had rendered. He 'was sorry to say that he
lt,ad applied mote than once, and to more then
one quarter, but without success. ,He would not
contrast the merit of the petitioner with the see:-
vices of some individuals who received great emo-
luments from the,public, but this he would say,
that had a part of the Royal bouncy been taught.
to flow in. the direction of Mr. liedinglieid; it
would have reflected no discredit on those who
recommended such a disbursement. He submit-
ted this case to the candour ()Elite House, hoping
that at least the petition would be
,put .on their
journals as a memorial of the servic'e rendered,
• however that service mieht he requited.
Ihe CHANCISLLOR of the EXCHFAVER thought
it remarkable, that after-24 ,years bad elapsed such
a petition should be .presented, instea& of being
brought fovyvard at the: time. 114 e could not think
so harshly of. the Government- of, that day as to
think they would have 'neglected. the claim, had
it been then preferred. Now the case was one
that required much investigation, as he, for one,
knew nothing obit but by curnmorereport. He
begged for tire present to reserve iris opinion on
the merits of the Petitioner.

Mr—Sergeant ONsLow could see no, reason why
claims that had lain dormant. for 24 years should
not now be attended to: lie recollected the
umnstances:of the .case, _and had never beard the
merit of the Petitioner i:enied or questioned, and
he therefore entreated the House. to give their4a-
vou'rahle. attention to the. subject.
Lord MORPFTH contradicted a.rumour that, herd
gone abroad, that the Petitioner had been reward,
ed with, the place which .be
Mr. BARHAM said, since 60001. bad been granted
to General Bnyd, he did not. see that the time
which had elapsed since: the service was performed
()sight to maLe.against2. the .elaiin,.of the present
Petitioner•,
_ _

Petition was then read. It was as fuip

lows :

To the Corantons'of the United Kingdom of Great Britain

and'lreland in Pdrliatnent assembled, • '
The Humbte Petition of jolts: BEntNovtri,o,

Showetbs--Your Petitioner, with great deference, begs leaie
to state to the Honourable House, that on the 31st of Octo-
ber, 1795, a Proclamation was issued, purporting, that on the
29th of that month, divers persons riotously assembled and
stationed in the City of Westminster, proceededlo.highly cri-
minal outrages to the actual danger of the Royal Person. On
that day, after the'King had returned from the House of Par-
liament to. St. James's, your Petitioner, being in St. James's
Park, was prevented from proceeding into Pall-Mall by the
immense pressure of the crowd, which filled the opening be-
twixt the garden of the Palace and that of Marlborough-
House. Soon after a detachment of the Life Guards came up,
and, after a short halt, was marched off with its•front (which
is most material' to observe) towards Whitehall. Nothing,
therefore, could exceed the astonishment of Petitioner, when
:some-time:after he perceived his Majesty in his chariot alune,
and unattended by any, part of the civil or military, power,
endeavonring to proceed friint Saint James's Palace towards
Buckingham-House. Part of the mob, uttering atrocious ex-
pressions relatire,to the King, rushed towards the carriage.—
Your Petitioner, greatly alarmed at the danger to which his•
Majesty was exposed, struck several 'persons'sklio had hold of
the spokes of the wheel, and placed himself'close tO the car-,
riags. it is not for him to dwell on his subseqyent conduct,
and self-command, when the_danger became more imminent.
A Gentleman, Mr. Lambert, of Woodmanstmie, in Stirrey,
who was not far off,.hut separated by the.assailants, is of opi-
nion, that the fury of the mob was so great, that if had not
been fur the exertions of your Petitioner, the door would have
been forced open and the author of a political work,
Gifford; who was intim Park on thaerlay; and to whom. your
Petitioner was an entire stranger, adverting to these trans-
, actions. says :—" Titus, to the activity and presence of mind
of this loyal Gentleman, was the Country, in all probability,
indebted for- intent., rescued her character front the foulest
stain whirl) tto-- harld of a regicide could inflict, and which no
expiation; no anitiement, ever could have effaced." A short
time after this event; your Petitioner was honoured with the
Royal 'Thanks at the Court of t3t..Jaines's, and-his Majesty, in
the hearing of Sir Robert Barlow, Commissioner of i be ICoyal
Duck-yard at Chatham, most gracioitsly condescended to avert
to the promptitude of his interference. That distinguished
Officer,. now living, distinctly heardsthe King say, that . your
Petitioner." came just in time." .This was the
.opinion
and declaration of a Monarch, whose conduct on so many
occasions had hen marked by that intrepidtty which is
inherent in his Fatuity. The hopes and expectations which,
the performance of such a service and such a reception natu-
rally- excited, were not realized. The well-known benevo-
lence of the Royal mind, the great condeseension with.which
• your.Petitinner was always received, and other circumstances,
induce hint to believe that.hi, Majesty was graciously inclined
towards hint; bat so touch blame attached to some persons
on account of the, unprotected state in which the King had
been left„that honours or rewards eon I erred on your Petitioner
would have placed in a still stronger light that remissness and
neglect by which his Majesty bad
.)ent exposed to so much
danger. Your Petitioner, therefore, begs leave to observe, that
there is no foundation for the reports which have been so ge-
nerally. circulated and believed, that a place soot
,a pension
hail been conferred upon him for this service. He; obtained
the official, situation which he now- holds many yea6t before
that event. To the great surprise of rout Petititiner, some
persons.have stated that be ought to have made early solid-
tattoos. He thought they would have been unneeessury. He
can prove, however, from a !eget in his possession, addressed
to him by a Member of this Honourable, House, that a Me-
morial, at a subset:Omit period,. was delivered to Mr. Pitt ;
that he said that he would consider of it, and talk to that
Gentleman on the subject at some other opportunity. Your
Petitioner concludes that the death of the Minister prevented.
further communication. In February, one thousand eight
hundred .and thirteen, your Petitioner presented a humble
Memorial to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in which
be advertud to the protection afforded, in the absence of the
civil and military power, to his .Majesty's sacred person, and
to the thanks with which he had been honoured at the Court
at St. James's. Your Petitioner was soon alter informed, by
the Right Hun. John M' Mahon, that, by the direction of his
Royal Hichlaess, the Memorial had been sent to the Secretary
of State for the Home Department, by. whom it was trans'

milteA to the First Lord of the Treasury. Your Petitioner
requests this Honourable House to take the service rendered
into consideration, and to adopt such measures as in its svis-
doin-shall be deemed expedient and proper, and such as re-
sp4ct- for the national character shall appear to require..
1319. . JOHN BEDINCirrELD.

Me. C. HARVEY bad known Mr.Bedinifield and
his family a nnmber of years, and was sure the
petitioner vas a man of that character—that he
would not mention a fact in his petition which he
did not know to be true.

After n few words front Mr. BENNET, the peti-
tion WaS ordered to be printed.
The Irish Customs Duties Bill was read a third
time and passed.