Star.
London, England, 1822-01-23 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY P4PERS.
vageottilihat there is a very. yes alkeyity in row •
• d the House of Commons, d -
during aWntance to vessels in distrets'on dlloccasions- The various Papers, Report, &c. oftieream
Tire Rev; B. Ritson staid that he knew one a ere._ .be prime by . lrving aheleet
Session of Parliament, which corn mentedJanunr,j2g.
ded II *ere Se womemni that hint on the subject cif cutting away the life-b a .en July , s't the pria.
claik-c, John Denny, and that' he talked with
na.
ing and delivery of than did not terminate ain sat".
day last, upwards of six months after the 0k,,e.0f- dle
(Denny)th nige sanniddthooatsttome
sin
nd .cadsoonseof-.oowithsienigs
icnondthratrerys-i.to.
Mr.
nHd, Humphries,
es
that one
in of
answer tlewrioers an of Sessionl All,the printing is not &meat one once.
mor..
three different and large printing offices are engaged.
iat,iotslle observation W e st -
made by him to Denny on the subject of cutting away
d go away are the several
itPapers, &c. of the last Sr_
only
on, that thef eonstiust twenty-three thick fa,*
volumes i The printing for the last Session or pal,
ylife.whbmtgat washele(gDael
Theri about 01,000 worth of the cargo saved.
,n (Denny)tatyn)drewphl replied that
e wouldhe
dh
oa d a g
aoinne.
liament exceeds in quantity any preceding senics,
There-was a claim of one-third salvage. The salvage except that of 1819, which was so remarkable cerise
and the expenses exceeded L'7oo—(Mr. Humphries " length?* Reports in particular—that of 1819 imp
afterwards said that this sum was not paid to the de- passed the Session of I e2l by about sixty or se ettt
fendants. They only got 1:76 for goods saved from sheets only,.
the wreck). A general outline of the contents of tier tweree..
The Counsel forth. prosecution here said,th at there
three volumes, resulting from the lad Session's las
were other witnesses, but they would not call them. boars, forms a curious article. It follows:
Mr. duaxay hoped that what was the constant - The Mete first volumes are occupied with "P111,:k
practice on such occasions would be adhered to on Bills," and the Index of the Public tielei::l Azts
`the present—namely, that all the witnesses whom it passed informs us that the number of them w:e ~tie
was not intended to examine might be put in the box, hundred and twenty-three. Our hnadred and Nride
fa order to. give the defendants the benefit of their three Public General Acts, introduced, de:raird, ;v4
Cross-examination. passed in one Session of Parliament ! 'i.el tint act
Mr. Jenvis, for the prosecution, said, that what- that received the Royal Assent in such &sitar es%
ever was usual on other occasions would be done in ii to mate provision for her Majesty 'the Queen ;" the
this. The witnesses, therefore, whom it was not in- last was "to make further pmvision for his 1tn,41
tended to examine would be put into the box. He Highness the Duke of Clarence."
then called The next six volumes consist of Reports front
Thomas Aldis, who said he was on hoard the life-' Committers of the Ilonse; 'and the three succeeding
boat. lie considered that the yawl had remained i volumes are filled with !terns from Cemmissioners,
long enough alongside to have taken off the brig's ttec. Thu; nine thick volumes are occupied with
crew if they had so desired, and much longer than Reports alone.
she ought to have remained in common prudence.— The remaining eleven volutres contain Frnince ae.
Ile saw the yawl afterwards on shore. She had five counts, accounts of Establishments, Estimates ard
or six streaks stove in. Another such blow, or one Accounts, and Nliscellaneons Papers. Eight of thew
half as strong, would have sent her to the bottom. eleven volumes are almost wholly filled with Ac.
He did not think it would have been safe for the yawl counts of Finance, of the Establishment of the Tres_
to have remained longer. After the yawl had quitted sury, and other Public Dopa:tments, of the Arm;
the brig, the life-boat passed under her (the brigs) Navy, Ordnance, &c. and they afford some idea r;f
stern, within fifteen yards, for the purpose of being the
magnitude of those labour, which have thus
hailed if she wanted any assistance, but the brig did brought before Parliament, and the country, sc et-
not bail them. tensive an insight into the particulars of the present
Henry May, a Trinity pilot, was next called. He enormous expenditure.
was on board the life-boat when she went out to the The exrense of printing these twenty-three htlkr
brig. He has been a pilot for several years. There folio volumes we have not the means of very acct.
is an impression among persons on the coast, that in rately estimating; and, even if that expense c0t.1.1 be
cases of ships in distress, the doctrine of " first come got at, the amount would by no means cote!. the
first served," was held with respect to salvage. cost of the Sessions' printing. Many Bills, fat in-
Mr. JEnv:s objected to that as not being evidence. stance, ate printed and re-printed several times, fi..5
Lord STOWELL—Ifany such impression exists, no- the use of the Members, during the pi ogre,s of the
thing can be more erroneous. It is without the slightest measures, after alterations, amendments, or adJi-
foundation in. fact. If this case had come before the Lions: others, again, never pass into Acts—ass , :is
Court of Admiralty as a question of salvage, I would the case with Mr. Scarlett's Poor 13ill, although it
not have adjudged a single farthing. It is most ab- was *printed over and over again: those oniy ti,it
surd to suppose, that because a boat gets alongside have become Acts of the Parliament a; r,ear in I.e
a vessel in distress, the crew have a right to take pos- twenty-three volumes folio. Then there were the
session of her, supersede the authority of the Captain, Orders of the Day, the Notices, the Votes of etch
and say who shall or shall not afterwards come on day, together with the several hundred Petitioe• or.
board. Such a doctrine is wholly devoid of founda- dered to be printed; and these made several volumes
tion : and I cannot but say, that if salvage was. claimed folio, which must he added to the toots-the e,: 1.4,-
under such circumstances, the owners were extremely lumes of Public Acts, Reports, Accounts, Scc.
ill advised in paying one sixpence. The expense of the printing for the House of Cern-
The examination of May was then continued,. and mons (and the above statement is exclusive ef that
in the course of it he stated, that soon after the yawl for the House of Lords) attracted the notice of several
had left the brig, the life-boat bore down and passed Members during the last Session, when several a:-
within a few yards, but was not hailed. He con; counts illustrative of the subject were ordered to he
curred in the opinion of the last witness, that the prepared and presented ; and as " economical re-
yawl had remained alongside the brig longer than she trenchment" is the order of the day with the Aini-
ought to have done, with consideration for her safety. sters as well as with others, doubtless this sobje •• •11
Mr. GURNEY now addressed the Jury for the de- receive the attentionof the • -- 1 • k:
fendants, and contended that the question for their it is a department Y here many thousands might be
consideration was, not whether the defendants were
annually saved to the Public.
mistaken in the law respecting salvage (and he would
most freely admit, that the opinion which seemed to
prevail, not only amongst them, but amongst a large
class of persons, respecting the exclusive claims of
the first boat which came to the assistance of a ship
in distress, was totally without foundation), but whe-'
tier they had wickedly conspired to take possession
of this ship, to the exclusion of all necessary assist-
ance? The Learned Gentleman was proceeding to
spew that his clients, instead of being indicted, ought
to have been praised for their courageous exertions
on this occasion, when he was interrupted by the
Counsel for the prosecution.
A short conference now took place between the
Counsel on both sides, the result of which was an

THe destruction of Sir JACOB ASTLEY.S spier.M
mansion in the North, wa; caused by the following
singular. circumstance:—A fire was lighted in a 14. m
that had not been occupied for some time, and in :::c
chimney several jackdaws had built their nests
These took fire, and communicated to a beam that
supported elte roof, and the whole was in a Hanle be-
fore the accident was discovered.

Monday se'nnight, some persons entered the shop
of a baker in Nicolson's-street, Edinburgh, dining the
absence of the family, and broke open a desk and the
till, from the former of which they took a hank re-
ceipt for £250, and from the latter about 1:13 in si:-
ver and mates. The robbery was not discovered ti:l
next day, too late to stop payment at the Bank, %dice
a man had called and got the money.
A police setjeant, who was knockcd down and mai-
treated •by some ruffians in Toddrick's Wynd, Edin-
burgh, some weeks ago, died on Wednesday
in the Royal Infirmary, from the effects of the blow*
he then received.

agreement that a verdict of acquittal, as to the con-
spiracy, should be recorded respecting all the prisoners;
that a verdict of acquittal generally should be re-
corded with respect to all except Butcher,
he (as the person who actually cut the life•.bo'at ad: aft)
should be found guilty upon the 12th count of the
indictment, which charged that fact ; and that all the
prisoners should be discharged upon Butcher, jun.'s
entering into his own recognizance in the sum of £2O,
to appear for judgment when culled for.
This agreement-was mentioned to the Jury by Sir
C. ltormsoN, who observed, that the great object
which the birds of the Admiralty had in instituting
the present prosecution was to come at the real facts;
and if it should appear that they arose out of a mis-
conception of the law, to have that law publicly made
known, and any error respecting it corrected.
The Jury then returned a verdict as we have de-
scribed abo-ve; and the party found guilty, having en-
tered into the required surety, was discharged Along
with the other defendants.—The Court then adjourned
to the 21st of March, at Doctor; Commons.

BI RTHS.
Sunday, at Urn:ll%l,4yr, the Lady of the Rey:Thomas Nash,
of a son.
Jan. 5, at Hatton ILI, Essex, the Lady of Lieutenant-Colo-
nel 1). Forbes, of a sun.

EXECUTION.—This morning, licnry Thompson,
convicted at the December Sessions of a forgery on
the banking•house of Jones, Lloyd, and Co. and
Richard Jago, for an extensive robbery under aggra-
vated circumstances, were, pursuant to their sentence,
executed at Newgate. At an early hour in thealot r-
ing, the unfortunate men were assisted in their devo-
tions by the Rev. Mr. COTTON, Mr. DILLoX, and
Mr. BAKER. They were extremely penitent, and ac-
knowledged their sentence to be just. Thompson
spoke for some minutes to his fellow-sufferer, exhort-
ing him to have a firm belief in out SAvioun. The
Sheriff,, &c. paid great attention to him during the
whole time. Everything being ready, at a quarter
past eight o'clock they ascended the scaffold. The
conduct of both of them was decent ; and the three
Clergymen attended them on the scatold in their last
moments. After a short time spent in prayer, they
were launched into eternity. Neither of them was
thirty years of age. A large body of persons were
present to witness this awful scene. The two Sheri
and their Under Sheriffs were all present during the
execution.