The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-07-05 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

NOUS* OF LARDS.I-WfincEso‘y, JrLy 4.

CRUELTY TO kNISIAT.S.

The Earls of Doman and KINGSTON presented
Petitions from Christ Church,in the Countyof Surrey;
and from the City of Bath, in favour of the Bill for
ireventing Cruelty to Animals.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE objected that the
Petitions were directed against Cruelty to Animals,
• whilst the Bill to which they referred was only in-
tended to prevent Cruelty to horses. He disapproved
of legislative measures to enforce the practice of hu-
manity, more particularly as the existing laws were
silficient for the purpose.
The Petitions were then read, and laid on the table.
Petitions to the same purpose were then presented
from the Inhabitants of the Precincts of Bridewell,
from the Merchants of London, the Parish of St. Ann's,
Blackfriars, from Clapham, and from Northampton.—
Laid on the table.

HUSBANDRY HORSES.
The Husbandry Horses Duty Repeal Bill haring
been read a second time,

The Earl of LAUDERDALE said, that he should
postpone his opposition to the Bill until its third read-
ing, as by that time the Papers relative to the Revenue
might be laid before the House.
The Mohair Duties Bill was read a third tinge and
passed.
Mr. BitoGIMPI, Mr. WROTTZS LEY, and others,
brought up the following Bills from the Commons :
The Lottery Bill, the Irish Stamp Duties Bill, the
Exchequer Bills for Public WorLs Bill, the Customs
Officers Relief Bill, the Bankruptcy Court Bill, and
the Appropriation4lill.—Read a first time.
The Duke of Clarence's Provision Bill was read a
seco:ltl tine.

The Customs Duties Bill, the Hop Exportation
Drawback, the Isle of Man Trade, the Captured Slaves,
:tn,i the [risk Silk Bounties Bills, went respectively
through Committees, ar.tl wet:. reported.—Adjou&ued.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Jt Lv 2, 1621.

IMPOATANT QIIRRTION acLaTtra TO TOR TRIAL DT

JCAY.

WOLTZ, APPILLA NT.
TLe Appellant in this case was one of the parties
who, together with Kinnear and others, was indicted
and cout•icted in the Court of King's Bench about a
year and a half ago for what was at the time termed
the Commercial Conspiracy. In the course of the
trial, the Court adjourned, and the Jury, by the pr-
,,,i4siths uf the Court, were allowed to go at large.
This soparatiou of the Jetty was subsequently made the
ground fur au application for a new trial, in sup-
port of which some attempt was wade to show that
one of the Jurymen had been tampered with, but it
failed ; the application, however, nas refused. A
writ of error coram *obis was subsequently obtained,
and the case heard before the Judges, who delivered
•toe judgment tub tilentio, as it is termed, i. e. with-
out assigning their reasons, affirming the previous de-
rision of the Court of King's Bench, refusing the new
trial. In this [Danner the Lase canoe on by writ of error
in the House of Lords.

The Lm,D CHANCELLOR delivered his opinion at
great length, and stated that unless some strong ne-
cessity conli be shown, the separation of the Jury
ought not to be allowed : it was clear that danger and
injury might be sustained, and it was therefore proper
to gnar,l against even the possibility of tampering with
any of the jurymen, which could only be effected 4-
keeping them together without the means of having
ciontionication. His Lordship concluded by moving.
that the twelve Judges be directed to attend that
House on Friday next, at 12 o'clock, which was or-
dered accordingly, in order that their Lordships opi-
nion, and the grounds on which they had acted,
might be known.

POPULATION RETURNS.

Barnsley.—Males, 4E85; females, 3999; total, 8284
it crease, 3270.
Haildon.—Males, 1:31; ;males, L.:48 ; total, 2679 ;
it.rre4se, 606.
Dewsbure.—Males, 3106 ; females, 3274; total, 6380 ;
increase, 1320.
Drighlington.—Males, 832; females, 987; total,
1719 ; increase, 354.
Eccleshill.—Males, 1065 ; females, 1111 ; total, 2176 ;
increase, 569.
East Halton, near Skiptou.—Males, 69; females, 72 ;
total, 141.
Township of Gomersal, which includes Birstall, Little
Gnmersal, Great Gomersal, and Birkenshaw.—Males,
•2906 ; females, 3046 ; total, 5952 ; increase, 950.
High Harrogate.—Males, 867 ; females, 10116 ; total,
1933; increase, 351.
Rothwell—Males, 1059; females, 1096 ; total, 2155 ;
increase, 444.
Swillington.—Total. 510; increase, 19.
Tad caster.—Males, 1150; females, 1276; total, 2426;
increase, 292.
Parish of Whitkirk. including the Parish of Seacroft
and Austhorpe.—Males, 1083 ; females, 1124 ; total,
207.
Raweliffe, near Doncaster.—Males, 726 ; females, 770;
total, 1496 ; increase, 353.
Thorne, near Doncaster.—Males, 1670 ; females, 1793 ;
total, 3463; increase, 750.
Topcliffe, near Thirsk.—Males, 334; females, 325 ;
total, 659 ; increase, 70.
Fletching.—Males, 899 ; females, 792 ; total, 1690.
St. Nicholas Parish, Warwick.—Males, 1047 ; females,
1085 ; total, 2132. Increase in population since 1811,
583.
Stafford.—Total, 5736 ; increase, 869.
Newcastle, Staffordshire.—Total, 7031 ; increase, 856.
Burslem.—Total, 10176 ; increase, 1551.
Plassotrrn,Jus 28.—The population of the parish
of Stoke-Dainerell (Dock) has jolt been completed, •it.
—lnhabited houses, 3,147 ; uninhabited ditto, 148 ;
males, 14,719 ; females, 18,419 ; total population, 33,137.
Maker.—Total, 1796.
Mt. Stephen's.—Total, 1325.
In taking the population of Droitwich. there were
found six sisters (all of them widows) whose united ages
amount to 443 years ! sit. Elisabeth Everton, 86; Ann
Underwood, 77 ; Mary Bourne, 75; Martha Blackford,
71 ; Margaret Noke, 68 ; and Hannah Kendall, 66.
Gosport in 1911, was 7,788 ; in 1821, 6,184 ; decrease,
1,604. The number of uninhabited houses in 1811, was
19 ; in 1921, 311. The Census of Population without
the walls is not yet finished.
Soutbampton.—Males, 5,714: females, 7,148 ; total,
12,962. In 1802, the population amounted only to
7.00'!•
Andorer.—Males, 2,036: females, 2,047 ; total, 4,123.
Lymington.—Males, 1,431; females, 1,773; total
3,104.