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petitions to that House, he did not know with cer tainty ; but it had been used in petitions to the Crown, and therefore could not be incompatible with the dignity of that House. He then read the peti tion paragraph by paragraph, contending that there was nothing in any of them necessarily disrespectful to the House. In opposing what the House had done, it was hardly possible not to employ expressions which wouli not be offensive to some persons. Mr. CANNING said, that his feelings were with the Honourable Gentleman oppo s it e , but his reason with his Right Honourable Friend below (Perceval). He thought, however, the Gentleman s‘ho originated this discussion had done considerable service. He was convinced that the petition had been drawn up with a view to this very objection—to try how far they might go without having their petition rejected ; but if it was refused, they would only have another more obscurely worded, but not less objec tionable. He thought neither the words remonstrance nor indignity, as used in the petition, sufficient to jus tify its rejection. . . Mr. W. SMITH stated, that the indignity alluded to appeared rather to refer to the conduct of the Offi cers, &c. He congratulated the House on its getting over the fear of being afraid, and its return to true courage. Mr. WHITBREAD had before said, that the in. dignity referred to the conduct of the Officers and their advisers, but even if it had referred to the con duct of the House, he would not have considered that a sufficient reason for rejecting the petition. The petition was then ordered to lie on the table. SIR FRANCIS BURDETT. The SPEAKER acquainted the House that h• had received another notice of action for trespass and false imprisonment from Sir Francis Burdett, conch ed in nearly the same terms as the former, but in which there was a trifling mistake respecting the parish. He then read the notice, which, on the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was ordered to be en tered on the Journals. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER wished Gentlemen to turn in their minds whether the signing of the warrant was not a proceeding in the House, and therefore by the Bill of Rights not to be questioned out of the House ? Mr. WHITBREAD could not pass over what had been said about the Bill of Rights without observ ing that the Right Hon. Gentleman appeared to mis understand it as much as Mr. Yorko ; for the trans action was not a thing propounded in the House, but an act committed by the House. He advised him in his turn to consider this important question &Jibe ratPly and calmly. The CHAN(ELLOR of the EXCHEQUER took the advice in the same spirit in which he had given his advice, hut wished it to be observed, that he gave no opinion then as to what would be the proper course, in case it should be thought that this proceed. ing came within the provisions of the Bill of Rights. MR. HUNT. Mr. CALCRAFT, although the motion which he was about to make was of great importance, did not conceive that it would be necessary to detain the House long upon it. The motion was, " That Mr. Hunt, late Treasurer of the Ordnance, be expelled from that House." This was certainly proposing a great and grave punishment to be inflicted on the individual, but be was persuaded that those who had considered the 12th Report of the Commissioners of Military Inquiry— The SPEAKER here interrupted the Honourable Genet man, to inquire of the Serjeanr (inconformity to the usage of the: louse) whether the Hon. Gentleman who had been ordered to attend, was actually in attendance ? . _ The SET.; rANT replying in the negative, the Messenger who served tae Order of the House was called to the Itar, and exa mined by the Speaker and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The substancet of his statement was, that be lead served the Order a: the Ordnance Ogice, that he could not elh.,cover Mr. Hunt's pri vate res.dence, but that Mr. Crewe (the Secretary) had told bin that he supposed he was out of England. Mr. CALCRAFT stater!, that an Honourable Member had in formed him, that Mrs. Hunt was in town, and :hat she had lately received a letter from Mr. Hunt, dated Lishon. The Cl lANCELLOR of the EXCHEcUER observed, that this was a serious queation, and tha• the Ho :'e would do well to take great care in satisfiing themselves that 1:4 -ie.:l.:an tial utessi's had been a.lopit el of apgri the iodisidual co:treni•Al, if be carte actually to be found, ~r the of ject in For this purposv he was desirous that tte lion. Gentleaum tvouid with draw his motion, with the vim of ret7swing it after the recess. CALCRAFT vjreed that th:s was a :t!ost sc!elnn and im port:lat ritirA!cw, z;.ct w. , ...!d w;!:111;;!y wave Ili:: rm•ti.sa after the recess. i ie then witkirew hi? motion, ant: fi zed it for I . !•ersilay May to ;and tha ari*.er for serving the notice oi l M r I fun! ro attend was rer.eived, a:A extended to his family as wer as t facial rnsidetim BOGS IN IRELAND. 111 r. PONSONBY moved 1 . 44. a et the Commissioners, La rineerg, Fre. empitled for the draining of bo;:s ill Ireland, with their sah.ries, the sums they have expcntl,l, &e. 'f'he nimi:m, after a few words froza Mr. ROSE, Mr.CiLES, Mr. D. GID D , was agreed to LORD cif ATILI Mr. WHITBREAD took the opportunity orputting a question to the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite. It had been stated by him. that the late Master General of the Ordnance, in March tendered his resignation to his Majesty, which had been accepted. L. (Mr. Whitbread) had since; however, understood, that the Noble Lord still continued to do the s!u:7 of that uf;ice—to enjoy the pan-en:ire of that office—and to receive the salary of that of see. Was that the case? To this question he trusted a direct negative mitt be given. The CHANCEI I.OR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that in point of law it v:a ; n.cessary• :hat the Noble Lord should hold the situation emit the appo i ntment of his successor. So mane other considerat''.ns pressed on his Majesty's Government that It could no , appear extraordinary that they had not yet attended to this business. The Noble Lord had however abqained from talthie a seat in the Cabinet, or otherwise assisting in the &Übe r.:tions f his Majesty's Government.' WHITBR FAD declared, that a gross delusion had been prletis: d on the House arid the Public; the Right Honourable Ceutlehian hating, on a former occasion distinctly declared, hi answer to a question from hire.self, that Lord Chatham had ten tiered his resig:•ation, and that that tender had been accepted.— Had it rot been for this representation, he should have lung ago! propie.ed an Xidtess to the !Cie; tipo3 the subject. The CII A I Rn. the I' X C: - I EQUER observed, that ti ce-ctieary ',lune of the r. vocation of one peteut was by the of another. Alf . . WHI ItIZYAD asked whether the Noble Lord receive/ salary Nfr. A. COOPZR replied, that he had received salary to the lac' gezr r. 711 r. rereated, that a urnvt da:sion had been occa,; rxpwseil Mc hope that thr future conduct of Miribtv; on this point would be such uto prevent the necessity (14 111064:411.. EAST-INDIA COMPANY. Mr. R. PITIT)AS moved fr::.11 Account of the Annual Re -I:aq Cornpany.—Ordered. w TIIFATRE. a pet::i.m from ATI-. and .e tune • :"or the rchoildi!lr of Drury retrred to a Comn'::rer. .red for thz .I% , !inolcs of the Corm illL—Ordered. II WA* read a third time rmd posed, r. CHARLES AbANS and Fir JAMES Mr.Mooxi :tad Mr. Cuatvzw. EttlietAit”re of the DItIRY• LAI Mr P. MOOR E presewed otlterF. prayirg fo: . leave to /aim Isnr '!'h-af re.— Ord red to be . 14()R N t QN meet mitre ;:•e I.onclou Deck RI • 'Ube Highgate AreliwarPill after soti.e oppoaitior from Mr ILaa.t.. It Was sui. - Torted by I ELACIURIARS MIDGE. Sir WILLIAM CURTIS moved the second mating of tb* Blackfriars Bridge Toll Bill. Mr. HOME SUM) ER opposed it, on the ground that the City of London was bound to guard and light the bridge without any toll. Mr. Alderman COMBE supported the motion. Mr. W. SMITH and Mr. WILSON supported the motion for the second reading, on the ground that it ought at any rate to go to a Committee. Mr. D. GIDDY did the same. The House divided, and we understood the BiU was lost by 27 against 23. LONDON DOCKS. Mr. W. SMITH moved the second reading of the Landon Dock Compensation Bill. After some conversz,:ion between the Cu.s NCELLOR of the Ex- CIiZQUIR, Mr. W. StilTY, Mr. HIBBEIT, Mr. NIARRYATT;Ete, The SPEAKER suggested, that the present Bill was so fra med as to give a go-bye to the rule, by which it was provided, that his Majesty's assent should be given to money bills. This was neither more nor lets than a second bill, involving a eonsids ration 'of money, and to which,therefore, the King% assent should have been had. Mr. W. SMI'T'H said, the only object of we Petitioners had be n to procure an Act declaratory of what they conceived to be the meaning of the former Bill. If they were wrong in point of form, he hoped they might still be .flowed to bring hi a Declara tory Law. The second reading of the Bill was then negatived. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice, that he should to-morrow move for leave to bring in a Bill for conso lidating the offices of Purveyor-General of Crown Lands, and Surveyor-General of Woods and Forests. The LORI) ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND broug'•t in a Bill for rtzulating .sod i:.creasing the Salaries of the Lords of Session and Justiciary, and of the Barons of the Exchequer of Scotland. —Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to morrow. Mr. LUSHINCTON brought up the Report of the C-immit- Ice on the Importation “f Su g ar from Guadaloupe, which was agreed to, and a Bill ordered accordingly. The Report of the Committee of Supply on the Commissariat and Barrack Estimates was also brought up and agreed to. The House went into a Committee on the Trade to the isle of Mann, when certain resolutions were agreed to.-1 obe rviorted to-morrow. The Trish Coroner's Bill went through a Committee and was ordered to lie reported. Certain Paper: from the Ordnance Office, relative to Mr. Hunt, were presented, agreeably to order.— To be printed. WESTMINSTER MEETING. Yesterday a very unusually numerous Meeting of the Electors of •Yestminster took place in Palace yard. All the doors and, passages leading to the House of Commons were locked and barricaded at an early hour. The following hand-bill was posted up before day-bleak : "'1 he Electors of Westminster are requested to guard against any r.ttanit that may be made to produce tumult or disord,r of any kind, and to be particularly careful to promote a peaceable andquiet disposition.' The posse comitatta was also called out, and a num ber of extra constables were sworn in, to aid and assist in preserving the peace. It was intended to hold the Meeting in Westminster-Hall; but as the concourse was so great, it was deemed more advisable to have it in the open air. Either in point of number or apparent ardour of feel ing, this meeting has certainly had no parallel within onr recollection, or even in the records of history.— The whole of the immense square was literally filled ; there could not, indeed, have been less than 20,000 persons present, the majority of whom wore in their hats placards, upon which were inscribed "The King, the Laws, and Burdett." Along the sides of the square were coaches filled with ladies and gentlemen, among whom were a number of Fashionables and Members of both Houses of Parliament. The win dows of all the houses within view were also crowded, and as we understood, from an early hour of the mcrning. A temporary hustings was erected oppo site the King's Arms tit/ern. About half - after twelve o'cla.-k the High Bailiff made his appearance accom panied by Lnrd Cochrane, Mr. Wardle, Mr. Sturch, Mr. Wishart, and other respectable electors. - Their appearance was saluted by acclamations of applause. The High Bailiff having announced the object of the Meeting, which he cbserved he felt it his duty to con veac compliance :vial the requizition of nearly 2000 E 1•?... tors, Mr. S r (iron-monger, of Stanhope -street, Clare-Market,) stood forward and said, that the Re quisition which had been just read by the High Bai liff, and which had been repeatedly published in most of the papers, sufficiently expressed the occasion of the meeting. He was sure there could be but one t , t a rt[ vin; been deprived of th e serv i ces o f one or . their Representatives, a Representative who had givca so many and such convincing proofs of his having the happiness of the Country, and the true prin ciples of the Constitution at heart, it was fit that his Electors should diligently inquire into the circumstan ces of that extraordinary event, and, having made that inquiry, that a meeting should be held to consider whether any, or what measures, should be further taken by the body of Electors. But however fit, and even necessary such a meeting might be, and though a Requisition for that purpose was signed by near 2000 Electors in little more than one day, it was thought prudent by many of those who signed it, that it should not be held immediately after the strange event alluded to, while the minds of all men were in a ferment, but that time should be given fur deliberate investigation, and for cairn and dispassion ate judgment. He trusted, that on that ground, they would think it right that the, meeting was not held sooner. Full time had been given for every Elector to make up his mind, and he trusted they were come to that place fully prepared to express their (pillions upon the whole case. He had now to state to them, that some of those Gentlemen who had first signed the Requisition had turned their minds to the subject, and had thought it right to prepare matter 1 for their consideration, a part of which they had re guested him to read ; and he was happy to think that I the time that had elapsed, had enabled them to con sider the whole subject coolly, and to commit their 1 thoughts to paper, in language which appeared to him, and he trusted wotild appear to the- meeting, to be correct and unexceptionable. It was unnecessary fiir him to make many preliminary observations. The case was well known to them all. They were de prived of one of their Representatives; and a more upright, constitutional, and able representative West minster could never boast. He was taken from them forcibly, by an army, and shut up in a prison during pleasure. He did not do this with a view to inflame the public mind, for he was a lover of peace and or- der. but he stated it because it was a fact. Their re presentative was taken from them forcibly by an army, and conveyed to a prison, there to remain during the pleasure of :hose who said that he shad offended them. He (Sir F. • Burdett) alledges, and in this he is slip. the late by high legal authority, that he has committed - that we have yet in England a Jud ge capa bl e of at*. no crime; that he has had no trial; and that the au- ing from the pure and elevated motives ulliitcyh and thority by which he is punished for doing his duty, , fluenced the conduct of H o lt, as tenac i ous as he was and no _more than his duty, in defending a helpless of the good opinion of his contemporarie law s an d of poo individual against an arbitrary stretch of power, toge- terity—and who like him will re p e l with di gnity .ther with the means by which that authority had been decision those who dare to invade()f the enforced, were unconstitutional and illegal. He (Mr. country—(loid applagres.)—He would not 'be under. S.) was persuaded, that if Sir Francis Burdett stood stood as at all disposed to interfere with the just pri. alone in a righteous cause, his firmness of mind would vileges of the House of Commons ; nor did he thief: not forsake him, he would be able to bear up against any part of his countrymen would countenance such the utmost malice of persecution, and to endure to the a disposition, provided those privileges, which thi s end. But he was also persuaded that the meeting House possessed for its protection against arbitrary would agree with him, that when their Worthy Mem- Ministers, were not, in subserviency to the wish of sucti ber was assailed on all sides by persecution, when he Ministers, perverted into weapons of attack aoliimt tl:e was furiously attacked by his and their enemies, for people--(4lolauser.) —lf the House of i.:crnnic,;, no other reason but his steadiness; a s serting conatitu. chimed and used these privileges only whizh woe tional principles, then was the profaer time; then it essential to the legitimate object, and proper cote' ae was for the honour of this great city; then it became of their deliberations for the public ireietit, ro a -• ' constituents to express their attachment, affection, would be justified in complainimo If to so .... • and gratitude to him as their faithful representative.. ployed their power only to remove obstreclio.., [Here there was a short interruption occasioned by ', prevent t h e interruption of their proceed:a a s : the dissatisfaction generally expressed at the placing a for instance, they had sent to prison a c , nr.:7y : c ::• ' great number of hackney-coaches too near the Hust- : ber (Mr. Fuller) who had lately acted whli ••o oiii o ings. When order was restored Mr. S. proceeded.] , rudeness and impropriety among them, net a ::::: r , .,. ; —He said, that he should now proceed to read the would have been heard—but they treated v. - i.ll oe.e.• papers which he held in his hand, but he wished first that which was obviously wrong and utft: i-e, t:i.... to make an observation which occurred to him at the ; they fostened thEir severii2;tyhttii:onabapirii:iiireodivrgiti:luatati:-. moment, and which he made not because he was ap- • tive discussion. But th is w. is 111)t, ai l . Mr. ite.:v..: I prehensive of any wrong disposition in any part of the : published a pamphlet, in which lie stated, th at Ice: ' g reat bode of electors whom he was addressing, but ' Houses of Parliament mi ght .. because of its general importance, an d b ecause of its . jury—that the Constitution in fact ni;glit be subvcr particular application to the present moment. He was ' ted, provided the Monarellyeemaincd, and all •, - . - 0:1,1 persuaded therefore that when they heard it, instead go on well. For this extraordinary pu:iiica..ien •- e.:. of being offended by it, they would thank him for it, Reeve was brou:obt belbre that braise ; but he wet. - -o - - because they would be sensible that he could only forded the chance of . a fair trial by having his case re make it from a good motive: The sentiment which i ferred to the Attorney Ceneral and a July of L's he wished to impress upon his .own mind and theirs country. This Mr. Reeve was acquitted, and ~..:o was this, that when the arm of power was exerted with F. Burdett was sent to the Tower without imy ass tr e ia r i i unusual violence and injustice,then was the time above Thus, while the case of a professed foe of t h e Consti. all others for them to preserve their temper and to act tution was referred to the law, Sir F ranc i s B urdett with moderation and discretion ; then was the time was sent to prison against the law, merely f o r for them to shew that they were peaceable and loyal ing the best principles of that Constitution. hat l h ., subjects to the State, and that they had no objects in did not think the committal of Sir F. Burdett arose view but such as were legal, and constitutional, and out of the publication of .that letter, which formed the. honourable. The citizens of Westminster, he was con. ostensible ground of complaint. No—it was the con. fident, would not by any, even the slightest act of in. sequence of the uniform tenor of the worthy Baronet's discretion or tumult, give occasion to any set of men life—it was a punishment inflicted upon him for his to accuse them of being disturbers of the public peace, active exertions in favour of liberty—for his iridefati. and enemies of social order. They would shew to all gable firmness and integrity in the cause of the peopli• the world by their conduct that they were the friends (4pidaisses). The Lite publication and conduct i•f of legal authority, and that all that they hoped the worthy Baronet was, in fact, but a plea, or ape,. or desired was nothing more than what they had al- logy, of which those enemies, whcau his virtue pre- ways an undoubted right to enjoy, and what he trusted yoked, gladly availed themselves to subject him t• they would never cease to call for till they obtained persecution (firtiauses). Indeed, the conduct vitae it, namely, a fair and free representation of the people House of Commons towards this truly exceilex in Parliament. This object, he trusted, dr:) , would character was sufficient, if no other evidence existed, constantly keep in view, for two reasons ; first, be- to convince - coat y candid man of the tice.:ssitr cause it was their right ; and, secondly, because it was which called for heform ! But how various and how their only security that justice would he duly and irn- strong wos the evidence of that necessity NVIIICII had partially administered to all classes of men, that no 1 occurred of late years in this country. Vl•icn it was more money would be taken from the people than the recollected that a private individual was cond..inr.ed just ends of Government required, and that the money i to 18 months imprisonment fin' attemptie cerrtitet:v so taken would he wisely and economically expetaled. to obtain a Seat in the House of Commons, whiic a This was the object for which their faithful teprescn- Minister (Lord Costlereagh) was acquitted cf the tative willingly made such great sacrifices and endured same offence, tinder aggravated c it curnstances, merely such unmerited persecution, and if they were deter- in consequence of the notoriety of the crime, who could mined to adhere to this object firmly and steadily, and doubt of the necessity of Reform ? But the reasons at the same time peaceably and constitutionally, dime were glaring which called ter this Reform. How la could be no doubt of their final success. mentable was it, that while the people had so touch The Worthy Gentleman concluded - with reading : occasion to commtinicate with their Sovereign, they the following Resolutions, and also announcing his .! were utterly precluded front that communication; intention to propose a Petition to the Hottse of Lona- : t nit probably his Majesty knew nothing of the last • mons and a letter to Sir Franc's Burdett: , 1 -, et.t on addressed to him from that M e eting. Thus was the old and wholesome practice of the Censtitu• Resolved—That we most highly verove of Sir Fit ANC'S BURDETT'S Letter to us his Coneituents, the sttl•j:-ct brit.;; or : - • . t . •d . . • I • it , tom s , asi ~ .,a00 ...e pcoole being oblig ed to commit the utmost importance, and the argenitut incentrovertible. , .., t.., the hands of those very Mini s ters of whom they That Sir FRANCIS BUILDS:TT s conduct in calling upon the Civil Power for the Protection of his House az e tinst a Military ! had raason to complein, the Petitions containing tlio - i Force, was dictated by prudenee, knowledge of and confidence is , complaints, instead pi presentin g them to their Sore the Laws of his Country. i • verci o n according to ancient custom, they wer2 de- That the House of Commons be called upon to restore to us P b all chance of redress. But such orievences our beloved Representative, and to co-operate immediately with' prived of him in his endeavours to procure a fair Representation of the Could only be remedied by reform. [4y-rase.] People in Parliament. ' The Resolutions being r greed to, the tc,llowi: - . let. That the Petition now read be adopted, that it be 4gned be to - to :,',ir I'rancis Burdett was •ilso reed and roe:! the High Bailiff and Twentyofive Flectots, a.:d delivered to our . ; .„... , ''; remaining Representative the Right Honotuoble Lord Coe:: it I. N r., - " ; as was the 1 ~..it on to tale fl u ee of Con.*:.:s, to be by him presented to the douse of Commons. That a Letter be L.d..i.resitea to Sir FRANCI3 Ben or rr, ex- I Set —We nominated you to b.: D.:r lleeone; tative e t' nit pressing our full and entire approbmien of the whole and every you: enowledge, aid we elected p;.l wiftotit your int. roterce. part of his conduct as a Member of I%llll.imetzt. ! We A7 , -1%. con.idere that yeti tvcett perfernt the duties of a Re- That the Letter now read, he adapted; that it be signed ! ; y preeoeetive in Parliament with ab:lity and fidelity. lii (very Electors in the name of this Meeting, and 'that the High Eaitiff reseect you love not only fulfilled, but receetliel our exeietatio::s. be requested to present the sante to tic FRA acts Du r.DETT. We derive the lamest satisfaction from haviir peieted out to tile That the Thanks of this hleeting he given to our V.'orthy Nation the way to be fairly represented. lied it leen o.seble, Representative the Right Honourable Lord Cocnies a F., lot his that our example could have been foliewed Jed a plolo:r Etter:- support of Sir FRANCIS Eur.DETe, deriog the present arduous oeetation thereby produced, the scenes we leave lately witty :sel struggle. would not have disgraced our Country. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to those Indepen- We understood the nobleness of your mind, awl were confid •nc dent Members of the House of Commous, who base: supported that you wield not descend to barter your trek fur a place under the Rights of the People. ; Gavel - rinser% nor be the partisan or leader of those who support That the l'haaks of this Meeting be given to It a Tilt' a Mo eat:, , or reject measures just as they happen to be proposed on this or Esq. High Ilailia; for hi; ready compliance with the Requisi-ion , that side of the House. of the Electors, AIR! fur his able and impartial conduct in the i We feel the indignity that has been o ff ered to you, but we ara Chair. ! not surprised to End, that when every excuse is nude for publia Upon moving the first Resolution, I delinquents, that the utmost rigour is exercised against him who I Mr. Wistimcc orFeted himself to second it. He pleads for the Ancient and Constitutional Rights of the People. hoped that the importance of the occasion would Ycu nobly stept forward_ in defence of a fellow subject unjus i t y Imprisoned, and you questioned with great ability and knowle dge plead his apology for submitting a few,observations. : Of the laws, the warrant issued upon that occa s ion; the Hoose of According to our Constitution, he remarked that the . King had ' his prerogative, the two Houses of Parlia- ' Commons have answered your argument by breaking into your }louse with a military force, seizing your person, and convey_ • menu their priv ileges, an th e peop l e t leo - ri-ntc ' dl • • • : yo .. u . by a large body of troops to the Tower. ' e• " • a our distinction between Privilege and Powtr remaite oral ; each of which it was the duty of . those who wished ; tere.e; the Privileges et the House of Conite.cms are for L'..e pro ; to maintain the constitution to uphold. The rights tection, not for the destruction of the People. of the people had, however, been so grossly violated t' • t • , s• t' by t h e iat...tc ion w hi c h gale ; is... als meeting, • the outrages committed tin d er their orders, anti to coil ueon . 03 V.'e have resolved to remonstrate with the House of Commons them to restore you toyour Stet in Parliament, which do Fe ! that it became incumbent upon that and every other serf state of the Count ry rende rs more than ever accswry tor popular assemblage to leave nn effort untried for the the furtherance of your and our object, a Reform of the Ittpr , - : attainment of redress. Indeed, he must iced himself ation in that nite-. quite ignorant of all the principles of the constitu- I sent Fi „ w u h 'i i ' c iic h it s° i ' " we camt but ca r:tie:7ft Members necessary r a u re t tion, if it were consistent with those principles to ! tertain the g s reates l i ap e prehen o sion a s f P or '' the rewain.ler o: our lilee- I have the beloved, the roues[, the intrepid represen- collected together by meet? ties; and the employment of a military tore,: against (Iry of tior tative of that meeting forcibly dragged from his °w it body, is but A sad presage of what may be cap ''Od t.y th o se b home, and committed too prison for vindicating . the rights of personal freedom, for animadver ting, • in a , ILigh.s of the People. wl . ua . like you have the.couroge to stand forward is defence o f e letter to his constituents, upon the imprisonment of ho W iet i O -le s n of w s e e . c to mitigate the se- t. an Englishman without trial. This was not, it would r r e e e t e a c n t d on so il y t r y r c e onfi cie n = n e t s ; tat ions to des re) ti.e be recollected, the first time in which the House of fficers without cause assigned; to restore for the comfort f i Commons had manifested a disposition to usurp au. u ve a ri o ty of - punishment in the army; w prevent the cashkring n o _ the worn out sold*, the Leslie property conveyed by a job to a thority, and to rise above the precepts of the 1aw..., ti. i,r n iv s, at t e h i e ii . ob tl i d o u u 4 s l egrec; cotp:(Pvwehnitchilteisextotesenspiounatoefthi!: sban,rdiraecrkir6,3l - the beginning of the last century, they attempted the citizen ; to prevent the hart:auction of foreign troops; to interrupt a civil suit instituted against one of their oatue to light an atrocious act of tyranny, bywhicha ai l l i , r your Members, denouncing - all those as.gailty of a breach .. %las kfc to perish on . a barren reek; a nd a bove . nue (n of privilege who shoeild p resume to promote that suit. of the Peo when render on the fineeess, le in Parliament ; we But when their Speaker appeared before Chief Justice u sali nrelnitted exertions to obtain a full, fair, and free represe Holt to assert their illegitimate claim, that venerable : evil report and good report;' we aro eager to e.sprlcvlsoctnewset arei Judge told him, that if he had the whole House in his the Unshaken constancy which you have insariebly shea h n " la tti . I . o 7l n e l l p y ati rCl e S o lt f i are net belly, he would commit Jim to prisesem in five minutes L g y i - , a a r t tl i di t le u w di n and atm/ment al - to at you, with eimen s if he did not depart from that Court, where it was his duty to administer justice according tc. , law. The public abases. (Signed, &c. &c.) ir e e throughout the laud arh w aeb h ict o aoe i n s tva n i o o t f th int i er C es si t t ed but debycocivtinryualiP;e6r]Speaker and his attendants, therefore, intmediately j Upon the motion of Thanks to Lord Coat— . withdrew. And let us hope, exclaimed Mg r Wishart, being adopted, the Noble Lord stood forwar,i, :Ira