The Statesman.
London, England, 1811-03-27 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Taunton'. Divorce Bill was read a second time)
and ordered to be committed.
A Member, whose name we could not learn,
mowed the second reading of the Spilsby Poor Bill
od tbis day month. •
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, after reprobating
the Woks introducing solitary confinement and
flogging as ordinary punishments, and stating some
instances of similar cruelly in• other Poor Bills,
snored, that the Bill be read a second time this day
Liz months.... •rf ‘.. •
After sums observations from Mr. Ellison
Slr.ltuse, iu favour of, and Mr. D. Giddy and
Mr. Curwen against the Bill, the Amendment was
curried within', a division, and tke Bill wasiost.
1 alhe•con.iderution og Our Southern Whale Fishery
Bill was postponed to Friday.

of tlielettiegand other property, by eiposing
the general competition of purchasers, which was
now too often leased out to favorites and friends.
The property' which in 1786 was 200,0001. was
now probably half a million.
Mr. WILBERFORCE ,seconded , the motion.
The measure appeared to him of immense import..
once. Those bequests . were the property of the
lower orders, and it became the House to.show to
them, that their property was an object of public
care. •
Sir S. ROMTVAIid do intention of oppoitne
the motion ; but the registry would not cur? the
abuse. The cause was nut want of publicity, but
of en appropriate legal remedy. There was now
actually no remedy.st law. What ma's the course
ter recovering one of those bequest? ? An informs.
tion in Chancery must be filed in the Attorney-G(.
Acres name; and to carry this process onward,
some person must volunteer the invidious and trou.
blesome office of standing up as a champion. for the
rights of the poor, against the corporation or
-ither parties. He must subject himself to the
payment of costs, in case of failure; as .iti case of
success, he could only look fur his costs to the
bequest ; but here, :by the necessary forms of
chancery, he mikht be retarded fur years. No
*aft would therefore be found, to interfere with
this perilous and expensive ottee ; and until. a re-
medY to the present course of law was found, do
remedy could be found to „the evil complained of.
.4utlet Parliament empower the . Lord Chancellor
tosproceed Upon. petition itt the case, by virtue cit'
his. visitatorial capacity, .end the remedy would lati
NB; immediate; and effectual. • • '
After a for words from Mr. W. WYNN', leu:ae.,
was given to bring in the Bill.
The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER'
"Otte Afitice of a motion of thanks to Geneial Gin.
ham for Thursday nest. .
Mr. RYDER meted the Order of the Day. for
liking into further eopsideration "the Report of the,
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adilitia
Enlistment
Mr. W. ELLIOT. said, he understood that
would be very inconvenient to Gentlemen on boa
sides of the :House to euter on that discussion this'
everting, and therefore begged to know what thy.
ifteltight Hon. Gentlernanproposed to bring 4011.
Ur. RYDER mentioned Friday.
Six S. RO*ILLy Ahj,•et.ti Friday, as eaTafilt
orders fur the second reading of fills, in which be
was materially coucerned, were fixed fur that day;
and as by the hew arrangement those ought to have
the precedence, he hoped his Right Hon. Friend
would fix another day. •
Mr. RYDER, and Sir JOHN NEWPORT rose
at the same time, but the former gave way. ,

Sir J. NEWPORT said, he ehoold not agree
that this patter should be flied, for Friday. The
Chancellor:lf the Exchequer had, obtained an ar.!
rangement by Way of resolution of the Route, by
which olden) ,were to have precedence on cer-
tain days in the week, and notices! on the other
days. This wrangement Minister's took care should
be strictly adhered to in rega'rd to, orders ,which
suited them; hut whcneVer any others were to
come on they were, desirous to throw the post-
poned orders to those which stood in ;course,
and to obtain thereby IS precedence. To de.
feat this purpose, however, he Would insist that
all orders should be brought on according to the I
'priority in which they stood ih the order-boul, and
he would certainly take the sense of the Houma
upon It. The Right Hon. Goodman might lapgh,
but ho,would certainly taVe the tense of the Ilustst,
whether the whole of the business should be alder
the controut of the Minister.
Mr. RYDER said, if the Right Hon. Baienet
had not been quite so hasty, he would have found
that no such intct:tion existed on the part of Minit-
, hers, as that to which he had alluded. The Right
Hon. Bart. had indeed excited his risibility ; but it
was only in the idea, that if he had, not been pre.
vented by the Right Hon. Bart. he (Mr. Ryder)
*as in the act of rising to say, that when,he pro.
posed Friday, he had not,the slightest recollfetion
that the Bills of his Hon. and Learned 'Friend
stood for' that dig )'but having been informed since
he sat down thativiathe ease, *Omit immediately
determined,, is jfissown mind, to name some other
;day. He was very desirous the Bill_ihonld pass
before the Faster recess: and as mach, .would
.propose Monday, on which day it was agreed the
farther consideration should come on. •
Mr. RYDER, then moved that the Bill be cons.'
'mitted. The House accordingly resolved intp .a
•Committee on the said Bill (Mr. R. Wharton ill the
Chair). , .
A ion and desultory conversation then,` took
,place on going through the •several clauses, and
many amendments were proposed and
The speakers were the Chancellor of the tie..
Colonel Bastard, Mr. Giles, Mr. Ellison, Sir s-
Murray, Mr. Ryder, and Lord Castlereagh.
After the various clauses' nom gene through:, tLe
Apart was ordered to be received on blimulik.
814PoRT Q. THE COMMITTEE OF SLIMLY.
Mr. WHARTON brottglit up tkeßeport of
Corninittee of Supply respecting. the 4rmats tit
for the miscellaneous Irish Services. On att.`
tion. that the Resold(
Mr. ILUTGII4 NSO

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(WU one
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which he
House then

Mr. FOSTHR • was agakist further unneeessaey
delay. • ••• • ' ,
• ;,Mr. mucqINSON then sild,• that if he could
:not convince Gentlemen of the propriety of
.post-
poning the furthei consideration of a question of
.such delicacy and moment to whit appeared to him
to be a mere seasoaableopportenity, liii•mult exer-
cise his tiglitotid,new call upon the Spesier to 4:,---
Mr. FOSTER, here 'rote, and .said that he,basi net •
objection to postpone the further consideration of
that Resolution tilt te.mprShw •; it.ws' hoped-that
the Hon. Gentleman wooldiallow ebit remaining ae-t
solutions to be then gee...through. Mr. H. assent,
ing to this arrangement; the Resolutions were thee
severally read and agreed to ; the ?ne, respecting
ttlanooth - College • having beau postponed till to..
morrow (this day). ;.
CITY OF CORK. . , •
Mr. It urc it I IsISO N said, that. in. the Resole.
dons just read, they had veled. a sum little short of
400,0001. fur Dublin charities', improvements, and
other matters of local expenditure, connected. with
Dublin merely, exclusive of one or two chariyea of
a,mere general. nature, as
.the Foundling,, Hiher.
nian, Marine, and , Protestant 'Charter Schools;
with the eaception'efthme, the above see, 'vas de.
voteitto the local ptirpOseaef Dublin, while the. sum
. ,
of e,5001. was thought enough for similar objects in
the'city of Colt, tbe,..piesond city in Ireland, and,
whops., the. first naval station in . the Empire,;, tts.
say ,nothing of, its great and eitvosite COMMercial
interests. It wooldhe far from hint to attentpt.,to.,
oppose in ant.Sfeity the• liberality of .Parliament
in aid of the eltalitieli. ar,interesta of. Dahlia-610
he, could not help. *Oinking that the (hamper.
lion between the irael,
.of 100,0001. to the one
Place,. and 35001. to Alto other, was out of all
rule, and. by no .nietitta..lts ' be *Wattled, by
any • correspond mg diger,ence between. tats- re,.
speetive. claims of *IWO two great cities.- --Tlie ,
Governateut had . heal, itinually expending yget.
sum's uprin jliejoetress, of Spike Island, nears,
Gork, whether judiciously or orst;. remained yet to.
'be proved.. The-abject of till's work, however,"
was avowedly public and general, not local, uot,to
be considered as done fur Cork only, or affecting lit
merely. lie begged leave,• however, to throw it,
out for ,the fetere consideration, of Ministers, the
propriety of applying, some' portion of those
Itirke grants to the. cipening the communication
between that (envoit and the..fity ,of Coik.-2---
This, he was litejuirel *to state, could be. effect-
ed by a few thousarra pot Ids—by a very ,small
' portion of the thousands wasted in obsalete Ddblin
Proclatnatiuni-rand .if this communication was
(yam); it would,be not only of great and extensive
public utility, but of signal local benefit to the city
of Cork—a consideration which, he hoped, would
ever have due weight with the. Minister for Ireland.'
Mr. FOSTER denied that the• 200,0001. was
granted to Dublin solely. The Foundling . and
othr'r Institutions were.' of geeeral)not local or.
Dublin interest. Besides, if Cork wanted help., was
she not able to help.herslf—if she wanted aid -
she
might come toPadiarnent and ask it.
bill.. HUTCHINSON replied, that he .111u1 not
said that the whole sum was devoted to the mere
local benefit of Dublin, so far from saying this,
he had excepted the Charitiei mentioned by the
itjght lionenrable,Giettleinan. He !peke. gene.
rally. Hu. repented', that he thought much leis
money„ would be inure advantageously expend-
ed in the instance he had given. He expresSed
his hope that the Right Honourable Getitlptilit
would think it worthy. spate consideration hose.
after, and would talks,. agree to contribute more
largely than Parliament had yet. done to the
Cork Channel. •He knew then; to be.exccllent
institutions, and earnestly trusted they .would
not be let to fall into decay for ;die want of that
,timely aid which he was sorry to .say. Shey stood
.much in need of. .Ha hoped that the Irish Grants
for the future would not in-general be to muCh=t,ii&
fined tts..ifie capital. - . , .i '
Mr. FOSTER..was rising, when .. .. .
The SPk.:A.KER, interposed,, and said *die io.eti..4
tiers pow before the House was, that the other CS
ders of the Day bit!tioliread. .• , .. '
.; The ktesoiiitioys'etvisketttir the several Ordinary
,t 1 lilstraelt tektites, vveip thin read' and agreel!'
to,andilte' ftepo;rt.Ordered to be recciveil:to.tuor
row. :*
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The other Order's a the My *ere thed dispoSed
of, and the House adjourned.

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MR. FREER, TIIE SERJR4iOt.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN'. „
have read with no small surprise 'the
acctunt
.0 Mr. Serjuant 'Freres speech at the late
Assizes at Bedford, published in The Morning<
Orymicio, and in The 7lnei ; and the mire die.-
'gusting eulogiuM Ihstaarne oration, published "
asubsequent Abstain
.Chroniele nod The Sir
max, wader th, posoteus title of ", Mr. Serjeaat
the pabliciktiono bear internal
altheatkity, 44:14 eight be thought
the► asiewrito siaggeiltion'of praise, aceom,
Ammiset :• partial
Orator had
relations, of
their nal
saysthit

of their

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him hy.
ed,llwit L. declared ._ . that a high.spiritel
soldier would like better, and esteem it a smaller
,disgrace, to be tied up to the triangles and flogged
than to be imprisoned: a two-fold exemplification
(dada. For thi law, let Mr. 'twice Grose and
'the nodfaisit speak I For the tuency :of delivery, let
'Mi. SOrjetat Frere open his Aye& wheterer it may
. . .
I be, 'and speak for hintsele. •' ' • :
I am an Officer of the arty': end i know by mi.
•inprialscisnqouttroyelth,edifocacatste,ofjetinies:Ctiast:tiihbeeSiei fl haveo,lish
rod, Ind heard from those who kAW better in.
duce me to state them; and liavinkifited them, I
itill' le4ve it to the world 'to judge;_ whether such
actions, by whomever counselled cr abetted, do
not,endanger the existence of the Local Militia, and
go far to shake, the discipline of the army..
• Richard Warden bad' been a soldier In the Beds
Old Militia,• of which his father herheen Berjeaat-
iiilajor. Ile volafiteekii iEtte,the.First Regiment of
Local Militia of the county, ow ittbeing firer raised,
as did' mere than tweltehundred Whets. The 00...
plUs of the complement of the First Regiment were
turned over to the Se-colic!. Warden was Bitola !n
a permanent Serjeant, and did his duty In tAe,Aerl
,meg.iluriig the whole paridil. of the first training,
in 1809; but ott,,the eight before the. men were to
be &missed he gottlitink,. and 'was. ale' cause of i
great disturbance lii the Idvu. 'lle. was seized by
his:Officer and sett to; the guitdAouSe. Wfie4 the
tumult was appeased his Officer foiovied: JO die
guarti..house ; nor hii. entering the todttl,•Wardti
jumped up and eaclaimetii "'Who
.will abet, mu.
tiny. ?" The guard remainedateady : he WO pet
down, and in conilideriffealf *the &ellen? manse;
(*tepees which would hatralnool9l47lottdw' ed ens
conviction on such a chaqi
.litsViteernett Morn.
lug repotted ouly:the Rik si'lviltik he.lid herb,
1
and the riot.. Wardeh:weatitlrovi this Mitigated
charge by a Itegimehinl'Coutafaliiik anti seri:
tenced to be degrided for w'rietlod; • At tfie espiri.
tion of the half of P4tllooiiji,-hisitilioiett uffla
his expressing . deepcin. tritbio for 'fib iffenee; for:
gave and restored hire, •In the Month tit'ffurem.
her fnlloaint, tiIIYOY a school was instituted, to
qualify tili NonvComnitilllooo Officers for the better
discharge of their dtitin,i.'i When the period of trill!.
lug should return_, a praetice which, io far frorn
being novel; as asserted'by,t erjeint Freels prevadi
in every well-regulated regiment its the service, ,and
is of the greateet use te- thratury, • ' All the :Toff
were direeted to atteitkeicept, sante. bt the older
men, who were deemed past the age of in'structiou,
and those who -were already goeti writers. Net
one objected A the &Ai some afterWirds tiegleetca
to attend, amongst whom mat Warden.. They were
reported to their Colonel for this, and oth'er misbe-
haviour connected With . their non-atrendalice.—
They,,nert spoken to -by theft Colonel sepa`ratety.
,TwoNott-commissiOtted. Officers, by the nanics pY
Cooper and Hill, were elating the . Otit caked into
the room where their Commanding Officer was .sit.
ling, from the parade fanned in froirt'uf the swan
Inn, it.fladfutrd. Both than meq beharefl contu-
maciottaly„, were Arderetl,,W_X4ll *lin, into their
ranks, to,be spoken. tkpa'on.'filitit.,in the-hope of
their better•behaviour, eltelethe'retrt should have
been disposed of the •' - other; :Nociebtutnistioned
Officers coinplained if lellowed in Seceessieti,
amongst *horn wisWarden ;•wwelsacituowledged his
'fault,..promised amendment, end prayed forkivreisil
Andean was forgiven. Cooper antiffill Were called
in a second time, and still continuing obstinate they
-were ordered into. confinement, and a 'ftegimental
Court-Martial was directed to assemble furtheir
trial : this happened on Friday, Dec. 1, 1809.
A Court-Martial sat upon Cooper and flail, on
Monday Dee. 4; the l'risbuers were convicted ai:d
sentenced to be degraded to-the ranks. the one (or
sit and the other for twelve stentlis; On Saturday,
Dec. 2, being the day after the Lieittena.nt-Colonel
had spoken to tie ref raotoiy sitest,...it was reported
to the Adjutant (tlailey), Ihii y4ll Cooper had
teen called in to the roomthe seripAt& time, to at-
tend his Commanding Officer, Warden had ad.
010nd Cooper thus-66 RantA your, Ora, Jaek,
dau't give up, don't go- to icbeel, for 1,11., be
Mimed if I do." —T his report 3taviere been con firmed
'by 'two other witnesses, the Adjetaite,drtitCred War.
den into close cudfinement in the ttown gaol,. the
place of confinement usettby the Inspecting Field
'officer of.the district, and. either Officers quartered
in the town .of Bedford. `'The. Adjutant reported
the circumstances to the Commanding Officer of the
.11,eglinant, who :reitidea a 4 ..ths Pittance., of softie
miles from Bedford kop *bp following day, tba
'fortnertenduct sif War4l,.itidoeiff: the Colonel In
L treat the matter with more than 1115.4,1 -solemnity.—
Ile repaired to Bedford on ate Monday, submittal
I.ihe matter to the . consideration of 'Vie Officers ut
. .
the
.Regi moo t then Assembled -son their una-
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cII 1.R.1t 4 BLE DON ATlOtife4ti " ' Atithi 7 000urabhvGansilenuis greKtld egreoti. Pled; wit "1-111 "111 (11iliell Plowillenoe.. ..Aii to to.
ope).,
Mr. LOCK HR rose fur leave to Wm, *a* Old • farthai doiskterstima of the Resollastiou, pieelergued-dese vow, MA. Weatin.eafjo, mr, Whit.
biliettifilifellfillibritaf; •altlitedgithe •setleis tried
were
„nod Bill to secure rain. dun appropriation of. bequests %nal afdller etteldaar..,stould .eel them*gina
'ado, for charitable purposes„ The measure had bet* It the eon 'd nit palled. for. • ,
~. rig es r. .
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test brought before ,the House in the last Stalest b; .an Mr, F Bald, , that he war not on*. ....
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,et s 4r, be acted . -is . --one!,
Itmoitrahlf Alensber .(24t. lilliberfeectO, and it' Oielfou,Ven eitiin4r ObjeCtibe tilligt
tia u4s eit be hoped that it he (barn kelt only delayed.• ggsi slatrilroilld ektend that -nlglit' fit,
,g-tbil *fra of Celline blanicisss.....Notopie could have been
The incase re appeared tfo hip
,(Mr. LreekharOud gem ittlettr Delaysbighe he attensked .411011*i&r. mite injudiciously select*, bemuse the,stotien h d
:tin:.t;
tentelPeei •',' 4 zp . - . .. • - . Ono:trolly prevailedsthattbe witOlitivainela was a run
iris? ._..po.._e__., .con
--'' great' int etst e's Theta wit -on the Journalt.a
cvm. ftPort,444l.Cealmilloo- aPPrilatad I'l ""in° 113°- ' 1146'44'41CaiNSq$444-6‘1,-* elig.4 1 • al Mr. Whitbread b*y his Dtm."`!"..rs ' 'enemies in the
the the'eamptiritrof those bequests. The Committee found p ro!iiiing saitiblzter theAduCtidon of the eatho ie 4
Con alai a "..i'iliii . . .
county;
and as the . -, eoastr!ly and
arrel that they amounted to above so,6odil. a year, iind Clergy le I re/addr the Cl4O-it. Aidr-114illions, was
stice 230,0001. in the Bank. They observed, that a longer its hi. mind, a paramount consideration. He would wantonly run at Mr. Whitbread,: that notion has
tat search would probably discover emelt &ore ; that i dot allow such it ftesoluden to be hurried through' lailett'gtlist• street' sitisee-the Mel, for the 1 •
such a.lEfouge as was then premed: .
de„,, many bequests *erg 'oat, and many in danger of be.
-. •• humour; and itappY' itailfigy;, let .the exam
For the of
i ac'. ing 10,4, from lapse of time. The remedy proposed Mr. PERCEVAL said, that he could not ace • t ~. .. . • ..• 4 '.., taste
dip_ for tli4 great•etil, was simply the registry of ali be- what object the 'Honourable 'Gentleman could db. given by his inegiag sPe". •
y
and.' quests, by which they would come distinctly before tain by the delky'he rdquired : there could be iso Learned Gentleman, the only attribute not given
pre
the public eye.. This publicity would raise the value doubt that inconvestieftoe might utile frdsh it. him 11, his panegyrist or himself, let it be rec,
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. _. lof the teases and other oronertv, by esposing that to Mr. FOSTER' was mralast further uunecessary ed, That ho•declared his belief that a high-5pit...141

usccipineous LFINII JerTIGCII6 s. we wow. •! z -
the Resolutions be now read, 1,41,164 by moiled soluiowledgmeat or
LUTOUNSON rose end 41,41. 4it ludicrous failure, the ethr..- of the Orel
Resoletion.respeoting the sontseasted .pot into th'e bAgigs 91-)hia rela
ria .Itoluau- Catholic Semieity; in 'ream!,
COUlttiOt.Slifter3o.Pala hi, tilt ktittek;the NO. 44eglerhad:ctu#2ed
ken was. Ito tented, therefore, that the, tonate.ally. 60,1 w4liandertake WIN

IS .the
.Kegireept then ,assemtflod ; aud.Opon their unit-
ed in. nintous, concurrence, in his oplisi6a, hrs. on the
rats, following day, Tuesday, Dec..si vrrotelo.Geliaral
Z.,n'tig • Piggut) the General commanding 'the diinhci, re.
""" presenting the case,,.apti desislogatirslterlil
ter°l" Martial might be couvesiti for tilltrial of. Waned.
'ught9. After the neceasary courmailication and. corres.
mom, :pundsnco Kith the 'Coninasatler in end an
I but , unusual delay, owie to, the streantstatqc.of
"number of • MINA 'o,fieeri‘ fora
`theCourts'. Martial, itOr.-bioagsv
_*-01:04 4101 ,j;ft
D' tot Geaernt Piggottaistriti) irkd
on,parde,nott tio!etteleglaittet Lad r.t
then; suit *as AI aecrillta 'W
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