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P__iggh a law, as it would be impossible any good
PM, could be answered by it. With regard to the
rr_,_ 6 of extending the punishment of death, he
6- the House to recollect, that this was only in-
oe a temporary Measure, to meet a pressing
evil • ' and that the hope was, the terror of
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I:light put a speedy end to the present unlaw.
proceedings in Nottingham, and
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ul'" bo ring counties. He felt very highly gra.
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OP what had been said by an lion. Gentleman
oppositeOn
side of the House (Mr. J. Smith),
,;,, ;bat Ministers had acted with promptness, and
Leery step in their power, both by the civil and
soey authority, to put an early period to the dis.
aiios. He (Mr. Ryder) *as convinced, also,
- e conduct of the Magistrates in that county
been exemplary, and those of the town of Not.
in particular: but this is a mischief which
fig be put down, and that immediately. It was a
poi which not only concerns the manufacturing
pleas of that district, but those of the whole kiag-
iot. It had been asked, whether this bill would fa-
ggot the detection of offenders. He (Mr. Ryder)
pot know that it would actually give such faci-
igs but if it only gave a chance of so desirable an
pit, the House would do a service to the country
iiesong the bill. He thought there was a very
otchance of it : while that chance existed, the
,iort ought to be adopted ; and if it were defer-
, he was convinced the House would have cause
repent it.
Mr. BASTARD said, that after the outrages
h had been committed, he would vote for the
lal going to a Committee ; but when it had passed,
le should be glad to know what security there would
te lot its being enforced ? Why was the law already
inexistence suffered to slumber, without making any
tial of its efficacy ? Why had Ministers suffered
bee riots to go on for two or three months ? He
)aped the House would institute some enquirylnto
Ote proceedings of the Secretary of State's Office, and
;rake some measures to invigorate them.—(4 laugh.)
Mr. WHITBREAD acquitted the Secretary of
(fate for the Home Department of any want of vi-
rut; as it had been allowed on all hands, that he
had done every thing that could be done by an early
interposition both of the civil and military power.—
Be must, however, object to the Bill, because it
ettended the long list of our capital punishments
i...1n his opinion, the great defect of the Legisla.
tare of this country for the last century had been,
'that when they found the people prone to the corn-
tission of crimes, they, in order to put a stop to
them, enacted the penalty of death ; by which of-
fenders had escaped punishment almost as much
as if no law had been enacted at all. He was par-
ticularly averse from going forward with the pre-
int Bill without enquiry, because the present
Ira a period of tranquillity in Nottingham ; and
Wre was, in consequence, no cause for haste. The
itatte Book teemed with sentences inflicting the pe-
'thy of death ; and he thought it was a subject the
tension of which would well become the policy as
vell as the humanity of the House. It had been
kought forward about forty years ago, as a serious
fievance and disgrace to the country ; and on that
ncasion Sir W. Meredith, in 1772, gave notice of
kinging the subject before the House, as, in conse.
fiance of some disturbances which arose from the

iiir?ngement of rights of common by inclosure bills,
it had been proposed to extend the penalty of death
to 'such trifling commotions. Mr. Whitbread inti-
Weed, that before the close of the present Session he
believed he should bring the matter under the c onsi-
&ration of the House. He thought, if the Commit-
tee which his Honourable Friend had asked for had
been granted, they might in the present case have
found out a remedy, without having recourse to the
penalty of death.
Mr. FRANKIAND spoke in favour of the Bill.
A division then took place on the second reading
Of the Bill.—For it 94—Against it 17.
When we re-entered the Gallery, a motion was put,
that the Bill be committed to-morrow, to which
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY moved as an amend-
ment, that it should be committed on Wednesday ; and
(heaved, that he took this opportunity of rectifying
some misrepresentations of his former statements.
&mks had been made, as if he (Sir S. Romilly)
had considered' the subject as one of slight impor-
tete; on the contrary, he thought and had stated the
mil to be of enormous magnitude, and one which re-
quired a strong remedy. He had merely objected to
Proposed method of furnishing a remedy. He ob-
*Ted, that the time allowed before the reference to a
Committee was so short, that he should not be able,
if inclined, to frame a clause for insertion in the Bill ;
aud asked what excuse the Right Hon. Secretary
conld give to the House and the public for not sup-
tag some previous notice of the contents of his
Ida The present, he must also observe, was not a
114.1ftt into which paradoxes and subtlety of reason-
Roeght to be introduced ; nor could there be a time
4411 such observations as an Hon. Friend had made
!did taelieg humanity were more entirely misplaced.
freed—the whole House agreed—that some
Ptierful remedy was demanded under the presenteir-
uidustances—tbat blood should be shed to prevent a
Met effusion of blood.
_gr. BATHURST disclaimed all idea of imputing
ZS: Samuel Romilly, any wish to under-rate the
of the transactions alluded to ; but corn-
that the Learned Member had manifested
re_!nconsistency in stating, at the same time, that
dill would be a dead letter, and would also cause
Illtpeat a sacrifice of lives.
„Et SAMUEL ROMILLY, in explanation, said,
!_The Member who spoke last had misrepresented
7,11 Would not say had misstated—his positions.
;°ll6erration had been, that as far as .regarded
,791 e of conspiracy, the act would be a dead let-
tcr though this was the case where it was intended
t".PPIy , • while
it would operate severely against in-
"Qak, a case not meant by the Bill.
r FRANKLAND said, that he should wish
tLai
Ztime to be enlarged, except the subject was one
inco frequently had come before the Legislative
Statutes already existed on the woollen, the
T and cotton manufactures, and none on this
n °ranch of craft. It was also important that it should
and decisive
out to the public, that the House was not clear
4 decisive in its intentions on this subject.
The House then divided on the amendment-
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THt tVENIgG'STAn.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCk
S per Ct. Reduced 623f-4 per Cent. 781
S per Ct. Cons, for money 614—Da. for ace. 62
5 per Ct. 9211—Bonds 161. —s. pr.—Omnium
Exch. Bills 4s. 6s. pre.—Long Anns. 16 3-16ths
Minister sent down this morning to the Bank, to Inform
them that the Exchequer Bills are to be taken in from the 22d
to the 29th inclusive.

The restrictions on the PRINCE REGENT having
terminated last night, an unusual degree of anxiety
pervades the public mind respecting the measures
that may be adopted for the government of the coun-
try. To this anxiety must be ascribed the strange
and contradictory statements that fill the columns of
the daily news-papers—statements incorrect in almost
every particular as to the communication made by
command of the PRINCE REGENT to Lords GREN-
VILLE and GREY ; and equally so, in most of the
papers, as to the answer of these Noblemen. The
following particulars, it may be relied upon, are more
correct than any statement that has been yet laid be-
fore the public :
The PRINCE sent a letter to the Duke of YORK,
stating that the time had arrived, when he-should de-
clare his real sentiments with respect to the measures
of Government. He was happy to say, that during
the time he had been Regent, the dominions of his
father had not been impaired, but extended ; that the
measures pursued by the Ministers of his father's ap-
pointment, with respect to the war in the Peninsula,
had proved so successful, that he conceived himself
bound both by this result and in honour of his MA-
JESTY'S Allies, not to make any change in the Go.
vernment which might have the effect of indu:ing
the Spaniards and Portuguese to suppose that their
cause would not be as heartily supported as ever : at
the same time he was desirous of strengthening his
Government by the aid of some of his old political
friends. And he, therefore, wished his Royal High-,
ness to communicate the contents of this lettter to
Lords GREY and GRENVILLE, and particularly to
enquire of these Noblemen, whether they felt them-
selves at liberty to relinquish, for the present, all idea
of publicly discussing the Catholic question?
The Duke of YORK, immediately on receiving the
letter, proceeded to Lord GREY'S house, in Portman-
square, and mentioned what he had been command-
ed to communicate. Lord GREY answered, that the
former communications of the PRINCE REGENT, in'
1809, had been addressed particularly to Lord GREN-
VILLE and himself, and therefore he declined receiving
any communication which the Duke had to make,
until Lord GRENVILLE was present.
They met accordingly, and sent for answer that
they declined acting with the Members of the present
Administration, adding, that they stood pledged on
the Catholic question, to their friends and to the
country. In this answer, we know that some
of their friends think that they acted under a miscon-
ception of the PRINCE'S communication. They thought
that they were in some respects to be officially subor-
dinate to the present Ministers ; but the PRINCE'S idea
was, that a new Administration, embracing both
parties, should be formed.
The communication was made, it is supposed, with-
out even the knowledge of Mr. PERCEVAL.—Mr. PER-
CEVA L ha:: submitted to the PRINCE REGENT the copy
of such a letter as appeared to him proper to be sent ;
but it was not acted upon.

The rumours that are in circulation respecting
changes in the different departments, are not to be
depended on. ' That some new arrangements will
take place, is certain ; but their extent is not yet
known. Lord SIDMOUTH and his friends, however,
are to be received into the Administration. On the
partial changes that may take place, we shall not
dwell, as a very short time must remove every un-
certainty respecting them.

An Anil°lt Mail arrived this morning with intel-
ligence of rather an important complexion. The
French have not confined their operations in Pome-
rania to the occupation of Stralsund ; they have now
seized upon the Island of Rugen, a station which
must enable them to annoy Sweden in a most formi-
dable manner. Bernadotte, however, has held out
no explicit threat of resistance, but his conduct is still
presumed to proceed from extreme caution and not
from disaffection to the interests of his adopted coun-
try. The negotiations between Russia and Turkey
are not yet concluded. War between Russia and
France seems now to be inevitable : the rumours on
this subject increase in number every day, as our
readers will perceive from the following extracts :
A Proclamation has been published, signed
CHARLES JEAN, dated Stockholm, 4th Jan. 1812,
addressed to the inhabitants of the Grand Duchy of
Scania, in which, after condemning their rebellion,
it states, they had been imposed upon by ill-disposed
persons, who told them that the army was recruiting
for the support of a cause foreign to Sweden, when
in reality they were called under the flags of their
Country only to assure its independence, and that
Swedish blood should never be spilt for foreign inte-
rests.
" COPENHAGEN, JAN. 21.

e, The coasts of Jutland are still infested by the ene•
my's privateers. The hull of the Defence is still to
be seen, it rises above the sea like a kind of tower.—
The tempest has rendered all attempts to save the

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Vvrecks of the shipsmcked vessels abortive. Admi-
ral Reynold's Secretary did not long survive the hap-
piness of reaching shore; he expired a short time
after. He had 99 guineas and some other pieces in
a purse attached to the chain of his watch. He h
also about his rerson a port•fulio, in which were some
bank-notes and a picture of his vNfe. 'There were
two sailors' wives on board the Admiral's ship, and
one officer's wife in the Defence."

" CARLSI2IIHE, JAN. 17.

" The troops forming the garrison of Frankfort, on
the 12th instant, received orders to proceed to Dant-
zic, and are to march on the Ist of next month. The
battalion in Fulde is also to march."
"VIENNA, JAN. It

" rt appears the Grand Vizier does not press the
negociations with much activity, and that he is occu-
pied in forming new armies. Tranquility prevails in
Servia, and it is pretended that at most there are not
above 10,000 insurgents at the present moment under
arms: they occupy the redoubts and strong places
in the provinces of Bosnia and Bulgaria."

" ANHOLT, FEBRUARY /.

" Further acoounts from Pomerania state, that
previous to the French entering Stralsund, a vessel
was sent with information to seven or eight ships
laden with colonial produce, bound there, under con-
voy of a Swedish ship of war, which fortunately ena-
bled them all to return to Carlsham, except one,
which, being leaky, was obliged to proceed.
" The French have taken possession of the island
of Rugen, and have seized upon, and numbered and
registered all the vessels which were lying there.
War between Russia and France is spoken of as
an Affair determined upon. The Prussian army is
situated in such a position, that it is supposed it must
be compelled to join the French. General Blucher,
who commanded the troops at Colberg, is said to have
resigned in disgust.
"At Hamburg, all kinds of grain have been taken
possession of, on account of the French Government."

The AQUILON frigate has arrived at Yarmouth,
with a confirmation of the 1 oss of the MANILLA fri-
gate, on the Dutch coast. The AQUILON received
the information from a flag of truce which came out
of the Texel, and informed them that the frigate was
lost on the 28th ultimo, and that all the crew were
saved except six cr eight men.

The following is an extract from a communication
which reached us by the vessel from Americo, the
arrival of which we noticed yesterday. The writer
of the letter is a gentleman of acknowledged talent
and political information, and his sentiments are of
course entitled to great respect :

" BOSTON, JANUARY 19.

" You will perceive by the papers by the Sally Anne, that out
Government professes the intention to assume a very warlike
attitude, and that the sentiment of indiinauon throughout the
country, at the continuance of the Orders in Council, is load and
universal from both parties. The modves which induce your
Government to continue them, are quite incomprehensible to the
best friend of Great Britain in this country ; and the t fleet will
be, to make every man odious who dares to express a wish for
your succes' and proiperity—a sentiment still common to our
best men, but which an adherence to this system will impair and
destroy. It is too true that the repeal oldie Berlin and Milan De•
creel are merely nominal, and that our Administration have be-
come willingly dupes to the insidious policy of Miro Lao N. But
why should your Cabinet mind that, why should they not em-
brace any pretence for restoring harmony between our countries,
especially as it will, of cosurgvener,ile followd iy !validity wilts part
Frei:re. NAPOLZON Will renew his outrages the moment we
are friends, and the natural ties which connect Great Britain and
America would be drawn closer. On the contrary. the scrupulous
adherence of your Cabinet to an empty punctilio, will too pro-
bably unite the whole country in apposition to your nation, and
sever. for generations, perhaps for ever, interests which have the
most natural ties of affinity, and men who ought to feel and love
like brethren."

The following is an extract of a letter, Written by
a Gentleman who left Paris on the 30th January.

When I left Paris (says the Gentleman) it was expected that
'the Emezaoa would set off in fifteen or twenty days for the
North. It is impossible to speak with any kind of precison on
such matters, but some grand stroke is in contemplation :
troops have been marching in large bodies, for months put,
for the North. NAPOLEON'. favourite Generals, &mita
M'DONALD, NET DAVOUST, and OUDINO r, it was said, had
joined, or were about to join the army. The Russian Ambassa-
dor, however, still remained at Paris. I saw him at the Opera
a few evenings before I left ft. It is said there Is to be a meeting
of the three Emperors, NAPOLEON, ALEXANDLR, and FRANCIS;
and that, if Russia dues not effectually and strictly adhere to the
Continental System, then war takes place, and Austria supplies
160,000 men to his son-in-law. Possibly a branch of the BUNA
PARTL family may mount the throne of the FRILDRRICRS —I
suppose BONAPARTE bas not less than 5 to 600,000 troops in the
North : in short, the North is to be the theatre ; and Spain may
even, for a time, be abandoned in some parts."

A letter from Glasgow, dated February 13, says:
—We have abundance of military here, and abun-
dance of quietness. We have not the least idea of
any rioting. The labouring people here have been
taught to read, and a great number of them also think
a good deal ; hence there is the less risk of excesses.
It is wonderful the talents displayed by the delegates
of the operative weavers, in their conferences with the
Magistrates, being perfectly conversant in the leading
principles of political economy.

The actions brought in the Common Pleas in Dub-
lin by the Catholic Delegates against the Chief Jus-
tice of the King's Bench, for illegal arrests, &c. are
not likely to be decided till November next.
The Irish Court of King's Bench have, after a
hearing of Counsel, for Mr. HAnvxv, Proprietor of
The Freeman': Journal, decided for the attachment
against him, construing a libel into a contempt; and'
a warrant was issued out against him accordingly.
Yesterday morning, the LORD CliaNceu.on and
the Duke of Yoftx had audiences of the PRINCZ RR.
MINT.

Bar eo.—This day there being no Court of Aldermen, the
Lord Mayor, after inspecting the Returns, ordered it to &drum
Id. per Peck:Loaf.