te -- % ir - THE NATIONAL REGISTER. i:1 11l i be of rise House, in (artier to secure a full attendance. He theretore 'tweed that the House be celled over oe Tuesday the 9th or Fellreary. The SrEAßEK•suggested; that it Would be prefet able, pereaps, to let the C'el be on the day preceding, or the day tollowitig ehe 9th, a s ma-y it the agents for the petitioners who wete to tic fiend on that day, eittuld be kept waiting during the calling otrzr eit the Members' Lord CASTWEREAGTS .eceded to this, and the Call was accordinely fitted ter Wediesdav the 10th. . i Si , Fees:cis Bea mere presented th e Petition of Captain nges. The Speaeer'inquiicd it it was free from the retnrr t 'ejection to it ? Sir F. 13;trekte said it was. The Petition was teen 'cast, and otelered to lie on the. raffle. - Sir F BURDETT then rose to present another Petition, which he stated to be time' the friends and relations of ce rain ;arsons now eel• flied in !!,;teeter gaol. The parties were resident at Bath, and rhe inlivitleals in 4:entitlement had been committed in conseepietice of -semeling riotously before the Town Hall, dairing the 1-st election in that city, and demanding in a tumultuous meaner, that the doers of the Hall should be opened This was refused, and some windows wet - br .ke.). The next day these persons were seized, and had been. tua cd • with a severity which nothing could justify. Tile offence was cemitilly bailable, and bad to any atneunt had bean offered, but was efesed. They ayere then cent to Ilchester gaol, and being all o f th.m people who in entained th it families h their own labour, the grea.est distress ensued to them. One was a j , urnes man printer, ano ther a jeurneyntan carpenter, and another was a poor wornnt who ea-ned • er subsistence by carrying goods home from the markets. Tlit-ar were, of course, meal)! • to obtain justice by any legal process. Time Petitioners set forth that they were confined in solitary cells and heavily iron:d. All access to them hy their friends or relations who might be disposcal to . 41eviate the hardships of their lot, was denied. During this severe weather they had nothing to sleep on but a little srtaw in a stone dungeon, and covered eith a scanty rug ; ante theergit some humane persons in the town had provided them well great coat:, yet they were strip : ed of these every night before they were lecke.' up in their cells. The ordinary hour of lockine them up was about four o'clock. Their food was nothing but bread and water ; and to convince the House that he was not dwelling upon feigned or imagi. nary distresses, he would shew them one of the loaves which lice been sent up to him front Ilehester. and which was the whole all ,w -since for one man for a day. [Here the Honourable Baronet drew feral a little loaf from his pocket, and after holding it up for the in spection of the House, threw it o. the fl'oor.] Mr. Bunke, continued the Honoura!)le Baronet, once drew a dagger in that House to pro.luce effect, t,tte he leell drawn forth something that was real, and not frcm the n:ere impulse of momentary feeling ; He would ask whether such a pittance was enough to sustain life? Before he concluded, also, he wishel to adve , e to the present state of the gaols throughout England. He feared t:iere was a degree of oppression exerett:ed in them by inferior officers of what was called justice, countenanced, seine instance=, by the Magistrates themselves, (though he was far from intending to cast any imputation upon that body in general,) whico were shocking in 3 civilized courttry. With regard to the Petition he held i his hand, he knew not emtly what mode of redress to sug ‘est to ti , H . •ese, but he thought some relief ought surely to be afforded Tn. Pet tieners wire too poor to remeve their complaints to either of the Courts at Westminster by writs of Habeas Corpus. He ton. elided by moving, that the Petition do lie on the table. After some further conversation, the Petition was read ated orderer to. he on the table.—Adjourned. TUESDAY, DEC. 22. The SPEAKER was summoned to the House of Peers. On his re turn, he into.nud the House that the Royal Assent had been given to several Rills (For which, se. Lords.y The SPEAKER informed the House, than the three Burgesses who had presented a Petition, cemplaining cf the return fur Great Gr'ni stead, had ft” (-mitered into th necessary recognizances, and conse quently the Petition was I. , st. He also acquainted be House tliv he Tiad received a liter from the Deputy Clerk of 0.• Crown in Ire land, enclosine a Petition from F. W. Pousonby, complaining of the return for Yougliall. The P •tition was ordered to be taken into consideration on the same day apvcuitted for taking into co..sidcration the other Petiticns on the same subject. _ CAsTr.EitZAC.H having been returned for the County of Down an'i the Borough Clithero , stated it to tic his intention to stand t(,r the Cifurity of Thvyn. A uew Writ was ordered for the Borough c,r C lirheroe. •Arr If)nourable ;Weather, whose name we could net learn t wished to a k what for'ec was stationed off America, to prote. , :t our trade, against the Americans ? He also wished to observe that apprehen sions were eiktertained% for..the Packets from Jamaica and other islands. It had been customary for them to be convoyed as far as the Wind yard I t.lai:dz , . At present, it was thought, it would be de sirable to convoy them farther on their voy4e, if nut all Ow way to Fngland. If the attention of Government were not turned to these subjects, he had it iyl t.ttetitplation to mike a suotiou on the aabject, shortly alter the teeth. " * DF,C. 27: Lord CpsTex R EACH was not able to give the Honourcb'e I %lernh r information on the subject, to which he had last alluded, a s 1 1 1 :i came within the :irovince of the Colonial Department. With resp ect to the former, as to the distribution of our naval force on the Ante. ricau station, he was not prepared particularly to speak, but no pt.riod had we sufrered less front a war. Our fleets had all arritcii sale. end the losses sustained by private individuals were comp dra . tirrAy cmall. The force stationed at America had front the first b een large, and it had ben teinforced as soon as Government had a n y reason to apprehend a war would br:sak out. Mr MANNING Obtaill:d leave Le bring in a Bill, to amend the Re. gent's Ca. al Bill, of last Session. Sir F. By RDETT wished to know if any attention had been pail to •;u• ease of the Cl. rks of the Navy Office. He thought thv'ri a case, to be dismissed from their situation after payint, large suais or money for them. Lord C• ASTLEREACH replied, in a tone scarcely awlible in the g a l. lerv. We tiodcrstond him to say, the case alluded to was lon, of remote date, anti therefore coul + throw no imputation on the ceiduct or the Noble Lord ot present at the heat' of the Admiralty. Sir F. Boat:lE7r did not mean to prefer a charge the pri - ..sent Fi rs t of the Admiralty, but he thought it a serious charge apt. tit Barka n. Tile individuals greeted nad a strong claim upon Gc. vernment, Mr GRANT inquired if it was the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to press the pr-ivisions of the Local Tokens Bill ? T.;e CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER theught he ha.! )..tvca an a. swer to this question on a former occasion, when he had state'' that iv- telt the necessity of carrying the Local Tnkens Bili into ettset ; but, nevertheless, as - some mconveniencies might he felt 1- , , ; n th e want'of a sufficient number of Bank Tokens, he had fort el ;1 1: • d e . sio of deferring its operation for some months, till a more 1:!-. eu: i supply of Bank Tokens could be furnished. Th . period to which lie had tivught of deferring its Operation would extend to next suntincr s or thereasotits. inc House Adjourned to Tuecdav, February 2, next. TUES.DAY's LONDON GAZETTE. 1111M111 iTY-OFFICF, DE('. 22, 1812. Admiral Lord Kvi:li has :ransmitted to John \Vilsou Croker, F. , q. a letter from Ci pi A., 'collo, of his ILf . j.lily's shin Andromache, seni .r ca. ofF the Cii• wide, staling, that the Briton bad, on the two.; II!, p•tired Sans Souci French privateer, of 14 guns and 1:20 wen, be longing to St. Attlnes. BA RU PTS. J. Nowlin, Kent-street, IViiitech ipel, soap manufacturer, to siarell (ler Ike. 129, Jan. 5, and! Feb. £2, at twelve, at Guildtt4ll. Attoiniess Me-srs. Sweet and Stokes, Basinghall-street. W. Will'ains, Margaret stredl, Cavendisb•square, corch. maker, 'as. 2,12, and Feb. 'l, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. King, Castle sheet Holam , . G Gould. f .th, druggist, Dec. 30, .31, a d Feb. 2, at one. at the Full Moon Attornies, ['Jesus. I lighiw.or and Young, lislitips gate street, London ; and Mr. Wingate bath. F. F. Walker, tivcrpoul, merchant, Jau. 6,7, and Feb. 2, at one, at the fikbe l'avern Liveriinol. Attornies, Messrs. Cone•er and Lowe, Southampton buildings, Chancery-life; and Messrs. Orred ansl Li-erpool. W. Wighttnan, Derby, hosier, bit. 8,9, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Fos and Owl, Derbs7. ,Attornies, Mr. Evans, Derby ; and .Messrs, Kinler'v. Ling, and Austin, Gray's lan. W Hatfield. DmvstitY, Pincer., Dec. 29, at the New Combliouse, Wakefield. 30, and Feb. 2, at elcven at the Cyrano-vial ('offee-home, Dew..bor v. Attnrnies, Mr. Hopkinson, Dewsbury; and Mr. Bartley, New Bridge-street, Bliekfriars. J. Milner, Halifax, bookseller, Jan..lB. 19, and Feb 2, at eleven, at the Cooper's Arms„ Halifax. Attoinies, Mr. Mason, Bread-erect-hill , L std n ; and Mr. Scale erd. Halifax. G. roue-, finiosiserouzli, Lincutnshir. , chinaman, Jan. 11, and 12, and Ft b y at eleven. at the White Hart, Gisinsbuieugh, Attorne), Mr. 11:•na mu, East Ret ford. J Hul,and, Lewes, corn dealer, Jan. 12. 13, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Star inn, Lewes. Attorney, Mr. G. Gwynne, Lewes. T. P Green, Oxford-street, stay maker, Jan 2, 19, and Feb.:', at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr Hamilton, Berwick-street, Soho. M. Greaves, Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, inalester, Dec ::10, at three , ut the Ituebti k Inn, Newcastle under Lyme, :31, u' one, and Fel) -, at, twelve, at the Swan Inn, Hanley. Attornie-, Mr. Wilson. King's Bench Walks, Temple, London; and Mr. Griffin, Hanley, Statferii.l4re. J. M'Calluni, Christopher-street, Finsbury - square , merchant, Dec. 1 -9( Jan- 2, and Feb. 2. at twelve, at Attornies, Messrs. Vanden-nisi and C.myn. Ruth-lane Cannou-street. R. Mansley, Little polton, Lancashire, rope-maker, Jan. 13, at five, 14,..andItb, 2 at eleven, at the Nagg's ' ,gead, Great liultuu. Attu; - 1106 ; N •u;. A 13. _ ph .. ; • 1 • Pe • ILE A ~ ficl. T),•c 1 N'tll !Oat fur at ( A • 4.1