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London, England, 1814-06-22 00:00:00

WHITEHNI.L, JUNE 21.

MI Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in
the name And on the behalf of his Majesty, to appoint the Earl
of Chichester and the Earl of Clancarty to the office of Post-
masterAGeueral.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
OFFICE OP ORDNANCE, .It./'E 2, 1814.
Engineers of the King's German Legion.
Second Captain Charles Ernest Appuhn to be Captain, vice
Has•ebroick, deceased. •

Commission in the 4th Regiment of Surrey Local Militia, signed
by the Vice lieutenant of the County of Surrt y.
John Barrett Lenuard, Esq. t t be Captain.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
bli.ldsesex.
Sir David Rae, Bart. to be Deputy Lleutenakt.
Royal Eastern lteginient of Middlesex Militia.
To be Captains—Charles Decinitis Williams, and John Leigh
Bennett, Esqr,
'Eti be Lteutenanis—Ensigns ..ta.-lrew Nash William Coltlinre-,
and Archibald WPDostalti ; , James Prince, Gent.; Ensitn.,
Richard felines, William Hach, Wii.tam liter, and William
Sutherland. •
To be Ensigns—William Sutherland, 'Thomas Hodson, Thema,
Prince, Junies MaGregor, Joho Harris, John Darey, Daniel
Hindi Mackay, Alexander Sutherland, George Carnaby, mid
Andr.w Nash, Gents.
Royal Western Regiment of Middleses Militia.
To be Captain —Lieutenant William Milts, vice Crukrr.
To be Lieutenants—Ens gets Julia Fortner, Giihr:MkJohnston,
'Thomas Luby, George Wilton, and William Brew ; George
Coates, Charles li.ravor. and Basil Herne Burchill, Gents.;—
and Ensign Charles Brew.
To be Ensigns—Francis SW4Ctlty, Charles 3rew, James Craw.
ford, .Frederick Richardson, Frederick tharles.Phillips, Sa-
muel Chamber., Charles Tynte Richardson, and Wiliam
Roper, Gents. ,
Royal Westminster Regiment of Midtilesez Militia.
To be Caytatus--Josepb Pritchard, Esq. and Lieutenant Charle
Ralf*.
To be Lientenant.—Ensigns James Trnesdale !Howard, John
Sinclatr. and Thomas Daniel Andenon.
To be Ensigns— Thomas, Wharton, fitojarnin Dunbar. Francis
William Grant, mid Charles M•Gregor Robertsun, Gents.
St. Pancras Volunteers
To be Captain—Henry Holden Turner, Esq.
Royal British Artificers Volunteers.
To be Major—John Brown, Esq. vice Ingersoll, resigned.
Lieutenant John Walton Bullock to be 'Adjutant, with Brevet
rank of Captain; Peter Dewal, Gent. to be Nast Lieutenant;
vice Stackpole, resigned; John Deykes, Gent. to be ditto, vice
Croker, resigned; Tbomas G. Munimer, Gent. to be Second
Lieutenant, vice Sadler.
Queen's Royal Volunteers.
To be Second Lieutenants--R/ben Bailey anti S. Welsh, Gents.
St. George's Volunteers.
Tote Captains—Lieutenants George Baker and Jones Reed.
l'o be Lieutenant—Ensign C. A. Tbisletins.
Go nunissions silned by the I.ord Lieutenant of the County
of Devt.n.
To be Deputy Lieutenants—William Leigh, Chutes Osmond
Osmond, and Lewis William Eut.k, Eva.
List Devor Militia.
To be Captain—Het ry ::t.ii.Ord Northcote, Esq.
To be I.,eutenant—William I.yte, Pearce, Cycle.
I u be Ensi4n..—George Whitaker, John liingdon, Charles
Campbell, and Lrwing Clarke, Gents.
South Devon.
'To be Lieutenants—William John Liddon Pardbam, and Tho-
mas Howard, Gems.
To br Eusigns—Wiliam Reed, Nicholas Palmer, hlin Easton,
and Jones 'lreeby, Gents.; and John Churchill, Gept. to be
ditto and Assistant Su. genus.
Nur‘h Devon.
To be Captain—Charlcs Coles, Esq. ,
To be lieutenant —Thomas Smith, Gent.
1 o be Ensigns—William Henry Newbolt, Georee Webbe, Ben-
jamin Carey, Nathaniel Briss, and Thomas Hole, Gents.
Ist or Plymouth-Dock Regiment of Local Militia. •
To be Lieut.euftits—George Batiks, GFat. vice Chair,. resignad:
John Way, Cent.. by Brevet • awl John HoarJ, Gem. vice
tugger, resigned. ._
...!d or Test Budkigh Regiment.
Henry Nurtlicotv, Vail. in be .Major, vice•Dtuurel,
14'41 QuiLkesilliit.)lo4l.s" I.lc QQR(444.,Vitle.kiardittig; ,ed.
rd
Tkietas,rorryt,t EA. be dttso„vice,Tayler, teak
_. .:
La tr.nteit Vaughan l'atk,
.Ess:..toshe ditto, vise War repoigsgased.
)0140 I mid, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Penn, resigned.
Lames Aystiford, Gent; tp he ditto, yitik Lirligki...yeetgut.d.
William Cockerain,.Gent. to the tilttn, vile 134etlett, r Vfilphil... : .
i Immo. Grant Binfura, gene. p 7; tio ditto, vier Qate, re.igned,
William Woodwact‘ etc to.. vt be slitteeeice.kialept, rteignesh
William Cockeren, Gent. :9 lio 4:.n05,.;

S 'll avot. eh Kt g nient • '
Jo' n Pleas tin , • • • .• •
William 1 li.gb Cruiser, to be ditto. vier Hewn, reiesed:,
J•ilui Phi lips, Gent. to be Lieeteetent, v cv.arrna•itl. resigueL
John Re ndie, Gent. to tie ditto, vier Careen...a, resigned.
lobo Ward, Gent. to be ditto, vice Fiintiutt, -es spied
Nolo lit Itiandb,„ Grog. to be ditto, eta Clanglie rrigued.
WI Ii ill us en I Thomas 'I user, Gana. to be Iwo. •
J•siri Ma- eau, G ut. to he ditto, vice ('raker, Ito noted. • •
Philip Maier Gent. to be ditto. v•ee Carter deceased.
JtoepleTtoi nee, (Jrut. to be ditto. vice Noe, deleaseiL
John Ruedie and John Ward, Gen's. to be Fudge%
Nic' olas Rundle, Gent. to be duo, vice Plod ps, pronsitied.
Witham !ores, Gent. to be ditto, vice Rundle, pranced.
Thomae •fsizer, Gent. to 1 e ditto, vice Ward, pre.tioxedi
John Mason, Gent_ to b. dt.ro. , •
Philip May, Joseph f urtoe, and Roger Pomeroy, jun. Gents. lIP
be EnS'et.s.•
Richard Wa4ers,Gint. th be ditto, vice Mason. pruntoted.
Vaughan Ridoutin. Gent. to be ditto.
Johu Poidips, Gent. to uc Quarter-Master.
nth or Roliorough Regiment.
Wm. Sinn% Amin, Esq. to be Captain, vice Etinet, redgned, •
Thomas llrouk Miter, Esq. to be •listo. vice Juboott. resig
I. C. Latigmead, Gent. to be Lieueenant, vice Lilierae, tea fined.
W. Clark Largate ad, Gem to be Quo, vies freyman, resigned.
Jalhu iert:, Freeman, James Hook, and William Delp
Gents to be I:::lsigtm.
:.it or Norte Devon Regiment. • ,
Wm. Law, jun. Gent. to Le I:entry:tat, vier Prole, deceased,
R. Bonfield, jun. Gent. to be Onto, vice Crealock, snperseiled.
Edwin Kingstoi, Gent. to be ditto, vice Staple.: deceased.
George Herr s, Gan. to be iii.to, vice Hole, re igned.
James Bail, Gent. tube ditto, vice Harris, resigned.
'AIMS Marsh, Gent: to be Ensign.
tattles Hattie, Gan. to be ditto, vice Boatfiebi, promoted.
George to lie ditto.
George Chap.ile, Gen. to be ditto, vie* Hatris, promoted.
Etoo.,a I HanuuuuJ, Gent. to be ditto, vice Bad. pranced.
Mb of 'Patti 'gr Regiment
William Dennis, Gent. to he Lieutenant, vim Heywood,.
Samuel Pots, Gent. to be ditto, vice Staveley, resik,me‘l. •
Wl:Mara Kinght John Parkinliorn, John Turner, Samuel Bad.
font, Christopher Norman, Wdllaut Sueil, aid Robert Are.
Bold, Gents. to be En-Ijns.
Thomas Vicary, Gent, .4) be Surgeon, vice Cosby, re sigaed.
7th or :tau Devon Stiginatte.
Charles Welland. Gent. to ieLinneuant., vice Wheaton, rellgottd.
Johu Pring, Gent. to be au,.
Thomas C.: Gent. to be ditto, vl:e Welland, re.lened.
Thomas Carter, Gem. to b' Ensign.
Wiii.ain Anning , (lint. to be ditto, vire Welland, promoted.
Richard lied ergs .'osoke, Gent to be ditto.
John Allen James Jenkins, Gents. robe ditto.
Bth or Higtuidge Regiment. • •
George W. Bampfylde,Esq. to be Major, vice Bowden, resigned,
William Leleh, Esq. to be Captain, vice Whitter, superseded.
Benjamin Cleave, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Weer, resigned.
ladies Bryant Butridge, Gent. to be ditto, vice Allen, resigned.
(harks Row, Gent. to be ditto, vice Mortimer,rresined.
John Ware, jun. Gear. to be ditto, vice Way, resigned.
George Gwen Gent. to be ditto, vice Whiny, resigned. •
Thomas Radial, Gent. to be claim.
Stephen chute, Rotten Fultord, William Orchard, Thomas For.
wood, 41mos Greeneade, Gents. to Le Ensigns.
Commissions in the 'rower Hamlets MAirls, stg•iedity the De.
puty Lieutenants, In the absence of the Lord Lieutenant.
let Royal Regiment
William A. Hodtoo, Gent. to be f.nsign, rice 't.lo!e, resigned.
Charles l3tsseli, Gem. to be ditto, vice Lueasr resigned.
2.1 Royal Regiment.
Edward Edwards, Gem. Lobe Ensign, vice Butler, rrontnted..
Commission in the itd or Southern- Regiment of Ovordstdr4
• - Local li.deta, signed by rid vice Liriumniut.
Claries Preto, E. to be Captain.
Cuninussitaus signed by toe Lurd Lieutenant of the County and •
County iud City to: Gioucater sod County and City at instal.
Royal linstul Volunteer luientry.
Thomas Wiowood, • Esq to be Captain.
Ardlicry Company in ditto.
George Bowen, Geut. to he sewed Liettleitant.
Robeit Roum, elem.
,to be Third Lieutesiant.
&tuna,.
Captain Ralph Montigne to be Major, vice Haynes, deceased.
Licureuant Robert Whinugten to be Captain, vice Moutiqueli
promoted.
EuslAu Hem y Ebswortb to be Lieutenant.
Witaata Grizes, Gent. to be Ensign.
IiANKRUP ICY ENLARGED. •
Ausst IJ, Paundett Maria, of Basingball-street. London,
Blackwen•Halishic:or. warehousentan, dealer and ehapman,
- at ten, at Guildhall.
BANKRUPTS.
Samuel George Goldsmith, of laiwicla, Sua'nlk, victualler.draler •
otid el:Altman) to sarreader .I.dy I 1, tr, and Aug. st, at eleven,
at Co: Coach anti Horses Inn, Ipswich. ,utorters, Messrs.
balite and Notcutt, leowich; or Mr. o.auaia.
place, Blackfriart, laantion.
kowler, I.emoistou, Warwickshire, brewer, dealer and
chap:sew, July 4, ~ and August 2, at eleven, at Copps's Royal
Hatt, I.esuluitiou. Attaratc., Meors. fete: and klewtta,
l'alsgravespiace, Lonep:i lor Mr. ‘V atts, l'Uenilts.,rda. -
Win. Bowen, Jermyii ...teed, St. James, VS estminStl r, miller,
dealer and c:.apcii.us, 2.3, July 5. and August V, at ten, at
Guddhai. a-VtL.tvey, Air. Jones, taatintanodace, lied ufd'ruw.
Jouathait Varr.r, *II AJ.ltuitllvam. grocer, dialer anti chapman,
July a, Y, and Au,ust ..t tone, at the ltiou Tavern, Bios
anitshant. Attornies, Mk6lla. gain, htevin4, Maples, and
l'earse, Frederie.'s-place, 0:4 Jewry, laoadun ; or Mr.
Whatetey,
John silos, of Oaturl.street, Nliddlesex, victualler, dealer and
chapm:a, June July 2, and August 2, at env, at Guildhall.
Attorney, NI:. bedfor.l-street, Bedfor.dovare.
Thumas Moore, ut H.,...-crossou Let, Leicester, busier, dealer
and chupnia's, June •...i, July 9, and August it, at twelve, at '
Guildhall, Loudon. Auer:ley, Juhu No. 24, fore.
blreet, eriplArg.tte. •
Samuel Sparruw the younger, of Store.street, M•ddlesex, uphol.
stereo, ordinal, oealer anti chaputan, June 23, July 5 and
August 2, a: eleven, at Guildlaitll. Attorney, Mr. Martine.
dale, Gray'ioluil.oquar.f.
•
Peter Blackburn and Laae Blackburn, of Turnchapel-Doak,
Plyinene 1., Down, and a biota:tub:try-square, !Middlesex,
ship builders, merchants, dealers and clapmen, June v 5, July
V. and August i., at twelve, at Guildhall. Ananias, Mews.
Witte and Knight, Cast leotreet, Falcon-square. •
Wni. of l'ortsea, Hants, loteu.draper, dealer and chap.
roan, June its, July 5, and August 2, at eleven, at Gutldhali-o.
tti rnes, Mears. lowlaos and Crost,'st. Mittireers.court.
G.-urge "Edward of Crawta....-street, St. Marysia.b.nite.
Jt idnleses., broker, dieter audcluipulau, July 2,5, and Aug. 642
2, at on:, Guildhall. Attuniey, Mr. Boutii, No. 4, Qin:air
street, Illoonubury.
Fredalidk bLare libidos, late of Lime-street, London, niptet
June 24, 211, August 2, at detest. at GuilObalL Atturu. y,
kiamerton, Great at. ricteti's, listiop-gate.street,, •
Marcus Abrahatu, of Old. Gravel-heat, 14.t:41.11-Highway,
'Mesta, dener .nd ehapu...a. June es,. July Is, and
. August 2, at see, at Guildhall. Attack y, Mt. Revoked,
Jewry-stsca, Aldgate.
CEILAFICATES, Juts 9.
John Tate, Crookee.nitie, merchant.. Robert Chu*, Klee.
sands Devon, butcher« Abralans Jena, *two, e co rner
James err Crtiviketltev memo:mt. J •
wardiee,.Wercestershire, inituvor. ' Samuel VV.'. s.w,
1) rbyslore.. chandler. Gout go Hill, el 4 orealtanocourol isd, •
ealthiet•ou.ktr.. Mark Wil.en, o. t urpttuw, urustget. Vs damn e's
Weston!), tact's, shopkeeper. bar ties ss'at.ina, I ewes, Devon, •
manner.
Jute te...elticheril•Devee, Stourbridge. upbolsterer. Edward
i:artl..str fuck, /Metopes) °, P.S4Oe4wl", 'Jame. ditemery•
Vatni..liatrkastre. merchant. -10atell1tIlieeWitPlot
With Liverneise, Yorkebtre, cl2eluer.

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In the press, and speedily will be published,

THE TRIAL of Lord COCHRANE, the Hon.
ANDREW COCHRANE' JOHNSTON!, CHARLES
RANDOM DE BERENGER, and •then, for a Conspiracy.
Taken in Sbort-hand by Mr. GURNEY,
Sold by Butterworth and Son, Fleet.street; and Gale, Curtis,
and Fenner. Paternoster-row.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE si.

The Earl of LAUDERDALE moved to postpone the consi-
deration of the Borthwick Peerage Bill till Thursday next.

The proper Officer attended with the Account of Provisions
for Greenwich Hospital, from Jan. 1, 1811, to June 11, 1814.

GLOVIIII.STRIt GAOL.

Earl STANHOPE rose to make his motion rela-
tive to the Petition of John Perrin, a prisoner con-
fined in Gloucester Gaol. Their. Lordships would
recollect; he said, that they had, already agreed to the 1
Petition lying on the tahlei They had also founded
a proceeding upon it, for they had ordered the Rules
and Regulations hung up in the prison to be laid be-
fore the House, a proof that they intended to go into
the matter of the Petition. One of the allegations in
it was, that all letters sent to or from persons con-
fieed.in Atte gaol (debtors not excepted) were opened,
tend sometimes detained by order of the gaoler. The
prisoner (Perrin) also stated himself to be debarred
free intercourse with his legal advisers. Now, in
such a situation, he would be glad to know how the
prisoner in this free country could have his remedy
at common law ; and he should be glad if any Noble
Lord, who thought it possible, would inform the
House how that remedy could reach him through
this interruption of correspondence with his friends,
and privation of legal advice. It was his (Lord
Stanhope's) intention to move for a Committee to in-
quire into the truth of the allegations in the Petition,
and also for witnesses to establish their truth or false-
hood, for without witnesses, it was impossible to know
whether they were true or false. And the first wit-
ness he should move for was a very respectable Jus-
tice of the Peace, Mr. Cooper, who was a friend of
the gaoler, Mr. Cunningham. in the case of a letter
addressed to him (Lord Stanhope) which the gaoler
had been defied to open at his peril, Cooper had said
it was the invariable practice of the gaol to open let.
ters, but advised Cunningham not to open it. He
therefore thought this Justice of the Peacea very pro-
per person to prove this part of the allegation. His
Lordship here quoted the 9th of Queen Anne, to
show that the opening, or detaining of letters, either
at the Post Office, or by any other persons employed
to deliver them, was illegal, and contrary to Act of
Parliament. .He need not, however, have appealed
to any Act of Parliament, for he believed that no
Member ot that House, whether he was a lawyer or
not a lawyer, would contend that the gaoler had any
authority to open or detain the letters of the prisoners.
His Lordship said, that the first order be had moved,
the laying the Petition on the -table, bad been com-
plied with; he should maw move that the case of John
Perrin be referred to a Committee of Members of the
lion,e, who had attended this Session.
'Tae Earl of LIVERPOOL conceived that any
Petition of this nature ought to be received with
great caution and delicacy by me House, as other-
wise their Lordships' time might be wholly taken up
wi;h eliquidei into complaints of individual griev-
ance. To 'sliew how very groundless such complaints
often were, he might refer to the cases ot the Lincoln
and Lancaster Gaols, the Report on which, by
most respectable Commission appointed for the.pur.
pose, contained a complete refutation of every charge
brought forward by the Petitioners. As far as their
Lordships could rely on general reputation, no gaol
was patter conducted than the one against which the
present accusation was preferred -; it was considered
as a model for institutiaes of this sort, and was under
the direction of some highly respectable Magistrates,
who paid the most humane attention to the treatment
and comfort of the prisoners. He should not give
any Opinion on the legality of the conduct charged
on the gaOler •by the Petition, but he had no doubt
that if proper application were made to the Execu-
tive. Government, which he thought was always the
first step to be adopted, the subject would undergo
a thorough examination at the Secretary of State's
Office, and 01 this were done, or some stronger
ground laid than that coetaiaed in the Petition, he
should resist the motion of the Noble Lord for far-
hamentary Inquiry.
Zarl GREY thought it not right to exclude any
it4vidual who might possibly be aggrieved from the
redress which it was in the power ot that House to
afford them, because it might sometimes be attended
evita inconvenience, nor could he subscribe to the
cl.t4trine of the Noble Lord opposite, that it was al-
Nears proper to refer such complaints, in the first in-
stance, to the Executive Gove: nment. 'He did not,
therefore, ibink the objections which had been stated
-suf4fierit to prevent their Lordships from going into
;be enquiry. Now what was the question before the
House ? It was not whether the prison at Gloeceatcr
Was in general Well or ill regulated ; but a paiticu-
lar'caie was brohght forward of an individual; ,teho
stated himself to lee unjustly and aibitraray depriaed
Of the intercourse his fiienda, as well as debarred
froMaccess to professional advice. Now be did ex-
pect that some Noble Lord, possessing a local know.
ledge of the transactions, would have come forward
sti-sat4fy their Lordships' minds, by contradicting
allegationi of the Petition, or explaining theirs in
such a manner as to do away any serious ground of
complaint. Till such contradiction or explanation
Were offered, he should not•think himself justified iu
not voting for themOtion for inquiry ; or it anything
were .wanting to confirm him in this opinion, it would
be the statement of the Noble Earl (Liverpool) with
respect to the result of the enquiries into the state of
the Lanc4ster and Lincoln prisons, a most satisfac-
torr'ind excalent result, which it would, however,
have been impossible' to have obtained without a re-
gular enipiiTy into those pretended abuses which were
thus 009 Rat to oast.
The I.OItD.CEIANCELLOR said, that many
• • • ~ . •
othet ebartee.lo,-Assmplaints Were, eery improperly,
I:up • its. thaTetitiest,, with the two which the
Lord had &hewn his judgMent selecting
the' rest. ' He•eficl neap*, of arty better mode
ascertaining go:truth Of:such complaints, when
roughtt,'befoie,-.:theif ;14=, .than by the' "ap-
‘
r •
y.tiotfiti of a oleo& c oa to inquire into
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the facts. But Parliament would not be warranted
in proceeding to so solemn a step, without having
very solid grounds of injustice and oppression laid
before them. He agreed with the Noble Earl, that
it did not require any reference to a particular Act
of Parliament to prove the illegality of detaining the
prisoner's letters. He had also an undoubted right
to have flee access to legal advice. But then there
were cases in which it often happened that persons
were admitted, under this pretext, for a very -diffe-
rent and improper purpose. His Lordship then read
some of the other allegations in the Petition—asihat
the prisoners were locked up from five in the evening
to eight next day—that they had no firing—that
knives and forks were not allowed them, 44 whereby
man, the image of Gon, is compelled to gnaw his
fond like the dogs." His Lordship concluded with
observing, that he believed any Noble Lord who
read the whole of the Petition through would have
little doubt, from its style and manner, that Parlia-
ment ought to have farther grounds before they con-
sented to a Committee.

Lord HOLLAND was of opinion, that if any
matter of petition was brought before their Lordships,
the proper mode was to go into a Committee. lf,
indeed, any Noble Lord stood up to contradict the
facts stated in the Petition—or it; admitting those
facts, they were, denied to be improper or illegal—
then, but mot otherwise, there might be ground to
deliberate. before they granted a Committee. But
the Noble Lord opposite had stated cases in which
inquiry had been instituted, and in which it had ap-
peared that the complaints were unfounded, or greatly
exaggerated. Was this a sufficient ground for sus.
pending all inquiry in future ? If so, the right of in-
dividuals to petition that House was a mere mockery.
He should certainly consider it as a shrinking from
their duty, it they suffered any such complaints to be
referred to any other tribti4l. lie remembered the
time when the Petitions from the Coldbath-fields were
presented. They were told then by the Secretary of
State, as they were told now, that it would be better
to leave it to the Executive Government to inquire
into, and coirect the evil. They waited two or three
years, and then found that greater abuses existed than
had ever been complained of. He did not apprehend
that the general good management of the .gaol at
Gloucester was a sufficient ground for resisting in-
quiry into the specific abuses which were alleged.
It was like what he had read in a Comedy •••
" that a man's havi.ig a good character only ena-
bled him to commit bad actions with impunity."—
The style of the petition had been severely com—
mented on by the Noble Lord on the Woolsack. He
(Lord Holland) had no doubt that if the Petitioner
had had the assistance of the langtiage,atia eloquence
of the Noble Lord, he would hay,: presented a much
more unexceptionable petition. But were their Lord-
ships to reject. a petition because it had mixed up with
a real grievance a great 'deal of imaginary grkvance,
ill expressed ? He knew of but two wounds for re-
sisting such a motion as the present :-1. That the
facts are greatly exaggerated, and that the abuses do
not exist ; 2. That what is complained of as an abuse
is not really such. Neither of these- applied to die
present case. There was some inconveniepce attend-
ing the calling of witnesses, but this in his judgment
was greatly overbalanced by the general satisfaction
and security afforded to the country by the know-,
ledge that Parliament was already ready to incptire
into, and redress the grievances of individuals, who
appealed to its justice and its humanity.

Lord BATHURST had not heard of this petition
in sufficient time to enable him to 'make those enqui-
ries which he otherwise should have done; but the
fact was, that these charges had been" already en-
quired into ; first by the ma;istrates, ac7d then by the
sheriff, and t had been found by them, 'who mos:
have had the. best opportunities, that these complaints
were unfounded. The charge of refusal to admit
legal advisers had been completely disproved—and
as to the charge of opening letters, that was no new
regulation, but one which had prevailed from the
conunesicernent.-

Earl STANHOPE said that the Noble Lord who
spoke last was entirely out of court, for he had ad-
mitted the existence of the regulation for opening let-
ters, though he had not said that it was a regulation
of justice. The complaints of this man had not been
examined into by the magistrates and sheriffs, though
the complaints of another man had been examined.
The logic was this—that because A's complaints had
been enquired into, therefore B's must have been exa-
mined ; and that because the complaints of the one
had been found to be groundless; so the complaints
of the-other must be without foundation. But the
Noble Lord had been misinformed. His Lordship
then adverted to abuses that had been committed in
the Fleet prison, for which the gaokr, Mi. Nixon,
had accounted, by stating that they had been com-
mitted in his absence, and he was happy that he had
such a good excuse to make. But this, too, spewed
the necessity of a vigilant attention to these things on
the pat t of their Lordships.
The LORD CHANCELLOR put the question,
and said that the Not Contents had it.

Eat' STANHOPE.—The Contour must certainly
have it.

The House divided—For the motion 6—Against it
24-IViajot ity against it 18.
Earl STANHOPE then moved that Mr. Cooper,
a justjce of peace, and another, should be brought up
as wituesses.

Lord HOLLAND asked whether it was intended
that any inquiry or investigation should be made by
the Secretary of State ? It wuuld be satisfactory that
this should be done, as the motion had been rejected.
. Lord LIVERPOOL did not pledge himself to any
solemn investigation ; but as soon as be could com-
municate with his Noble Friend, to whose depart-
ment the matter belonged, he bad no doubt that en-
Aiiries would be made to ascertain whether there
existed any grounds for further proceedings.
The motion for witnesses was also negatived.
An Account of the Contract Prices for Cloathing,
,Provisions, &c. of Greenwich Hospital, from the Ist
of January, 1800, to the Ist of June, 1814, was fire-
sented at the Bar, and ordered to lie On the table.

pther Bills were then respectively forwarded, and
the House adjourned till to-morrow. "
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
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• 'Thg pPEAKER.took the chair at (our o'glecit,
and there heing 4414. 25 Members present, an Ad-
Adrument, of cotine, ioo.k Ow. • •

FRENCH P4FiRS

HANOVER, JUNE 3.
It is said that four Protectorates will be established
in Germany. Eaeh will watch over the older and
tranquillity of the countries placed under their pro-
tection. Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, and Hanover,
are mentioned as the fonr. The Elector of Hanover
will have under his protection Hesse, the Duchy of
Brunswick, and some other Principalities.
It would appear as if the peace of the North would
not be disturbed, as was apprehended.
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