The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-03-20 00:00:00

ISPERIIL I'AIiLIAMEN7'.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 19.

Cowart were heard on the A pval of Ilasterton v. 'Heckle-
Julia, which was ordered to be resumed on 'Wednesday nest.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL presehted the-Fleet Pasco
Debtor; Petition.
Tee Mutiny Bill 'mu read a third time, and passed.
Lord DARNLEY moved for Returns of the British forces.
engaged during the war, and of the lows the service had sus-
tained.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL did out oi:pose the 31otlea in
the Ant bet:ince.
Lord MELVILLE moved for Returns of British ships of
war iu harbour, of those ernplased by Government, io the
King's yard, and in those of irruiThatit!: ; of hired armed ves-
sels and foreign ships of war; of docks laid for ships, and ve-
.2.p4irs shipping„ap to the Ist of Jammer. MO. ' •
• After a short discussion b.nween the Duke of Norfolk,
Lords .Mulgrave, Melville, and Darnley, the motion was put
awl carried.
His Lordship then moved for an account of the artificers
employed iu irk Majesty's dock-yards, with
the period of their labimr, and the specitication of their em-
ployment.
This motion was opposed by Earl GREY, hut finally
pared.
the LORD CHANCELLOR pretested a Bill. framed
• according to the directions of the !douse, by Cie Jotters. the
(third 04*-4shich was, to collect into rate Act all the penal
laws which inflicted the punishment of death fur resisting the
levying of the revenue dues.
His Lembhip ',lien moved that the Bill he laid on their
Lurdship;-; table.—Ordered.
Air. Allow presented at the Bar an .aceinint of the receipts
Mid disbursements of the Comtiii,Aoneri for superinteadiug the
Navigatift of the Thanies.—AllieUroed.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Maxon 19.

This was the last day for receiving Private Bills.
The Kildare infirmary Bill was read a first time, and or-
dered to be read a second time.
-The Liverpool Water %%lists Bill was read a first time.
Tbeaecond reading of the ltutherhithe Dock Bill ;so, post-
pneetito Thursday next.
Sri WILLIAM (,15it TB moved for leave to bring in a
Bill for the Further Improvement of Sr. George's Fields, the
Surrey side of Blackfroirs.—Leave given.
The Hoontir•ible Baronet then brought up the Thames No-
vigation, the Blackfriars Sunday Toll, and the St. George',
• Field.: Improvement Bills, which were read a first, and or-
slered to be rend a second time.
Mr. MANNING brought up the Report of the Committee
• on the London Docks Bill.
The Aberdeen Harbour Bill was brought up and read tr
and ordered to he read a second time.
The Commercial Duck Bill was read a first time.
Mr. MF.LLISII brought up the Portsmouth WateriVorks
• fill ; read a first,und ordered to be read a second time. lie
liken ise brought up the Paddington Cbutch-)ardlll9, Which
•111/IS also read a first time.
General LOFT brought up the Great-Yarmouth Water
'Works Bill.—Read a fist time.
, Pic Rolls Lihertt Ante Hill was ra.d a first time.
' The D.o mouth amid Bill win read a first time.
• Mr. YNG brought up the Report of the (7onitnittee ap-
,pointed to comider of the expediency of giving novice of any
intention to bring in a Bill in Parliammt for the maintenance
.and employment of the Poor of any Pe&sh or District. The'
Resolutions were read and agreed' to ; and, tm the Motian of
Byug, were made a Standing Order of the House.
The Suilidk A 'size Bill, for removiug Ike A.ssilet•from
Bury St., Edmund's to Ipswich, was read a first thoe,and or-
dered to be rrad a second tune this (lay say weeks.
Mr. SHAW presented a Peti.ino from the Distillers ofl
•Dablin aghlost the Irish Distillery Bill.---Ordered to lie on
the table..
• The Bermondsey Paving Rill was read a first time..
A Message from the Lord, announced their Lorsktops' con-
sent to the I'darino hbrioy
A person from the Stump Wire presented an Account of
the total Arrears thereof.
• Mr. Johnstone, from the Chigf Secretary's (Mice in Ireland,
.presented certain Papers front the Conmahsliners of Pitbik
Accounts iillrelimd.—Ordered to be printed.
N EW TH EA TRE.
Sir JASIES SHAW brought tip a POltion
from .the subscrib,ers for the erectiOu of a new
`Theatre in the city of London..
• The Petition ateted, that 1n CinigeqUelire of tot! j
subscribers haying applied td the Privy Gpineirrur
a licence fur a-new Theatri, for the erection of
,which :hey had already prayed for leave td bring
in a 13111 to that House, they had not had time- to
submit the matter to the consideratiou of a Com-
mittee up stairs, and were nut tkereftwe yet pre-,
pared with their *ll. As the time fur (Jib reeep_
lion of Ptioate Bills had nosy expired, they had
to pray fur leave to postpone the bringing in the
Bill fur three weeks, by which time they would
have an opportunity of weighing the matter with
due deliheratiim, and learning the decision of his
Majesty's Privy Council. - , '
Mr. SHERIDAN' could not help expressing his
astonishment that the Petitioners, in the present
instance, although so much time had elapsed,
should have been unprepared with their Bill. It
*as the most extraordinary case he hid ever heard
of: they had kept their intention hanging over
the head of the House to the very last day of the
period appointed for receiving Bills, o ithout giv-
ing the slightest notice to those persons whom their
intentions so immediately concerned. The Peti-
lien had been referred to a Committee up stairs on
the Bth of February, and, front that moment to
the present, they had nut thought prilper to call
together the Committee to consider of a propose-
lion, the injustice of which, if adopted, would,
be unparalleled since tLe reign of Charles the Se-
cond. On the very face of their_ Petition there
was an untruth, as they there asserted they hall.
applied to the Privy Council for a Licence, with
which the Privy Council could have nothing to do.
The fact was, their application to the Privy Coun-
cil was an appeal against the decisioe of the Atter-
ney and Solicitor Generals, to whom the qocstien
of erecting a new Theatre had been referred, and
who declared, in the most unequivocal manner,.
that such a step would bean act of.lhe greateet
:Ostler; and their (Nett was, in OpiinSitiOn to
this opinion, to be made a chartered Corporation.
They now wanted to justify their own neglect, by
apretence that they were delayed ...by the King in
Council. The good people of London' Indl de-
Oared themselves enemies to ittonopely ; but the
measure they were pursuing with so much injustice
and oppression, was of the very stamp they were
si) loud in condemning. • To use a tishioiiable
phrase, however, they were desirous of having
two strings to their bow. if they gained their
purpose, those persons who were injured would
certain' .y be entitled to compensation in proportion
.to their hisses, as in the case of. the Duke of
Richmond, `and the mooring chains of Lord Bid-
dulph ; but according to chartered right, it *as
impossible their application cobld be complied
with. It was contouled by the friends of the Pe-
titioners, that their object was fur the Public
guutl—that they intended to make the stage more
mural, and that by competiloti the aisole would
be improved. These a.cre certainty very- disinte-
rested motives ; but he must beg leave to shobt
theca, although so respectable a titan a= t':e. bird
Mayer of London was at the head et tits list of
subscribers ; indeetij he did nut know whether