Star. — London, England, 1817-03-26 00:00:00

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O. .IL7T-OPFICE, 24t 1817. an Act pus.sed in the 56th Year ign, ictit idea " At Act for transferring irities entt-re.l into v.ith, or given to the import', to t..c Commiseloners of the it is provicl,d, that if his Majesty ;..hall -slon or 1 ett , .-rs ...tent, to catieci Letters eatent, constituting aril a ? . ssioners for vnoducting his I'Vlajestr. alas for the care ot sick and woundi'd Sea are arl custody of Prisoners of W..r, .smcvng the trnpinynieut of Ships or Ves 'itch the Lord high Tressunte, or Cum. ry for the time being, might !hereafter meet; and by any other Conuniasitsn, • in Ct..ne it, thereafter eo be made, to all sr ary of the powers, authorities. tie e said Comm.issionet a, relating to or to, the valeatiet and management of the !et s , ervict, re,pecting the employment -ether department of his Majesty's Go. ia•ing thence . the Princiral °beers - Navy, and and at yof the power's, vs-ated in tier Service, relating to or to far as they ' sick and wounded Seanien, or any far as they may relate to the care and of War or any thing relating thereto, Vktuailing his Majesty's Navy, that 'anon, and such further grant by his tenants. a•nlagreements, made and en id Commissioners for condseting the , person on their behalf, and any other esoever, for the hire of Transports; Ships, other purpose counected with tbe above mentioned, or in any manner rela ids and other Securities entered into _ for the due performance of such co.n agreements, fur the doing or performing of r, or thing whatsoever relating to the said Services, and also all contracts, covenants, —4 entered into between the said Cons the Trait port Service, or any person !ire person or persons wbotnessever, fur „cies or things whatsoever for the use of.the Stamen In his Majesty's Servire,or Prisoners !purpose connected with the care of the , or its any manner reining thereto, and ides entered into by person or persona if such last-mentioned contracts, cove for the doi n g or performing of any other tmeeer, relating to the kast.ineptiored and trao.ferred to the said Principal oissioners of the Navy, and the said Commis , M:jcsty's Navy respectively, and shall manner to all intents and purposes, as if nenants, and agreements, bonds and other entered ir.to with the Commissioners of his of them, or with the Cumnussioners for a Navy, or any of them. .oyal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in behalf of lob Majesty, has been pleased to under the Great Seel, revoktng the Let ind appointing the Traaport Board, this Month; and farther by his Order the gd January last, to ditict that all the ' rights now vested in the said Consmii after :be date of the Letters Patent, of transferred and easughted to the prim soisaiwtere of the Navy. end tine cyanide respectively, agreeably to the provisions of thereof, tor the iliformatioti rif all perms J. W. 4.102KR1t. Y FIRE OFFICE. 'TON-STREET, SI'RAND. 'TRUSTtaII. rLAND, R. G. iIueb:INGHAM• NOATUAUPTON. tea Ossoay. Esq. M.P. tuasitiera, Esq. M.P. Sixty Directon. T. BARBER BEAUKONT, Esq. F. A.S. amount t f £14,500 have beet three last years to those who have been in timater advantage to the public tbaa has brut well secured Establidonent ; an 1 the pub ic claim; upon this Odin are neve! defeated 'ions, in ord.r to enhance these returns, but full. with the utmmt promptness. alai, in the business of Fire Insurance, a in aldition to the Illicitiatieg assets ari ls nece.sary for Solid Security. his . capital the original Members have pro ioo,nuo,nd they alone are responsible for few, among several thousand persons, tuns are now making t Marquis of Duckinham if 19 la 9 e Marquis of Northamptuo 32 19 3 (abridge 81 0 ditto 84 19 0 43 9 t. Alban% - 17 0 'oodman, Ricktnanswortb 89 4 9 Banbury 49 17 6 Dunstable 24 10 2 Ouodle, Norastreptoeihin 94 7 9 NaBeld - 8511 9 Co. Httititani7 SI I S 0 Newark 49 13 6 42 11 6 Stansteed Abbots, Herta UIS 0 11 the principal towns, who arealsoagents Office, Neuwied on similar pittelplea ...DANCING. by Mr. ALLEN, No. IS, Shessardsstreet, Golden-square, ► of any age, who have never learnt that not the modern style. t• -Mug is expressly +moiled for those ,'vitro easily list ta,Lid palate requisite expeditioe 'y.priaattly, and in a superior style roe. Those who do not want 1 lime teaching ; eapence, with a respectable sec tot pupils, on evenings. Professors of dancing taught the w and the superior parts of the profess isseinblies are every Friday. AND PAINTS, PREPARE) FOR lUT.DOOR USES. COLOUR COMPANY, No. 1, , be leave to inform the Nobility, Oen , that they continue to all the above Ar. Seneral use during the last 30 years, are mu m* and best preservatives of Wood and ken, Womble, am. The Tar Brown lumina: used , and has the peculiar property of rms. woods as durable as oak. The Paints, . * state St fur use, requiring only a I)lmpared Oil ; they are of venous shades of aims. panieularl adapted fog useful and or. are at c • reduced prices. • quality, sad Paints of all colours, for' • Alsp Linseed Cake, Oils, sod Var .. _ description. Contsderabie advastsp so be givn ifißS4ql4 01•41011 11 • 9382. ' OM ER Dlllll.i *ITV:RE:IS by a rfl.ii lajesty's Reil ; ;Icnntrac , s a id Securl Cnior.issioncrs for Iran „ . ! „ v RA ViCIOSWOff, ' i wet be any Commi e be: 4 r • ea. Conntissiou or rioting Cranial Conunian ?armor: SPreice,,and else ▪ as wet! as for the ear otter scrvieee reams e t t ,i2 no department veld ?lilac nen of the 'favour, I ,bc, to le- their managem Lio n !',tent, or Or/.r ves, ininpfer. Pi commit, It, z.cit4 vetted itt rl ZZ • I • .' may re l ate to Traricr : •rvi.ce, ur o•Ne of lap tit Vt:fth in any u now e rg Of env 'Ling rota ---- • at die :2.111111: 1 tf 140'4, Lou tioZ.111,10", the I ratu+stt S cisy reline to, the car • or wog relatitig tt,eren, or be wry tritince or Prinoi•ers as he Coniini.aioner for and after such revora all commas, cove red Into between tie paid ;rinsport Service, or any. i EMI Of persons • whomsoe Vesiels, or for any mho gi • or other Services abov. tinz thereto. And all band fay person or periods lo nuts,. covtnants, or agree' any other act, matter, or t : , i-Pport and other Servin aid averments made and almoners lot conducting tl to their behalf, and any mil tie supply of any articles f.;:k and Wounded StamCn c: War, or for any other pi said Seamen or Prisoners, o as Bond, and other Securiti for the due performance of rants, or agreements, or for r, matter, or thing whatot Services, bball be vested in Meer, and Commissioners tiriers for Victualling his mimic in force in like mai e fame contracts, envenom recti:ien, bad been entered !.aleity's Navy, or any of t iit-talrrg his Majesty's N ,And whereas hi. Royal } to name and on the behalf Lent ;bat l titan Patent ire Patent, constituting an issue on the iStis of tbi n Council, bearing date the torten, authorttie• mod rig wooers, sbould from and aft revocation afurenaid, bie taw t'r! Wafers ai.dCanandui e tier. of Victualling renpe abovereciten .ict. Chia is to give notice the! ‘'.irsi it may concern. COUNT BOUTHAMPTI I The Duke of Stu The Marquis of 1 The Marquis of t The Earl of Urre WILLIA,Sf PO ACA S. BORNAAO MVO And Managing Metter-4. T, 1) ET U RNS to the -EL paid within ti e three lured seven yean—a greatet liitbeno yielded•by any well lie may rest assured that elai upon were legal obj. Mtn demands are paid in fit Eaperienee ins. proved th latge permanent Capital, is sing front the prendem., ni•aneitt and additional ci Wed to the extent of stints, us. 'I bit Ibiovring are • where the above retains 'The Most Noble the Ma The Mast Noble the Ma Alessrs. Marti?, LIAM' !r. William Hull, ditto Mr. a S. Norton, ditto Mr. Thomas Kinder. St. Messrs. Salter and Wood Meseta. Barnes and Ausu T. Fart, Esq. Dunstable lons Smith, Esq. Candle Fans Ferrer, Rsq, Bra hinters. Bowden and Co was. Handley, Menai John Lee, Hall Williams Booth, llaq. Ste Aguas are appointed in all t I to the Provident Life 0 VASHIONABLE • privately taught,at NI Lather and Gentleman o ar-zompbshment, or have nt Mr. Au.sm's system of to whom it is an object to for genteel sodety eapeditk ince and elsgersee. Tin may kern at a wad estrum the paling teaching evening loolit disgust fancy damns, a ft The Subscription R a t COAL TAR BROWN A OUT , THE BRITISH C Waitron!, London, I 'Moen, arid the Public, du vrbkh tram apparel reed w it the dampest - and i rua guries ot Woman mn,t public braidings, a dens; the tame at ash at hyrinlit *beamed, are In aka addition ot . pricaree • - and other odours. p " al ma purposes, mad ars Lad of the best I 47 . 411 e and Shipping uses. Lthsa of every description. 110' Contideralie ad. • . - ' • td Liffifi ..... tr , - . . . .... -.. . - . . ! VA . i ftli .• . • •• ' 1 i .. 1, :. ir - i ,., . .4.. , , 5.t.... • _,. / r f k . - t 4t.7 1 . 1, ./. 0 ,c 6, IA ifilla ~. . 4 •, , cg ) S iti f ,G A t e „, - ,-. 140 , • _ '"' rl Ni. Y i 1 11 4 41 0 Z Al I I r•fi'' °1116 : \-- - "AIP ' . at w , • ......r.., .... ___ PRICE S EVE N7-I'l7.Ni that the Crown and certain Memle..reof the Hoes, of Lords aetuelly returned a caajer.ty of the Mem. ben of the House of Commons:'-flow _could the sentiments of these who met to petition for a Reform in the aepresentatien of the House of Commons b 4 stated hi more rn rderate or temperate language, yet weat might this be &meet but an endeavour to bring the House cf Commons into coitte.rot.; and how could a percent in the. Home of 0)1111111:5 be 'advocated without the charge of ende.seeurieg to bring it i:.:o contempt, applying in this sense? See then what might -8 ,11 or :—Stirin , ,3e ten 2 , l4gistrates r eese re, nine of them thought mil I ;id of laiignage perfectly proper, w:tli a view t the te•gitimate obeet for which the meeting had asscrnbl , ;(', but the ot: er Magistrate chose to consider vv.!: 'anguage as teed. • ing to bri ig the House of Commons into contemedi Singie M •giAiate, armed wits the powen Rives''' by this Bill, a n d in opposition to the opinions of the . other nine Magistrates, takes into custody the indivi.; dual using suet language; same of those present . say, " for Gob's sake do not take him iteo cestedy. I let him be heard reit, kt him explain What was the power with *lnch that single Magi: 'straw was intested by this Bill ? He might say to the individuAls rhos imploring him not to take away the person he toed seized, " you are guilty of felony Wieeest benefit of Clergy." Sncli wee tits provisions of the under which, if any person obstructed the Magistrate in taking an indivional into custody, ct in proceeding with him through the Meeting, they were to be deemed guilty of felony without benef:t of Clergy. He implored their Lordfhlps to considet the consequences of passing such ■ measure as the present ; let them recollect what was said •by that ;peat and eminent man, Mr. Burke, " that the lore of the people was the only safeguard for our instite tions, and that without it all the terrors with which the late could be armed availed nothing." Let them recollect, that though these measures were onty in tended to operate, as it was said, upon the lower class of society, they deceived themselves it they st:n. posed that theligher classes would be sasiified wi , h them. It was in the very nature of freedom te run into excesses, but hot i. not be maieteired, that b.:- cause there had been a little excess, there should, therefore, be a total eclipse of the liberty of the sub. ject. It might be necessary, be altnitte.l, to curb treedem to a certain extent, but there were t;tres and seasons for doing this ; let the necessity be &hewn, and let not the liberties of ti:e whree pee•pte of England be eritinguislied because a few had abused treedons. What was it ether wise 1;t driving the people to despair, and fearing them into that very state of discoutent which -it was t! .e pro. teased object of these measures to guard against, or destroying that spirit, to which alone we were in debted for our superiority ? What was it that vivified all our institutions but a spirit of attachment to the . Constitution'aisd the Government which actuated - the people of England in all the branches of the public service ? What was it that filled the ranks And-mein mined the character of our •as my ? What was it to which we wise indebted fur the superiority of our navy, but this spii it on the part et the people, 1 induced them to submit to the toles of eiscieline era Blond order? Wab it Bills of Supply—aas it e Mutiny Act—wits it ray—was it any tnetives of mere interest ? N. It was this spirit of attachment to the Constitution and Government cf theconutry —it was this spirit, arising nut of freedom and main• tained by freedom, that animated •every branch of the public service ; without it II e flinty would be a lawless rAbbie, the Navy a sct of mere marauders, Ant every branch cf the public service inert and pa. rAlyzed. Let item look well then to the COlllO. pleisCeS of the freedom of the people. It might be cony etaent to keep fire within bt:uuds—it 'e i g ht b e said that it was a good servant, bora bad master—that it was useful in the kitchen and pleasant is the chamber, hot that when it came down' from Heaven and dearoyed their doelli igs inctthemselves, or whets it struck churches and endang,•red the'cou gtegattr•ns, it ought to he regulated IA prevent its doing mischief. They might wish to regulate the water, that it nright ripple only in brooks and rivu lets, and that it should rents, sweeping hefete them the Hocks and their owners. They might desire to regulate ;he At., so that it should only sport in zephyrs and Inetzeei Altd should nut by allowed to congregate in great masses of clouds without the permission of sevenlararra and graziers. But what it they could seleenetY its establishing these regulations ? What hht l at gerferal magnatioo of air, the covering of the Wates .. with a i eutresceta vegetation, and th roug h 'that :.taLnetitei general pestilence and cuntagion ? Just so gilt it with meaaurm for keeping da wn freedoM,—iothe stagnation of public sentiment, in the de:ertietion of its vivifying principles -Yon encounteted :janito r more danger than hom its exceees. hoe did nit t now hold the opinions that he did when he fumed). signed a paper sl i me the subject of Parliamentary Refotm—he did not now hold these opinions to the OM extent; and to those who raid he ought to be consistent, he would sty, he mat bound to nothing bet a faithful discharge of his duties as a Member Of e n r o y t a a t n I r h e a e v d e o t ri h i e t) . k gd s nit h a c f lCl e e ' d - Parliament. But let l e e v t dom of opinions, and by unnecessary tetteis. He thought this Bill preg- I nant with danger to the liberty of the subject, trod the powers given by it to a single Magistrate to pre vent at his discretion the right of petitiiniing 'horn being exercised, and that Magistrate appointed by the a Crown; fie thoui-:, he had the utmost cenidence in the honour aud integrity of his Noble and' Learned Friend new et, the ‘Youlsack, yet he must look with regard to the appoilautent of Magistrates to the suc cessors of his Noble and Learned Friend—he muse look gesetelly to die powers which might at a future period be exercised. With these views of the subject, And censititning this measure as calculated to ezette dricontent instead of allaying it, by the obstacles it threw in the way of the fair and proper express:tin et* ptehlie opinion by means_ of Petition, by its leacag _dd WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2(. 181 7 . ONE HUNDRED DOZEN CHOICE PORT.WINE AND FORTY DOZEN BURGUNDY. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. ROBINS, At the Rooms, No. 97. Pall Mall, near the Ordnance Office, To MOP Powaitti Mareh 15)7. at One o'clock, Ak BOUT ONE HUNDRED DOZEN OF hi.. CHOICE PORT-WINE. of the Vintage of jPO4. in bottle near.; Sit Years; Eighteen Dose° Burguney Vin de Nuis, and Nineteen Dozen CI antherton burgundy, of a very superior qua• lity, lying in the Strand—the Property of a Gentkissatt. Samples may be tasted on the Morning of Sale. Catalogues at 97, Pall Mall, and of Mr. Robins, Warvrlck. woe:, Goldon•square. AILSHORO' TIN MINE, NEAR TAVIS POCK; DEVON, CR.OYDON, and R EIGATE. TURNPIKE BONDS TO BY SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. SCOTT, On Thursday, April 3, at Twelve, at the Mart, London, A ILSBORO' TIN MINE, Tliir:y Shares, now CIL producing large quantities of Ore of superior quality, In possession of 'immense supplies, with necessary Erections for Wedging the Mine, and very pea Prospects; a Bond of 2100 ; a ditto of 220, bearing £4l per Cent. interest, charged ea the Tolls on the Road front Croydon to Reigate. prigthz,daer. at the Mart, and at the OfSce of Mr. Scott, MI, New Bridge street. CHEAP TICKETS AND SHARES. A WHOLE TICKET ONLY EIGHTEEN GUINEAS! A Half • £9 te oI An Eighth £ 2 I 6 A Quarter 5 I OIA Sixteenth I 6 0 r SIVEW RIGHT, the Contractor. in nshering 0 • forth the following Scheme, hopes it will be admitted hi has strong claims on the Patronage of the Public, not only from his Isavinq odaratarily made the above great redt:ction of £5 per Ticket, b u t from his having so materially abridged the number of Bleak., there being more than Two Prizes to One Blank. yet Adventurers have the Chance elf a larger TOTAL or Pant MON sr than was evereffered before, for 44 per 'Picket has been added to their value. SCHEME. 2 Prizes e( •120.000 Money ,E40,1100 2 10,000 Consols 40/ - 00 2 ••••••• 2,000 Ditto 4,000 2 .•.••• spiv Money 4,000 4 «... 1,000 Com% 6 SOO Ditto 2,000 10 200 Ditto 10 100 Money 20 .••••• So Money 1,000 40 21 Money 1,000 . . 2,000 18 Money 24,000 Prizes of a . Ticket each in the Nest Lcittere 8,000 to be drawn the 4th June°, Which may be sold 96,000 Cm ill each - - le 0,098 Prises. 4,314 Blanks. 14,100 Tickets. Grand Total Xlllo,Coo Ibe Lottery to be drawn on the 4th of JUNE will condst only of the 8,000 Tickets given as Prises in the above Scheme, and will contain 2 Prizes of L 14,000,2 of A 2,000, besides others of £l,OOO, 4500, se2oo, &c. Ike. all of which must be pined by Adventurers In the present Lottery, who have the option of lumping their Prise Tickets, or receiving lee them AI 2 each, any dose before the Ist of June. _ _ _ The Fleet Aiwa 4100 blanks entitled to Ain cult, and every Petse above Bas entitled, in addition to web Priie, to one of the above woe Tickets; 60 that &Ticket or Share may not only galls a Capita! Prise is this lottery, pot after that may {alai vese!b l e spied ke the nest Lottery. • Tickets ind Shares are now en dab at J. SIVILWItIGHT's Obis Contractor's) 011 ices, No. 37, Cornball, No. sp, Haymarket, No. 11, Holborn, and No. 14t. Crzford•strcet. Fancy Numbers sbutald be applied for *about delay. TO THE PUBLIC. I N submitting the SCHEME of the ensuing LOT. TIiRY (though I am not the Contractor), I have stated it at length. In ord,r that the Public msy be Idly competent to jadge of its merits • FIE l'H LOTTERY FOR 1216. To be drawn in Three Days. viz 200. of April, 7th of May, and 20th of Kay, tail. . ' SCHFXIE 2 Prises of_ 4120000 Money ...... ,e 40,000 2 20,000 Console 40,000 2 1000 Mont? ...... 4,000 fl 2,2C1b Consols ...... 4,000 , 4 I,e( 0 Consols 4,009 6 500 Consols 11,000 10 100 Consols ...••• 9,000 10 100 .Money 1,000 90 SO Money ...... 1,000 40 - 95 141oney ...... 1,000 7,000 B,coo Prises of Tickets In the succeed oc bopplentrotary I.ottery, which may be sold for .ell taw before the Fits: of Julie (see below °). 10,099 Prizes. 4,502 Wanks. 14,600 Tickets, • The first LOCO Blanks to b2vestl2 each. Every Pilte above .C 2.5 to have the benefit or a Ticket in the eneceeding, or Supplementary Lottery, numbered the same as In this Lottery. 7be Lottery to be drawn in Two Classes, A and B. The Claim A to be numbered 1 to 7,100; and the Class B to be auto bered 1,201 to 14,600; and in the drawing, Number I is to draw Nomber 7,201, and Number 2 to draw Number.7,2o2, and so on in numerical order. • l'he 1,000 Prises mentioned In the preceding Scheme, will be re-irewa on the eth of June, and the Holders of any of those Tickets will be entitled to a Chance in the undermentioned Scheme, or, if they prefer it, Airy he thr Gatracier'a Gmerauter, chill they may sea their Chance s and receive at the rate of .Ell Messy Sae each litket, (ee hi jr•paire far Shores), provided they are brought in for payment on or Imhof/ the 3 ist of May, but If not brought is by that persixi, they must take their Chance in the following 1 SUPPLEMENTARY SCHEME, To be an Drawn in One Day, 4th *finite, lu Two Claim, 1 A and 13. I Prises et AI 5,1100 Comets ...... 90,000 2 9,000 Console . 4,909, 2 1,000 Consols ...... SADO 2 ....» 500 Console •••••• 1,000, 4 1100 Coo►ols 1,500 Soo Consols 4 Soo Money see ••• at 0 4 100 Mosley 600 l 0 60 Money 400 1,008 ---- 1,044 Prises. 6,956 Blanks. 8,008 Tithes& • Tickets aod shares are soling at the iambi Peas (being coosiderabfr cheaper than for mast rears) s Ticket v . v .... 418 IS 0 Half ... £9 19 0 Walt- ... 11 Quarter ... II 0 Sturm* ... 16 0 In the Two last Lotteries (tor which lyres Contractor), I adds is weal, mots Capital Prizes than any other Oder-keeper, WI I anticipate hawing the pleasure of distributing as great a proper• tloo of the Capes's the above Schemes Contain. • I here &slimmer to he, the POWs obedient Servant, • • • T. DISH, Stockellseka• c„ Comm, and to, Coulee-Coots. • PARLIAMENT. MY PROCEEDI; GS. HOUSE OF I.OiDi, MARCH 2S. The consideration of nailey'd Divorce Bill wu postponed' Tbursi Mr. is.isci from the eti•tnme presented Annual Accounts of Trade, Commerce, and Ree"moe; and Mr. losimsey stow the Mee of Chief Seert , a'y f.)t laLd, Annual Accounts re-ptr.- ing the R evenge of The Exchequer Bilk 13111, and the Naval Stnrei Bill pawed through Cammitree, and were reported without amendment.. SEDITIOUS MEETINGS BILL. Lord Viscount SIDMOUTH moved the third reading of the Seditious Meetings Bill. Lord ERSKINE said, the grounds of Ms oppo sition to this Bill lay in a very narrow compass.— The questions to be considered were—What was the actual state and condition of the Country ? and if that were ascertained, what measures were necessary to he ayplied to that state and condition ? With regard tc the actual state and condition of the Coon. I try, the information before them was insufficient ; the eehience which was under the consideration of the Secret Committee ought to have been communi. cited to their Lordships, as without it they were legislating in the dark, or what was worse , they were suspending the liberty of the subject without any adequate reason being established for an act ago mis chievous a nature—(Hear, hear).—With regard to any ground alledged to exist for not communicating this evidence, the reasons that operated to keep back the evidence on a similar occasion in 1795, did not now operate. At that period the Government had seized the paperi of individuals, and they held several persons in custoly against whom a charge ot treason was actually made; reasons, therefore, fairly ope. rated then to prevent the communication of evidence under those circumstances, which certainly bad no *connection whatever with the evidence recently com municated to the Secret Committee; and from not communicating that evidence to the House, their Lordships were deprived of all the means of iiitor ma lion that could tend to chew any necessity for the present measure—(Hcar, near).--Where was the proof of any danger that required the passing of such a Bill as the present? Meetings and combinations for seditious purposes were alledged, but where was the proof ?-s(Htar,hear).—When he (Lord Erskine) came to town to attend ;his duty in Parliament, he had heard nothing of them ; no "allusion was made to them in the speech from the Tfrone, and the tirtt act which at all indicated any suck purpose, with the exception of the Spa fields Meeting, 'was the atrocious attack upon the Prince Regent when re. turning from that House—(Hear). —With regard to the attack upon the Regent, be should merely say this without meaning to convey any peculiar cen sure or reproach upon the Ministers—that public pro ceuions of this nature had.been for several years past Testy battle * managed (Hew, hear). —He was told there were on the first day of the Session no less than 1,100 constables present, and be had no doubt what. ever, that not only a constable, but that any indivi dual present, had a right to take into custody any person who was guilty of any indecorum towards not only the Chief Magistrate of the State, but to any Magistrate. Why then, the laws as they stood were amply sufficient for this offence—(Hcar, hear). With regard to the Spa-fields Meeting, he had no hesitation in saying, that in ten minutes after that meeting had assembled, the Magistrates would have been justified in reading the Riut Ast, and in subse. quendy dispersing the meeting. For it seas not ne cessary to call for the enforcement of the Riot Act, that there should be acts of riot and outrage, it was sufficient that it was a tumultuous meeting. Why then, in this case also, the existing laws were sufti cient, and what remained of danger to call for these ' extraordinary enactments ?—(Hear, Ae4r).-.He ob jected to this Bill, because it substituted a principle of terror for a principle of affection—because it tot ed directly to destroy the right of Petitioning, by preventing Meetings for that purpose—ar.l because it would drive the people into those secret Associa. lions, which he thought the great object ought to be to guard against—(Hear, hear).—Haw would the Bill in effect operate ? In the Committee they were entangled in different and separate provisions, and could not so well judge of the scope of a Bill. But how, looking at this as a whole, would this measure .operate ? It /a effect gave to one Magistrate ap pointed by the Crown, the power of dispersing arty Meeting assembled for the purpose of Petitioning. It waearue th it a Meeting might be legally assembled by a notice given by seven houleholders ; but what then ? One matt at that Meeting Might chuse (from whatever motive) to propound that they had the power to alter the laws without the consent of King, Lordse and Commons, in Parliament assembled.— Here be agreed the po,wer of taking such an indivi dual into custody was righdye lodged; no human being cisidd have any doubt as to the object of what was so 'propounded. It required no knowledge of law, but merely common sense, or rather merely the sense of:hearing, to judge of such a proposition-. (Hear,.lrear).-44eat came the tattering expretaions, tend : ntto bring the person of the Sovereign into hatred and contempt. Here also he agreed that no Magistrate could be mistaken about the tenor of such expressions; that language tending to bring the per son of the Sovereign into hatred and contempt ought not tri be tolerated, and that the power was rightly vested in a Magistrate to take such an individuar into custody. But what followed? and here was the great grievance of which he complained--( Hear, hear).- -Suppose a Meeting to be legally assembled for the purpose of petitioning the House of Commons for a -Reform in the Representation, and suppose an indi vidual to address that Meeting in moderate aid tem perate language, stating - that the people were not fairly represented in the House of Commons—that the House of Commons was intended by the Consti tution to balance the power of the hag and of the House of Lords, but that now the very people who 'were to be Winced were thou who elected a majo rity of the assembly that was to balance them, and au , .=.r.s! fifty.