The National Register. — London, England, 1812-07-05 00:00:00

404 ti•ey reurn him, the price of the quartern leaf - :shall be .... reil‘rce'd . to six-pence? Does he not .hold out hopes of p eace, vr-111.6r-.31"7 .thrlnat now-be,rnade with either secntit y or honowwithout endangering our national' exi,tence, sacrificing our - allies, can only be longed for by cowards or tr'lltors, and be urged to excite or confirm discontent ? mock, and at the same time expose, the senseless credulity of hk hearers, who persuaded by his vain speeches t' . - .t when he is . become a member Of Parliamet n ut l e te h a s voa; -ed political - omn ipotence, anticipate his pti and till the citr . of Bristol-with riot and out ? Of such a man what shall we say?--Does he himself believe the tales he telly his auditors? If he does not, it is utineco-.sary to mentiot) the name which belongs to him : if he does, Bedlam has no cell too close for him.—But what shall we say too of snrrlier great patriot, not unacquainted with the art of throwing a whole metropolis into a state of disorder, and almost of insurrection ; who conscious by his own example of the necessity of an armed force to quell sedition, beholds the riots ;it B-istol, the attacks on the property and the lives of its inhab:tants, with no other feeling than that of hope that,.the military will not be employed to repress them ? Who hem the bosom of the Senate raises his voice against a measure imperatively required of Government by the ne cessity of . answering that call for protection which every . subject has a right to make upon it ?--We are not willing to attribute his interference on this occasion to wrong motives; . but we must lament it as giving the sanction of his name to disorder, and therefore calculated to increaset hose perils and which it is now the object of the three branches of the Constitution to repel. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT... HOUSE OF LORDS. . • - THE NATIONAL REG isTER. JULY . tion, and proceed to the adoption of such measures as appeared to t heir Lordships most proper, and best calculated for the due restora. tion of order and tranquillity. Earl ST AN HO r* , : said, that House would neglect its duty to the pe o pi., it they did not ask for more information beture they voted such ;it Address. He agreed with the Noble V :count. that no measures s!lould be I.•tt untrOat to restore.trauquillity.. Viewing things a s i, : did, he begged leave to p ro p ose as an Amendment to the Address, th e addition ot these words , " Nut in violation of the principlots ot the Constitution." The Earl of Ltv ER root. trusted that their Lordships, in agrccia to the Address, would not believe they were violating - the priney;es of the Constitution. Under the circunudances of the present caes, no other course than that propesed could be adopted. 1 Lorsl HOLLAND saw nb objection to the Amendment proposM by his Noble Friend ; he even thought, in the Situation in which the House was placed, that it was requisite. The Noble Earl's Amendment was.negatived without a division. Lord Viscount Si DM 01) Tit then moved, " T shat gent MM be DICA:d to the House by his Ro y al Highne the Re, I referred by y o baalsicoctr,eatbcdottratitttielee,atoidcboanisibistttotbf take e ve pce n la Lmds at iou to ro b ' e cle a c p k . to-moriow, which was ordered accordingly. The Report of the General Insolvent Debtors Bill being taken into . further consideration, several additional Amendments were proposed , Noble ,,„, by tde ...over of the Bill, Lord REDESDALE, which were agreed .;, to by the House. The Bill, as amended, was thin ordered to in 1 1 printed l for the use of their Lordships.=—Adjourned.- ---...—. TUESDAY, JUNE 30. PROVINCIAL DISTURBANCES. At tour o'clock their Lordships, pursuant to the order of the ( 1 .4 r, proceeded to ballot for a Committee to consider of and report upou the information communicated by his Royal Highness the Paince R.:• gent, relative to the above subject. Mr. Cowper, the Principal Clerk, presented a large uncovered i;liEs to each of the Peers present, most of whom put in a list of names of Peers. After this ceremony was concluded, a Committee of Lords was forthwith appointed to examine the lists, and to report the nain: of those Peers who were so chosen by ballot. In a few minutes their Lordships returned from the Prince's Chant• ber, whither they had retired to examine the lists, and Lord WAt• s iNall AM reported, that the following Peers were chosen to turni the Committee —namely :—The Lord Chancellor, Earl of Harrowby, L. P. Duke of Montrose, Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl ot mouth Liverpac ot Earl of Powis, Earl of Ross Earl Grey, Viscount Sid, L Gr e riville, and Lord Rcdesda le. It was ordered that the Committee do meet to-morrow, and that an d five or more of them do constitute a qucruni. Lord Vis.:ount S:DMOUTti p r esented, by command of lis Ro il .1 Highness the Prince Regent , certain additional pap inclo:.:.cl in . 1 ers, sealed bag, which were reterred to the consideration 01 ate 6..;i:ret Ca. inittec.—Adjourned. WEDNESDAY, . - l' , -r MONDAY, JUNE 29. PROVINCIAL DIST,URBANCEq. Lord Viscount Sint.tooTit presented, by c ommand of hi; Royal i silighness the Prince Regent, a sealed p arcel, containing the inforrna- I Cloy alluded to in his Royal Highness's Message of Saturday, which was'orderettto lie on the table. The Order of the Day for'the consideration of the Prince Regent's • • Messa4e; touching this subject, being read, his Royal Highness's 1 ! ' 'Message was read by the Clerk at the table. Lord Viscount SiDatOUTH rose for the puTpose of moving an Ad dreS to his Royal Highness the Prince R e g ent. It was his intention 1 to ' 5,l low up •that proceeding by a motion for a CoinMittee of Secrecy, ` I I towhom the papers he presented that evening should be ieferred.— a. Their fordshit* would' feel that the sacredness of property, and the security t,4f the lives of the Subjects of the country were involved in the question. Special Commissions had been sent down for the pur -pose Of b.inging the offendets.to justice; some of these had paid the ' • ,f4rfeit of their lives to the otfaided laws of their country ; others had been transported, and others recently apprehended. Evei y practicable • • -aid was: afforded by Government to the Civil Power. Numerous • :bodies of tho regular army, the militia, local militia, and yeemarry cavalry were-called into acticm, for the purpose of restoring tranquil - ' lity; These„ in every instance, had shown the greatest zeal and mo t deration in the . perforniance of their duty. The Magistrates too, on their parts, had evince equal zeal, and fa'thful;yr discharged their duties. Rut ail these means had 'prrived ineffectual ; and he entreated - of the country, not only tinder "Al)Ectively, if it should pler.e Pro ur.favourable harvest. Heavy tnmerit, heavy also would be that to rake those measures which the 'equirecf for the restoration of trap. then read by the Noble Viscount Lordships would take the infor into their most sciious consideta- I. • ; • • •. _ • • (11.11.1c*• ..”.... ..• • .. . their Lordships.to consider the state •.. , • • •... -, the exjstin: circumstances, but pr9ii, . vide e a . ... i• ais.wll4) arnther • • - rit " 1- '':: rritility of Gnvert •s - / •- 1-r , , • 1 I eglected t ...., • . . ..,,, parts rCe. 1 , ,„ /... ...... . .."a • SS was 4 _ , yip". . E . - . v 4 , Nit- , I• - their i 'tie,. -. ' `-. -.-. ,•e .. - • •.• ' • • • .t • lk)use i • lok ~ t' ..e.' .**•-: • '''.. 4e,/ . -* • . C.NTIIOLIC OUESTION. 'Plc Order of the Day upon which their Lordsh:ps we: . e. suramo cd being read, The Marquis \V LIA Es I.E.Y rose to call the attention of the li oui: to tins important subject. lle commented at g reat lei:gth on 14 anomalies in the p r e s ent laws, with respect t o the Catholics, io•sl went into the history of the restrictions c o mp lained of, %I. 11i0, h 2 contended had risen out of peculiar circumstances • an d being 00 'applicable to the occasions which had called them' forth, expire when those occasions were gone by. Under existing Lircuir• stances, nothing was to be -apprehended from the influence el til Pope, and the obstacles ot another nature, which had stood in the 0! being removed, he thought the prayer of the Catholics ought to. 1! attended to. The first discussion of the subject in the present scis;z:. ought to took pace on the 31st of January. He had objected to the motion!, that day, on the ground of the recent alleged violation of the law I: Ireland, and for other reasons which it was not necestary to frPc 3: When the subject was subsequently agitated, he had distincth c.• pressed his opinion, that theit Lordship; ought not to arow seat great question to lie dormant. • When it was freed from call:mi l ': mem, he conceived that an early consideration of the question v,) essential to the restoration of the peace of Ireland. He preL ,s 'd t ' llt j consideration, on the ground that the g reatest it i itation hs at ld lad been c:: cited by the delay. The Catholics entertained jealousie.,," d o n s wholly unwarrantable, even o f those who were their best friett' But was that a reason for not fixing a precise time for not enterirs,.. the c onsideration of their claims ? Far from it ; with him it wio,!'' ; additional motive for taking the question under the eye of Parham,. for taking it out of the hands of those who were desirous of ina:4,l it in other places. I trust (concluded the Noble Marquis), th3tt_u, % p v o i s ll it n io o t t l be the case. a s e n; about I t rtisht humbly l y y ou to r .Lsuobrdmshiti pts3 wiladionetthth.e..nll,!.ti and with the opinion, that it may lead to peace and tranquiltttr,. Ireland ; and to the general harmony and strength of the Unita II.,:::: dons ; and 1 trust, therefore, that your Lordaiips will resolve -4° • •I, - s: ." 4