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- - - q W IK 7 I - ',VI. -- •lam , 7 , q\lve,..,..eLc _,..,..:-;(11,14, r a ,,,,,,,--1„,, , ;(2, - irie ~,. rr . _.., _ ics. • LONDON, THURSDAY,JULY 20, 1820. . ...... Pil.. (*en' • - .- orir- ,7.. ) f. - ..,.. - 1 .t . 1 .. -0 ). , i cf, ~..1 _:.: •,... .8. - = i 1 .1 -. i tf d .111 i We WI 1 ~ • : • . • i • f. 0 - N°• _1774. " The Cause for which 11AMPUEN fell it the Field, and. SIDNEY died on the Scaffold!" PRICE SWEN PENCE. CADENIY, SOCTII CILIACIKT, BEDIORD-SQU•lig. —The Education at this Academy, comineted by Mr. T11(011S SMITH. of the University of Edinburgh, will be re weeed after the Holidays. on Monday, the 44th inst. LtIPERML PARLIAMENT. examined 170 plans, and at length gave their opinion in favour of one plan. It certainly would not be un natural, that the remaining 169 individuals whose plans were rejected should complain ; but when would their lordships come to a conclusion if they were to hear them all? Besides, even if they should consent to hear them, did their Lordships think themselves competent to examine the subject? Uniiiinbtetily the petitioners lattil the right to romptain if they chose to exercise it. But did any man believe that any good' would arise out of soeh an inquiry ? They said they were aggrieved—lse denied the fart. IVltiarver in ventions they were the authora of, they would have the full use of them in every other *ay except in making notes for the Bank of England. But if they did not con ceive this a sufficient answer, if they felt still that they were au/grieved, uhy did they not go to the Courts of Justice anti claim redress? The supposition, however. whielt they entertained, was no reason why the Bill before their Lordships should be delayed. If the plan which it sanctioned othonld proceed, that Bill would confer a most important benefit on the country. lie did not pledge Littiaelf to the success of the plan : it was enough fur him to state that it was considered the brat plait •that had been proposed. AB he asked of their Lordships was to allow it to be tried—to see how far it might succeed, and not to consign to death so many persons without making an effort to save them. If the plan succeeded, it would operate a great deal of good. If the petitioners felt aggrieved ti ey might seek redress In some other way, but he hoped that their Lordships would nut suffer this night to pass without doing their duty with respect to this t e. Lord LAVIIERI , ALR said that he had not vet heard from the Noble Earl so much as one reason againt the Petitioners being heard at the Bar, according to the prayer of their petitions. They did not apply to this Mouse against the plan which the Co ttttt iissi tttt ers had approved, they only said this Bill deprived them of the benefits of their emu inventions. All he wanted was, that they might be heard. if they were allowed to he heard, and if they then proceeded to state reasons against the plan, it was competent to the Noble Eirl to move that they should be stopped and prevented from proceeding in that line of argument. But if they urged only their own peculiar grievances, he knew not on what principle their prayer was to hr refused. Lord RFDESDA LE made one or two observations, which we re not audible below the bar. The Earl of Lit:DE*O*LE added, that he saw no reason why the petitioners slimild no; be allowed to state their outs inveutions. All he begged was, that they should not on this 'cession break through the esta blished rules of the House. - The qustion was then put and negatived. The House then went into a t'.•m•uittee on the Bill. whirls was reported without any amendments. LONDON FETITItAIi.----Lord Eitaatau eel the attention of their Lordships to a petition from the Common Council of London, which he had brought forward at au early hour of the evening, and had de ferred on the augoestion of his _Noble and Learned Friend. lie said that their Lordships' had been ac customed to treat petitioners with indulgence, and he did not think that any 3lember could say that he would not present a petition which proceeded from so re spectable a body. He was as little disposed us any man to do, ur to propose any thing inconsistent with the c haracter of the house. The LORD CIIANCEWPR said, it was for their Lordaltips to determine whether they would receive a petition which stated that a proceeding pending in this House was wrong, and ought not tut have been insti tuted. if their Lordships received the petition, he would then ask, what they would do with it? The Earl of LAUDRIMALE begoeci not to be under stood ■s aconiescing in thermos stated in this petition ; nor did lie a_ ree to the propriety of the Corporation of London applying to their Lordships, and complain ing against the exercise of their undoubted privilege. The petition stated, that the Bill of Pains and Penal ties originated in the Secret Committee. Ile was a Member of that Committee, and for himself, at least, he could state that he never saw the Bill in that Com mittee: He• had, un the contrary, understood that the Bill was introduced into this House upon the re sponsibility of his Majesty's tioverunient. Butt it would appear that the Corporation of London I:new more of what was d ne in the Committee than any pri son who was a Member of it.—(Clear! and laughter.) The qu-.stion was then put, that the petition be laid on the table, and it was negatived. The Earl of Latousoasa ruse, and observed, that there were precedents on their Lordships' journals for rejecting petitions which they refused to lay on their table. The Duke of blamitroo could not retain from ob. seising, that hating seen petitions received by their Lordsh;pa which were not absolutely correct in all their statements, and without at all eutisiolering the merits of this petition—without inquiring whether its state ments were traelie false, still, in order to preserve the privilege of petition, he, fur one, wirtild support the motion fur receiving that which was now under con sideration. It appeared to hitu, that it would be a mark of disrespect to the Corporation of London not to receive their petition; and ander these circumstances he would give it his support. The Loan Clutecatton said, if any person sup posed that by opposing this petition he had meant dis respect to the Corporation of London, he begged leave to protest against any such impartation. No man had a higher respect fur the Corporation of the City .f Leedom than himself; hut he did not think that it wll6 l competent to them to interfere with the judicial pr&l eeedinga of this House. If their Lordships alloweV sudi; interposition, they had much better not attempt tow judicial proceedings it all. In voting agsinst this ye titian, be felt that be was consulting the best interests I of the Members of the-City of London Corput ation, and of every tither man in the kingdom, The. Duke of Hasltirox, explanatlOn, - sald, Le' did not impute any intention to the Noble and Learn ed Lord of actin► disrespectfully towards the city of London. He had only said, the rejection of this pe tition would be a mark of disrespect of that body. Lord RETCSDALE observed, that this petition was against their Lordships' proceeding by Secret Com mittee, not only on this occasion, but on any other which may hereafter arise. 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The petition was tben read. he Loan CIIANCIELLOR sa'd, that there were alk gations in the petition which, in his opinion, were I disrespectful to the noose, and he would, therefore, put it to their Lordships whether they would rueftre such a petition. Lord ERSKINE hail only further to express his hope. that h.' would not he considered ac identified with any opinions in the petition, and that his opinions would be taken only from the part which he acted in Parliament. in doubt upon that point,' the Noble and Learned Crud who hail just sat down, would have almost convinced hint.—(Hear, and laughter.)—The petitioners com plained against certain judicial proceedings; perhaps this was not strictly regular, but he was not sure that if they thought proceeding by Secret Committee to Le improper, that it was not that Tight of the subject to come to the Bar and state that. If the petitionersb:-.1 confined themselves to those two points, he would not ate vote against the petition ; but the • L sieiitfutther. they said also what the sealed papers which it was impossible fur them to Inivekno He would not say that the incorrectness cf a statement in a peti tion was a sufficient ground for rejecting it; bia be could nut think that the yetitiotters had a right to say what was contained in the sealed papers, unless they knew it front public notoriety as from the votes of the House. Now if their Lordships received this petitiou, they would agree that all the papers referred to tbr Secret Committee had come from the Milan toimnis %ion. Whether that was or was not the tact lie could not say, and for that reason, as will as on account of the objections taken to the words which had been brought tinder their consideration, though he wished that the forms of the House had permitted the positive to be otherwise disposed of, yet he feared it must be rejected in a Parliamentary manner. Lord Ersimea said, that he would not set himself up against the opinion of the House, and whatever was thrieLordships' pleasure lie would not oppose it. The question was then put, that this petition be :e -jected, which was carried in the affirmative. MAKRIAIIE ACT.--Lord ELLENnonnecit moved the House to resolve itself into a Connuittes un this After a few observations front the Loan Cu +Neale Los and Lord fIoLLANn, it was agreed to drfer the petition until a later hour in the evening, when the attendance of their Lordships would be more numerous. ROMAN CA'fliOLlCS.—The E ar l of Doy„uo - MORE said that he had in his possession for some time petitions from the city and county of Waterford, signed by Roman Catholics, and complaining of the disabili ties tinder which they lab tures!. He would have be fore now presented them to their Lordships, but •be had wished to wait• until the general petition of the Roman Catholics of Ireland were forwarded to him. From some 4-imminent-es, this general petition was so long delayed, that it was not placed in his hands until a week ago, when the Session was nearly at an end, and when no rational man could think of laying on their Lordships' table a petition of so much import ance, because it was impossible to expect that the time would admit of giving it even a decent considera tion. Besides this, there was another cause of defer ring it, derived front the eircninstance that another subject of paramount importance' engrossed the attest ' tion of their Lordships, and therefore rendered the present time unfavourable to the consideration of any other matter. l'post communicating on this subject with a respectable sod highly-talented individual (Mr. Plunket) be felt great satisfaction in finding the opi nion of that individual entirely coincide with his own, and both agreed that-it was better to reserve the peti tions with which *ey were entrusted until next See siot. when they would take the earliest opportnnity of the attention* of Parliament to This *Mrs than which none bther was of neater importance. IMPROVED BA NK-NOTE S.—Lord LAUDERDALE presented a petition from a person, named John Lee Ifirandreth, complaining of the injnries which he should suffer in case the Bill now pending in their Lordships' House, for the improvement of Bank of Iloglatid notes, shonld pass into a law. The petitioner prayed to be heard at their Lordships' Bar by himself sod Counsel against the Bill. The petition was read and laid on the table. Lord LAUDER DA La then moved, that this peti tioner, as well as the other petitioners against the Bill, be now heard by themselves anti Counsel at their Lordships' liar. The Earl of LIVERPOOL opposed this motion. lie begged their Lordships to consider for • moment ' what was the real state of this question. It had been Ise souse time strongly felt, that the crime of (forgery, bailment forgery of Bank of England notes, had he- Sane unhappily too common, and a wish was univer sally expressed that something should be done whirls might tend to diminish the number of those offences. The difficulties of the question were felt to be great on both sides. If the offence was not properly checked, there was no security for property; on the other band, the facilities to the commission of the offence were so numerous as to afford a kind of temotation to crime. In this state of things, general complaints were made against the Bank of England ; the subject was taken up in another place, and a Committee was moved for in order to examine whether any means could be de vised fur making sut-la an improvement in the exeen tion of the notes, as to render the imitation of them impossible, or at least inure difficult than it then was. That wotiun bad been opposed by some of the members of his Majesty's tfuveruntent, nut that they fait that such an inquiry was not called fur, but because they objected to the mode that was proposed. They offered an amendment which was ultimately carried, the ob ject of which was to present an Addre-s to the Crows, requesting that a Commission might I.e issued to as certain the possibility of the improve's., nt so much de aired. in consequence of that Address, a Corsensissirne I was issued, and he needed only to state the names of di* individuals who were appointed members of that Commission, to show that not only no political object was is view in forming it, but that every thing woo timo Wrestler it as effectual as possible. At the it that diumission was the late respectable and highly respected Sir Joseph Banks, whose fitness for she tads wamlgho universally acknowledged. Ansong,thaNials, boa-ware Mr. Davies (filbert and Mr. Weollastalt; 'ASO acquaintance with the arts could lit be ainpstevf. There was Sir W. Congers*, the Int mechanic in the country, and Mr. Courtenay, the Master in Chancery, who was added. because it was deemed desirable that an individual sheuld be of the Commission, whose habits were commend idth legal pursuits. When the Connelssioe ailmeml, it met with universal approblltion, ad' it was admitted that no one Commission coald be ware likely to tabooed in its object. When they , were appointed, tbtf‘ileratell themselves incomes/. ly to the investlsikleo of the oohing. 7hey had Bill. Lord Rsornate said, lie rose for the purpose of opposing the further progress of this Bill. In its present state it bore scarcely any similarity to the Bill that was originally introduced. The Noble Lord then proceeded to comment upon the claims in derail, con tending that they were altogether inefficacious, and ob served, as a great fanit in the Bill that it contained 'nothing by which the certainty of marriage was de- Hared. He concluded by expressing his opinion, that the Bill onght not to be further proceeded in. The !moo ( ! I..t.Nt:ILLOR entreated of their Lord ships to take some flintier time before they legislated on a subject of this kind ; for there never was a Bill on such a subject which so much betrayed an utter ignorance of common law, on the part of those who framed it. The amendments which had been intro, !Need made such a total alteration in it from what the Bill originally was, that it reminded him of what beet' been said of a silk stocking, which was so often mended with 'worsted, that at length not a bit of the silk remained ; and were their Lordships to send back this Bill to the House of Commons with all their al, terations? The dill was altogether wrong in its principle; it set out with supposing, that sonic suit should be mitered, with a view to annul a marriage. Pot he would tell the framers of the Bill, that it would not he necessary to institute any snit f such a purpose. If he were to bring a•writ of right on the ground that the holder of the estate sought to be reit,- ' vered was not the fruit of a lawful marriage, he was not honnd to bring any suit against the validity of the I inarria.e; hut it would he sufficient to prove, that the marriage originally was bad. The principle, there fore, on which the measure went was altogether wrong. In short, it would go to repeal the whole of the Mar riage Act. The Bill would. be taking away from le gitimacy all that was legitimate, and giving to the 11, legitimate advantages to which they could not be en titleifto : and be Pummel! their Lordships not to pro reed to remedy an abridged grievance, which could not be done withont introducing infinitely greafer thou those proposed to be reniellied. Therefore, he hoped that no further progress would be taken un the Bill during the present Session. 1 ord Ettestipoeueou said he felt himself quite in: capaqe of replying to all the legal objections of .the • Noble and Learned Lord. But to obviate the @atm which had been alluded to, he bad a clause whir h he meant to propose to the House in the Committeg. 1 here were certain provisions in the Marriage Act which wet.. most intolerable hardships, for a marriage iaight be annulled in cAisequeoce of some . accidental. omissions in point ~f form, or in the siguia4 of oasness Sucu things had actually occurred, and were attesole.l with the greatest hardship and injustiest; fur mar-: riages which were really just and 'optimists were, kola . such omissions, dissolved; and innocent persons were. . deprived of the property they would have been just', entitled to. On the principle of humanity and polic. he contended f. .a. the necessity of this Bill; for. hot could nut conceive. why marriages, solemnised in Hat most sacred wanner, and against ;shirk so previous objections had been madiN lakrauid he. broken, merely in consequence of accidental eircatostuam. 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