North Wales Gazette

BANKRUPTS. George Goodhall, Heckmondwike", Birstall, "Yorkshire, carpet maker—Thomas Weightman, York, glove manufacturer Thomas Pinchin, Stockton, Durham, spirit merchaut-Edward Pritchard, Milford, Stainton, Pembrokeshire, sacHer- WilHam Matthews, Winchcomh, Glou- cestershire, grocer—Thomas Hookham, Coven- try, ribbon minufacfijrci-- William Worfhingtoii, Shropshire, hat manufacturer—Thomas Key, of Newcasle under line, Staffordshire, grocer—Jos. Hyde, lloniton, Devon, wheelwright-Richard Walthew, Liverpool, liquor dealer-John Craw- shaw the younger, Ecclesal Bierlow, H. Neale, Badcock, Axminster, Devon, ironmongers—A Jones, Chester, wineand spirit merelarit-Itobt. Redhead, Woodhatch, Surrey, rectifier and dis- tiller-Thomas Stevenson, the elder, Leicester, grocer- AV illiaiii Stewart, Hatton Garden, Mid- dlesex, grocer- Thomas Richardson, Milton, next Sittingbourne, Kent, grocer—John Smith, Eversholt, Bedfordshire, grocer—John (learner Black Notley, Essex, cattle jobber—Sam. Hew- itt, London, linen (IrAper-Joliti Turner, fleri- rord, merchant—John Charlton, NewcatIe uponi Tyne, baker and Hour dealer—Robert Withey, Charter house street. Middlesex, twine maker and vender—Wm Moates, London, coal dealer. William James Roberts, London, coach proprie- tor- William Jowsey, Lower Shadwell, Middle- sex, mast maker—W. Gledhill, Jermyn street, Westminster, Middlesex, warehouseman—Wm. Elar, Maidstone, Kent, grocer-Rob. Brett, Sal ford, Lancashire, common brewer—Thomas Hopkins, Westminster bridge, Surrey, tobacco- nist-joill, Roth well, and John Duckenfield, Chorley, Ilalliwell, Lancashire, bleachers, deal- ers, and copartners—Thomas Heddon, Incledon, of Taunton, Somersetshire, druggist—John Mol- lison, and William Archdeacon, London, calend- ered and packers—Thomas Oliver, London, pub- Lean and victual let- R icha rd Cort, London dealer and chapman—James Du Bois, Brixton, Surrey, insurance broker- Henry Jones, Canterbury, Kent, stonemason—Robert Proder. Monk Wear- mouth, Durham, innkeeper-Daniel Aust, Wal- cot, Somersetshire, carpenter and composition ornament manufacturer—Edward Weston,church laue, Chelsea, Middlesex, bricklayer and builder.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Wednesday. FINANCE OF THE COUNTRY. Mr. Wharton having presented to the House certain accounts from the. Commissioners for re- ducing the national debt, The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the ordPI' of the day for the-House to resolve into a Committee upon the state of Public Finance.— The House resolved accordingly, and the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer then rose to address the Committee on the subiect of Public Finance. He began by impressing the prudence of the Com- mittee not coaling fo any decisive resolution upon the propositions he had to offer, until the subject should fairly he before the public at large, in or- der thai, alt persons interested might have a fair opportunity of considering the subject. Upon the eve of the last prorogation of this House ,-it t o, certain resolutions upon tins topic had been pro- pm.i.ie'l fr.iai the opposite side of it the sub- ject of which had from that time to thisoccupied the consirera.'ion of his Majesty's Ministers in conjunction with what they themselves had in contemplation to offer, but of the measures which they intended to propose to meet the exigencies of the country, a great part had been rendered unnecessary by the great changes which had ta- ken place, as well in the affairs of Europe as in this country, in consequence of the issue of that most evenifiil campaign in the north of Europe, in which the machinations of our implacable foe had met so imp jrtant a> check from the arms of Oil" ally. Tt was fair, however, that, as the ,tio- nor of the Government had been uniformly main-' tained' with the creditors of the public, that those creditors should have a full explanation of Ihe measures intended for adoption1, in support of the public credit, to the end that whatever Allegation might take place in "'e public funds hereafter, no blame might attach to the Govern- ment tor withholding explanation. He then pro- ceeded to enumerate the expedients he had in view, and which, as we could collect, were these: first, to facilitate the redemption of the land- tax, by enabling^ all persons paying the same, and not having immediate funds for the whole redemption, to accomplish their purpose by a simple notice to the Collector, to be charged two or three years at once, iiiitil the whole should be liquidated. The sums thus charged to he directly applied to ilie sinking fund. Secondly, that in the loan raised every year, a sum to he appro- priated adequate to the reduction of an interest at I per cent. Anil thirdly to fund ali Exchequer Bills outstanding and unprovided for at the end of each year, whereby a great sum in floating interest wmld be annually received. The Right Hon. Gentleman said, the great principle of his plan was to raise the Sinking Fund, and in order to this he should, on some future occasion, purpose a permanent tax of XSOO,000 for the payment of that sum. Beside which he should propose that the act passed in 1786, for promoting the reduction of the land: tax, should be carried into execution. After a great many other observations he concluded by moving several resolutions which he proposed to take into consideration on Monday se'nnight. Thursday. PRINCESS OF WALES. On Friday, the subject was brought on, the standing order being enforced, when Mr. Cochrane Johnstone stated, that those Noble Lords, to whom the case of the Princess of Wales had been referred in 1806, had exceed- ed their authority, in pronouncing upon the Princess's conduct as they had done. If, as Ma* gistrafes, they had a right to examine witnesses to the facts, yet he conceived that they had no right either to pronounce her condemnation or her acquittal. That Report, therefore, as far as concerned their judgment, he looked upon as of no effect in law. Lady Douglas's deposition, who swore to the pregnancy in 1802, remained uncon- tradicted. In what a state would the country be placell, if this proceeding was again called for, and the evidence of, Lady Douglas produced while that of witnesses on tlie other side, cnuld not, from death or other be obtained ?- [i was, therefore, the hounden duty of Parlia- ment to provide against such an event. Hecalled to the recollection of the House, that no pro- ceedings had hecn instituted against Sir John or Lady Douglas, for defaming the character of the Princess. He thought that the confidential ser- vants of the Prince Regent, ought to send the Princess copies of all letters and papers concern-. ing her conduct since ISOB, as far, at least, as it was alluded to in the proceedings, on the late Report. A strict and impartial investigation of her conduct ought certainly to take place.- In the task he had undertaken, he was actuated only by a conscientious sense of his duty as a Member of Parliament. After various other remarks, the Honourable Member concluded by moving two Resolutions. The first was of great length, recapitulating the contents of all the re- ports and papers concerning her Royal Highness. The second was for an Address to his R. H. (he Prince Regent, praying his Royal Highness to lay the whole of the document before the House, together with all other papers relative thereto. Lord Castlereagh rose, and said, that if the Commissioners were not competent to decide upon the charges against her Royal Highness of being pregnant in the year 18')2, the House of Commons was certainly not the proper tribunal for deciding on such a question. lie must also observe, that if any unfortunate disputes or dis unions existed between any members or branches of the Royal Family, any discussion in the House of Commons could serve only to increase aliena- tion, to augment the evi 1, and to widen the breach. The only solid practical ground, therefore, on which Parliament could proceed, would be, that doubts attached to the succession to the Crown. But in the present case there was not the small- est doubt entertained upon that subject. The Commissioners in 1806, from their known cha- racter and high legal qualifications, were cer- tainly fit persons to decide upon that question; and they had decided, and no doubts remained on their minds that required the necessity of Par- liamentary interposition. They did not make a 'comparative enquiry into the weight of the evi- dence of Lady Douglas, as compared with or contrasted to that of other witnesses but they decided, that they had traced the whole history of the child so completely and satisfactorily, that no possible doubt could lemain that it ,was not horn of the Princess of Wales, but of another woman, named Sophia Austin, Nor, indeed, did this decision rest only in their Report, for it was afterwards referred to other confidential servants of his Majesty, who gave a solemn judgment, confirming the Report of the first Commission- ers. It was perfectly true that there had been no prosecution entered into of Lady Douglas her evidence was taken by the Commissioners in the discharge of tlieir duty and the Honorable Gentleman should have stated in candour, that the first Cabinet recommended that no proceed- ings should Be had, unless the Crown Lawyers deemed it adviseable to prosecute Lady Douglas for perjury. A case was laid before them and though they were satisfiedas to the perjury, they, nevertheless, saw great difficulties in the way of establishing it by legal evidence, and, therefore they did not advise prosecution, 'UJ Mr. Whitbread and several other gentlemen delivered their sentiments, and though the mo- tion was negatived, the complete innocence of her Royal Highness was most clearly and distinctly admitted on all hands.

POLITICAL SUMMARY. AN event has occurred in our domestic his- tory, which, for the repose of the empire, requires the most grave and deliberate con- sideration. The Princess of Wales on Tuesday last, wrote a letter to the Speaker of the Commons, inclosing a duplicate of another written the preceding day, which she desires him to read to the House, (Seefirsipa,-e.)- In this lelter she complains that she has not been permitted to know upon what evidence the Members of the Privy Council proceeded in their enquiry into her conduct, and she says that she is therefore compelled to throw her self on the justice of Parliament, and to require J that the fullest investigation may be instituted into her conduct during the period of her re- sidence in this country. The law on the sub ject in question is of the most serious charac- ter. It involves the highest civil crime which d can possibly be committed. If a man do violate theKin(, c(impanion, or the King's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the King's eldest son and heir, it is high treason," and it is this offence in bolh parties, if each b e consenting. The obvious design of this law," is to guard the blood royal from any suspicion of bastardy, whereby the succession of the Crown might be rendered dubious."— And when we reflect that during six reigns, from the 4th to the 7th Henry, this country was debilitated and almost destroyed by the uncertainty as to the occupant of the throne, we need not be surprised at snch a precaution. Another matter of a domestic nature is also extremely important. After a long and labo- rious examination of the Claims of our Ca- tholic countrymen, by our Representatives in Parliament, it has been determined in one of the fullest Houses that has been collected, by a majority of forty, to follow up the resolu- tions of the last session with a Committee to enquire into the merits of those pretensions. The question of the India Monopoly seems to be designedly postponed by the Company, in the hope that they shall get through the session without allowing time for Parliament to come !o any determination as to the exten- sion or extinction of their Charter. With this view, it seems that I, delivery of the Petition which was agreed to by the Proprietors on the 23d ult. has been deferred, and they no dtHlbt hope that some change will take place in the disposition of Ministers, or, in the policy of the country, for which delay must afford the opportunity. Lord Buckinghamshire has, however, in his place in Parliament intimated, that any procrastination in the Company shall not defeat the intentions of Government, and that the matter shall be soon submitted for decision by the proper authority. On foreign intelligence we have, at this time, very little to offer. The success of the Russians, as far as we are acquainted with their operations, is complete and those who fled so lately a thousand miles before a triumphant enemy, have soon returned upon his steps, and threaten the confines of his own territo- ries. In the Peninsuia nothing has been done, because nothing has been attempted. Our principal hope in that quarter depends no longer upon the supply of troops from this country, but upon the organization of the natives by the gallant Marquis in command, who, in his lofty station as Generalissimo of the Spanish forces, has demanded that assis- tance from the Cortes, for which he in vain applied to the Regency.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Saturday, March 6. BEAURAIN V. SIR WII.LIAM SCOTT. This was an action against Sir W. Scott, Judge of the Ecclesiastical Court of Doctor's Commons, on the ground of all illegal son- tence of excommunication passed upon the Plaintiff for his non-appearance as Guardian to his son, a minor, against whom a suit was then pending of divorce, on the charge of adultery and cruelly towards his (the minor's) wife. It appeared in evidence that the Plaintiff, expressly refused to appear, but sent his at torney, who, by the direction of the Court, intimated to him that he would be excommu- nicated if he did not attend. Accordingly for this act of contumacy he was, but not till three Sessions afterwards, excommunicated in regular form. Mi*. Espinass, Counsel, who had known the defendant, waited on him in prison, and see- ing his distress, proposed that he should re- present to Sir William, in the strongest lan- guage, the misery which he and hss family were in. I.t was now agreed, by consent of all parlies, the excommunication having lasted ten months, that it should be taken ofF, and the Plaintiff was accordingly absolved. Sir William Scott, at same time consented to pay him 1501. by the hands of Mr. Espinass, and to patronize him further by procuring him some office or situation. By this bouuty the Plaintiff was now liberated from confinement, and on the faith of the promise of patronage built his hopes and expectation of being Marshal of the Admiralty, with other situa- tions of great trust, which he conceived this promsse embraced, and being disappointed had recourse to the present action. The legal points at issue now were, that the plaintiff had neither been summoned or cited to ajipear by a regular notice served on him personallyt when this sentence of excotiq. nftfinic?atiofl"was passed against him t --that, p 1, therefore, it was illegal, and that Sir William- in consenting to pay him J501;, left it Ürento a presumption, that he was sensible of his error, and wished to compromise the matter. Lord Ellenborougb lamented lhisfrailllJ on the part of the Judge, whether he was actuated from charity towards the rndividul, or from a dislike to have his high character handled about in the newspapers. However conscious he might be that he had acted legally and justly, this would be a warning to men in aju- dicial character, to persevere in withstanding all such pretences to extort money, under a threat of bringing their integrity into ques- tion. He should leave the facts to the consi- deration of the Jury who retired for an hour, and afterwards found a verdict for the Plait-t- t-iff-Dam,iges 405" explaining, that at same time they were far from conceiving the slight- est imputation against the high and most ex- cellent character of that most upright Judge. Sir William Scott.

LONDON FASHIONS. ffalking Dresq.-A stone coloured habit, trimmed round the body with swansdowo, and ornamented entirely across the bosoin with a thick row of rich silk braiding lo cor- respond. Waist much shorter than they have been worn for l'<).me time, and the sleeveso longer and looser than those of the last three months. Regency hat of black beaver or seal skin, ornamented with an elegan feat' of the same colour, and finished by a gold button and loop on one side. Large bear or seal skin muff; stone coloured kid gloves, and black kid sandals. Some elegantes wear silk stockings, to correspond with the habit but white are more general. Evening Di-esv.-A short round dress of white satin, finished at the bottom by a trim- ming of floss silk, which is worn rather broader than the last mouth body of fine white spot- ted lace, over one of satiu, made as low as possible in the neck and bosom stomacher a-la-Ftnus, made of narrow deep rose colour, and white silk trimming intermixed. The back is about the same breadth as last month but the waist is much shorter. The sleeve, which is also composed of white spotted lace, is made very long and loose, and drawn up from a little above the waist, in front of the arm, by a fancy trimming of the same materials air the stomacher; the other part of the sleeve falls in a point. Long drapery of rose co- loured figured satin cloth, about a quarter of a yard shorter than the gown in frotit, and a demitrain behind. A rich and broad letting in lace goes up the front, and becomes gra- dually narrower at the waist. This letting in is ornamented in front by a newly invented silk trimming, which is rather similar to a Spanish button, but lighter in its construction and very small. The drapery is edged round with white floss trimming, to correspond with that on the bottom ofthe dress. Head dress a-lrl-Tnrqhc. superbly ornamented with pearls, a double row of which goes straight across the forehead, and is surmounted by a crescent of diamonds, within which sparkles a star also of diamonds earrings to correspond. White kid gloves, and white satin slippers.

LONÐON MARKETS. Corn Exchange, March, 8.. There was a large supply of English If heat this morning, of which hut few samples being fine, they were readily taken off at nearly fast Monday's prices, but the coarse samples, and those out of con, dition, cannot be disposed of at present—Although there were several arrivals of Burley from Suffolk and-Norfolk,yet they met a quick sale at an advance of one shilling per quarter—Beans of both sorts were clieal)ei--Boiliii,- Pease maintained their for- mer pi-ice-Rye and Grey Pease with little varia- tion-Being several fresh arrivals of Oats,. they declined about one shilling per quarter- Cloverseed. Rapeseed, and Linseed, without any material alte- ration. GENERAL CURRENCY AS UNDER. WheAt. —. 110s 126s I Grey Fiiie.— 124s I38s Small Heans.74s 78s Rye —.75s 80s Ticks. .-s -9 (Jarley —58s 74s Oats .33s 48s 0 Malt.—95s 102s Polands 36s 54s 0 White Peas-, 94a 116s Rape-seed.62 66s—• AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, By the Quarter of Eight Winchester Bushels, Wheat Rye. Hurley Oat*. s. d. j s.$d .s. <?. Anglesey, !I3 0 60 0 35 8 Carnarvonsh. 115 8 60 0 36 3 Denbighshire 120 10 — 60 0 38 ,0 Flintshire, 128 9 ——— 55 0:31 IS Merionet'hsh. 130 I — 56 0 36 6 Merionetlish. 130 1 56 0 j 36 6 Montgomery. 120 0 ¡ ———— 54 040 3 Chester, 115 II 60 045 (0 Liverpool. j 123 10 ( ———— J 62 S1460 LIVERPOOL PRICES OF CORN FLOUR Cum Exchange* March 6, 1813. Wheat, 18 6toi9 0 per 70lhs. Irish .17 9-19 Ci Ditfo. Barley, English 10 6-11 Oper SQqfs. Irish, Scotch, 9 0— 0 0 per 60(os Oats, Polatoe. 7 9- 9 1 per 451bs. 6 10- 6 II Ditto. ilillierick. 7 0-0 0 Ditto. Waterford. 6 8— 6 10 Ditto. Malt, Fine.16 6-17 -0 per 36 qrts, Beans, 80 0 — 35 0 per quarter. Flour, erfin 0—83 0 ner 24Ulb^. PRICE OF MEAT AT SMITHFIELR, U Per Stone of J^bs. Motiday, March, S, Beef. 5s. 0d. 6s. Od. Veal.. 5s. Od. 6s. 8d, Mutton. 5s. Od. 6s, 4d. J Pork.. 6s. 0d* fs. Sd] Head of Cattle at Smithfield. Beast. 1,950 í Sheep 1,200 Pigs. 200 Calves. 220 PRICE OF LEATHER AT LEADENHALL d. d. Butts, 50 to 561b. each 9 to 25 Ditto 56 to 661b go to 28 Merchants Backs 22 to 24 Dressing Hides.. 20 to 2 Fine Coach Hides 22 to 24 Crop Hides, for cutting, 35 to 40.. 181 to 2°i- Flat Ordinary, 45 to 50 gj to 23jp Calf Skins, 30 to 401 b. per dozen.. 32 to 3S Ditto, 50 to 701b. per dozen 36 to 43 Ditto, 70 to 801b 37 to 40 Small Seals, (Greenland) 34 to 35 Large ditto, per tioven .Ioos to J15 Tanned Horse Hides» per lb$0 to n 1 t f. m a • • >