The Sun.
London, England, 1820-05-17 00:00:00

WEDNESD AY, MAY 17, 1820

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*eSterdOi three fights took place on tpsom
DOsttsbet wren Spring rind for 100 p.
aside ;-1-I.a.her and (iyblett, foa. 251. aside
and West-Country Dick and Cooper (A gipiy),
for a purse of lOgs.

Burus *as in the highest state of Condition and
Spring was scarcely half-well; but the latter won
it easily in 18 rounds, and 30 miiintes. It was
considered a wretched fight ; and Horns is loiti-out
as to any tature contests. Randall and Larkin
seconded Burns; and Crib and Shelttin waited On
Spring. The odds bad been taken rapidly ; but
the would-be kn./Hying. aaes were completely had.
'I HS SRCaND FlGHT=betWeen Rasher and
Gyblett, which lasted' for one lam and thirty
minutes, occupying 58 rounds, was one of the
gamest ba.tles ever witnessed ;`and; for gluttony,
Rasher " out. Herodcd Herod." Gyblett is one of
the best active eleven stone men that ever entered
axing ; -11e.eati lift. seyen hundred weight, and
leap ovrrya five bar gate with the 'utmost ease.
He ran and jumped as high as five,feetover the
ropes after the battle was over. Gyblett will now
be harked against Josh Hudson. •
THE THIRD FlGHT—between the Young Gipsy
and West Country D;ck was out-and•out good,—
It was smash for-smash, till poor Dick was Con.
pellet! from total inability to surrender to the su.
'periority of the Gipsy. It occupied 31 minutes,
and 30 rounds, and the punishment administered
by Cooper electrified the spectators. The fighting
of the latter was so excellent, that Gully made
him a present of five guineas.

From the LONDON GAZETTE of May 16.

Lord Chennberlain's Office, Alley 15

The Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household has ap
pointed Sir James Matthew Stronge, of Tynan, County of_
Armagh, Ireland, Bart, one of the Gentlemen in Ordinary
of his Majesty's Must Honourable Privy Chamber.

We stated in our last tbat Nesbet, the su►p-
posed Mtlrtit4Cr 'of Mr. PARKER Slid his 'Moist.-
keeper, had given information against two artil-
lery men. In consequence of which, our of
them, named Murphy, was ►aken up and exan►in-
ed, but nothing was proved to criminatenim in
the least degree ; nor is any credit given to the
information against the other a►an. Neste/ is at
times remaikably sullen, although in general his
spirits appear good. He seems confident of an
acquittal, and toys he can get twenty witnesses
to prove that be w.as at another place at the time
of the murder. lie continues to guarded
both hight_and day.—(lllaidsione Journal )
A handsome and cots mOdious new Town Hall.
is about to be erected at Plymouth, at au esti-
mated expense of 20001.

PARLIAMEN

HOUSE OF LORDS, 'fupritiivi, MAY IG.

The ilotts,e kciieeded to Appeals.-=The oaths
were administered to the Eatti of Cialicarty atd
O'Neill, nod Lord Belhaven.
I.‘elitimis froth IVisbech (Ely) anti from Coin-
wall, of Agrienliestal liiitress, were
)iresented by the BishOp of Ely and the Eirl of
Edgeiitillie.-Otdered to lie upon the
table.

The Insolvent Debtors' Continuance Bill passed
through a Committee, and was reported without
stormlinent.

BIRMINGHAM-PETITION OF DISTRESS-STATE OF

THE COUNTHY.

Lord CALTHOI4I3 rose to present a petition fron►
the Merchants, Manufacturers, &c. of Birming-
ham complaining of their distressed situation, and
praying for iutturry with a view to tl►e adoption
of measures for their rtclief. Ills Lordship ob-
served, that the petition rtiated to ,a subject of
the grdatest importance at the presentfinoinent,
,and ono that imperatively called for inquily and
Investigation. The petitioners, whilst they ab-
stained from resorting to any unmanly or despair-
ing tone, stated in a simple but forcible manner,
a case of distress which undoubtedly entitled them
to be beatil, and to have their statemeuts fully
considered. Even were it certain that no relief
could be afforded them, still it would be only
evincing a just regard to the sufferings and the
complaints of the people to take their case into
consideration. With reference, however, to the
subject of this petition, having reason to believe
that thrExecutive Government had it under their
consideration, it was not his intention at the pre-
sent moment to bring forward any motion of
in-
rluiry, and he should, therefore, conient himself
with moving the reading of the petition.
The petition was read and ordered to lie upon
the table,

The Marquess of LANSDOWN, before going into
any consideration of the very important question
to which this petition referred, wished to ask the
Noble Earl opposite whether it was his intention
to propose any inquiry upon the subject
The Earl of Lavertrool. said, the subject was
too important not to have seriously occupied the
attention of his Majesty's Government. An in-
quiry, with their entire consent, was about to be
commenced in another place, but they did not
think it expedient, for various reasons, to bring
forward any motion of inquiry themselves. It
was not therefore his intention to move any pro-
position of that nature ; but if such a motion was.
made by any other Noble Lord, and properly
mite(' to some specific object that appeared to be
attainable, he should have no objection- to it.
The Marquess of LANSDOWN, in consequence of
what had beets said by the Noble L'arl, and the
moving for an inquiry being also declined by the
Noble Lord who bad presented the petition, said,
he should feel it his duty to bring forward a pro-
position on an early day for an inquiry into this
most important subject. He agreed with the
Noble Earl in the expediency of limiting-t:lat in-
quiry to some point that might be compassed with-
out difficulty, at least so far as appeaied, vy.iiitout
going into a too extensive field of investigation,
from which no practical good cou:d be derived.--
He was perfectly aware, that in pledging himself
to bring forward such a proposition he had under-
taken a task fur beyond his means, but feeling it a
duty to urge the subject of the distresses of the
country in some shape upon their Lordships' at-
tention, be must persevere in the course he had
marked out. Hi proposed to bring-forward his
motion on-Friday se'nnigbt, for which day he
moved that the Lords be summoned. He intended
to limit his motion of inquiry to the practicability
of extending our foreign trade.
The Earl GROSVaNOR expressed a hope that
the inquiry would not be confined to the Manu-
facturing distress, but that it would be extended,
in some shape, to the Agricultural distress of the
country, which undoubtedly called for serious in.-
vestigation;

The earl of LIVRRPOOL, without presuming to
limit any inquiry which it might be thought right
to enter into, maintained that by far the prefe-
rable course was that adopted by the Noble Mar-
ques', of limiting the inquiry iu such a manner
that it might lead to some practical result ; were
it to'be made general it could lead to no remedy
that was at • all likely to he satisfactory. He ad-
mitted that in some cases it might be expedient
to institute an inquiry for the purpose of satisfy-
ing the people, although it was known before-
hand,that no practical remedy could result from
it. In the present- case, however, a specific ques-
tion for inquiry had been proposed., and he thought
die wisest course would be to confine the itiVe-
tigation to that inquiry. At the same time, the
speeches of Noble Lords need not be limited
to than specific point, and be should feel it his
duty, when the motion of the Noble Marquess
came to he discusird, to go .into a consideration
of all the points connected with the dis resses of
the country, ve heftier manntactuting or aglicol-
tural.

The Marquess-of LaNstiowN agreed in the pro-
priety of the course suggested by the Noble Eat
and thought it much better to limit the inquiry
to the single point he had' proposed, than to mix
it up with an investigation of the agricultural dis-
tresses of the country, %%hid) could lead to no
practical result, though he was tar front saying
that they did nut form a very fit subject fur

The Earl of DARNLBY was anxioni that nothing
should go forth to the public, tending to produce
a beliet that any remedy could be thuod tor Ibe
agricultural tibtteas ol the country, 115 be titmly

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believed that 1,6 such remedy could at the present
moment he Aiscovered.

Lord tasxt tgi the contrary, was of opinion
that should the inquiry be gone iiVO, a very easy
and rein-edy could be tound, which would
be perfectly efficacious in removing the agricul.
fond (listless that now preiied so heavily upon the
country.
The Earl of LALIbRRDALB deprecated the intro.
duction into the inquiry of the agricultural dis-
tresie4 of the country. The o►►ly consequence
Would he, that an immense noniher of persons
would press forward to be examined, and it would
be irapoisible to come to any conclusion ihat could
justify them in practically recommending any mea-
sure that could have a beneficial effect.

The Earl of DoNOUGHMOREt complained of the
conduct of the Ministers, in not taking up this
subject themselves, instead of throwing it off on
the other side of the Howe, who, in tact, had no
business with it. The Ministers must, of course,
haie the best information upon the subject, other-
wise they were very unfit for the situations which
they- held. . They had ~,the best means 0F obtain-
lug information, certainly &Itch-better than. Noble
Lords on the opposite side of • the House. Why
therefore did they not, themselves bring, lot ward
an inquiry in that House, which they could so et-
fectually aid It was their duty to ()Stain all the
information that could tend to lead to a know-
ledge of a bat was hest to be done, and therefore
undoubtedly they were the fittest persons to in-
stitute such an infinity.
The Earl of LiverrPoot.- deprecated any prema-
ture discussion of the question. lie had already
slated that it was his intention, on the day for
the discussion of the Noble Marquess's motion,
to enter into.the consideration of the situation of
the country, manufacturing, commetcial, and agri-
cultural, .and there was no necessity therefore fur
entering into that discussion now. It was nu-
doubtedly the duty of the Executive Govetnnient
to obtain every information as to the stale of the
country ; and he was perfectly ready to admit
that they Would be unfit for their situations if
they did not use every means of obtaining such in-
formation. .But it certainly did not follow Irons
thence that they were to institute an inquiry in
Parliament which, from the 'nature of it must be
less effectual than that inquiry which they could
themselves make ; nor ought they to institute
such an inquiry in Parliament unless they had
previonilymaae up their minds to propose some
legislative measure. But it certainly did not follow..
because a great deal of distress existed, that
therefore some legislative measure wAs to be pro-
posed ; the great fault hairbeen that the legisla-
ture had done too lunch instead of too little, and
it was this over anxiety for legislation that had
produced some of. the evils which we now de-
plored, but which it was scarcely possible to re.
medy.
The Earl GIIO3VENoR maintained, that econo-
my in the public expenditure was the only ef-
:ecttial means of remedying the distresses of the

country.
The Lords were ordered to be summoned for
Friday se'nuigbt.

EMPLOYMENT OF THE MANUFACTURING POOR.

The Order for summoning their Lordships be-
ing read—
Earl STANHOFE rose to bring forward his mo-
tion respecting the above subject. It was the
duty of Parliament, he thougiit, without delay,
to take this paramount subject in.° its most se-
rious consideration—to inquire sedulously into
the causes of the present distressed situation of
so numerous a portion of the Manufacturing
Poor, and to apply remedies wherever such may
be deemed practicable. When the House was
on fire, his first care should be to extinguish the
conflagration,and where sedition was prevalent, to
expel the ground or matter of that sedition; and this
he thought was the public distresses. To a certain
extent, he regarded such as among the causes
the French Revolution. In times more prospe-
rous than those of late years, if any of the recent
preachers had ventured to harangue, as they were
known to do, they would have beet) pelted by the
very boys in the streets as enthusiasts or madmen,
but when distress and taxation went hand its
hand, even in a period of peace, the case was un-
happily olberwiie. The manufacturing classes
were more especially affected by the present state
of the country. The operation of the Poore
Rates also was a most grievous burthen. Upon
what plinciple, he would ask, of finance or of
policy, that taxation should fall. upon one descrip.
don of the people and not upon another ? Front
the deteriorated state of the manufacturing poor,
the number of their children, which long had
been a source of profit to them, of late had he-
come an intolerable burthen. These induced the
effect of a superabundanee of population, so that
latterly exile was received as a boon. The cir-
cumstance of the foreign Markets being frequent-
ly closed against our manufactures was an aggra-
vation of the calamity, and t o a certain extent
the much deprecated continental system was still
acted upon, and with a degree of rigour. Ile ad-
verted to the deteriorated state of the commerce
of Great Britain- with several parts of Gel many—
Leipsic in particular; and tie deprecated the re-
stricted state of our commerce with Austria,
s Web he deemed sufficient to warrant a principle
of retaliatioo on the part of this country. It was
impolitic, he thought, ru any state, to afford ex-
clusive encouragement to any particular !panel'
of manufacture or commerce. With respect to
the subject of agriculture, be must say he thought
it the teal basis co our national prosperity and
power ; those engaged in it were distinguished
for the excellence at their conduct and their obe-
dience to the laws : yet these were unaccounta-
bly rendered subject to unbnueded and unequal
taxation; imposts which operated upon the