The Statesman. — London, England, 1819-12-07 00:00:00

• ( :e : Pr •;* °' . fr y ) - 9 „.._^,,./• AL‘i) 74 e1i . 10 4 , s Nit•M In. • 110 J or , 4a Zlat.7 cOltA k e ., l J l (Vitglit • • , c.=-‘n4ilt. to OHL IBRIDONS. NATO,. A COMMOSI COUNCIL. hoiden he the CH AM SRN at NAT. the CUILDHAIL of the CITY of LONDON. or NOY- Day of Dttemilter. UM; IhlPOtio se. rril AT Petioles@ MN oseuted to boa Howie of J. ridomeBB. eidesolotims. Net Nit Court bac Nom. w in ...ne l osoom cool reeve. tom worms rolnertiot of No Nvo aistioBl.• haw been othenkted to Pietism's*. by the we" n the Como, so the peeves of eoespiney IN she dittettettom of all ANION. timeetomeeol. hod Property mishits eto Moles the NINO mem meemotromm • deslgo, did we believe I. Iw par am& ). ere le net oseialolo votolvy ell the swam dal or paw.; MM. iblide mo dam MINI Neely spot doseemood ee ~AN 11-1.1 IN *bleb ha.e bores. ambash ed mop (bowewt imeislretod by the oteholeos Nihdoet NIA leasoffolory odder 4 cow toi.e•idei or ev it- NNW oco). Os ormot perceive the wesailly d esy ohm Ns. Ned aver lAN**. m, t o oloylon de preeshwre disecoNest, we booby md to ItrlONeeit. ot w wooly rawer wow, a doers sod wined wilessoor so reshooe all jos ae..ewl camp* et s lOC wallet at the Nbropeeiblesed widen from foveae large Areeohdoper.mmil has the sail hi mops, awl arcetiost bet rove thr IO mad the People, we resporifolty semi, that a Romedy Need in the whvilibierest • figiamoseek"awa Meal alsidelowl Cowalladwa, woo *WM dbe amino Noy mod rolegy 51 *we ti.darawsi. for Now plate. Is otAch peodmilto has esierlvsly asesowlatN, lint 111111 , 61 , do sot iii rata* taro. We rally p• wig*** .. the /Wool Inched by woe lade pub- Wooer batik Io di- Christine Itellahme nod the public peace yak as del eassiesisbely breast the abler* of fwern.l &Aiwa. Wes. mod rimed boom bee, n awe oriented lo de }Wrote, of No Noe. amd 86 obey Norm irdvisely peopottoos thew roamers • Net i re Imeverwhie to Iwo oletlce. vetoer NM elellgobs. she, area to se to Woad so Tru4.4i fve ealikeiii." the Me lr aletisess iskohmed is lianas all wh• as. wisaretwl dams, it freedom -sod to 'sahib* sow of is wool eyeful Ishosn. We ins. thrreirse. Ida of • tine when w ommtattly et road as ovestiepties lad trumeactiovo which bees meal eadied faith am 618,81i.0 N pseud ill.opprobs , ivs. sod b..prd M meth a entreo 4 rploomece mod Weems of obese', as mickt she irrisabed WO. of the People. Parhaultibt will PA awl • ideal distied he provoker, of as. fended or etst,pprool mlMaa, psis Lass, ow seesaw of a 5c.... Marl tropve.ry red. we** pervaorreeel v mod • N.naily en abet the Morey it the abbyeti. and I. predate toctirevoi knis hes. • biler-Vol they we holintst se I. the imposes kir which they ote_e. 'beau. beillt.“. NNW swoon he thoorght oreeteart far the greet dews of the public prow, we eadriely ir•lmit that will adopt obeh oaly aralEill be homed is Swig , es braf sot shot is. me our May I.r. vjerl.64 the detreta Nradw te toweels of thaw who acted Wow e .wersehd, u, any ea* so the ethos .1 correct...a f tw.se .boars awl de. Iltelb what have era roe to the pievaiiicg diwooteibt. *OOI3TI 1011111. ONCE MORE! E TON sigaio Ike plos•Lire coneraselsliog I.rBl r the Publ r. so their beyi..e pined Tony Thordesed Pliesvie 111 Two Prisee of LID,OuO dr taw fr.* dap of Me fiddle.. Wier,. Si: Prig,. or 5t).:410 ore sri sedraen t Tan nlYttsich mint loilrowo west doe. 9th et Derember ; and P.. F..Y T 0,4 bnpe. Miser lbw pleadtre a dividing them amssitst hw Frteadt. CI Imehrdate Ofber, Y, Cewohill I wove all lowerwo i.the Tolls rods inswoorsed • ova 11Jelit• rod dapdieh. by Poli beeolkelleol dawn. E. INTON. DE. JAM EMI FEVER POWDER. A VERY few dales of Ibis POWDER. if tat.* anima's to sloe diversion edit hub tie Is bowie awl recites is areald, eill speedily miaow: any voodoos' illale Fever, and me w te ill be Need re effectaal sewed. f Sim liaeoles, boa row. ono Itbeewissees. and ilessesal Owes. as eel 46 fee Ellie' awe Goma twapiatai.. wad 1a11000.d.....• oder &web sal Lop. It to gerrevaly wee riot In ibe Tel rester. sod NM 1140146 , 41 Istri a / a l le 446 throes. by, a Nib alliestio to Ow rein laid Moon Jaw (Mr we weabor), rebate Islividrok nay oloslooster k ski perfect Weep. It k prepared oily (if lewder) by Mr. R. G. G. Jaws, the CZAeI Dr. Jones. ma said hy bra News bone, 31. Coo- I rot, Iloover wrote rod by. Rutter., 4, Elkolable. Gsadaa. sod Sortvaleoreet, Dobimy wits ass sow "proton' the sole aro', Wood of the late Mr. Menolorry. Portiosers are rersortifotly reireneS to wake tbio moot of ageley. as tbe oar of the lase Mr. Plembery are wielirg ballimerwa if Dr. Jewees ilnlirines, _revered by tbeesselsee. Ma hen Ilse least Is if sire their rafter was new la Dr. Easors family, te als pert to shim/ yesciewers. BIN Mr. Sari moo pai woo tbe Peak, tbor the Fewer "oars (ea well a. she Aatlrptie 1411.) wild by Mr. Nvotrry, Om die 1".4 boot of hie army, was ropplk4 to him by Dr. wan is ever prepared by goo .. I bel Iwnos- Soh b.one rot panel loriay a ploio moverooto sump. soda label biped ski She ism. of the Proprietor. R. D. G. JAMES. UIVUSUAL tsecess In any Prefestlost madam I 4 110 falls is raver the builevaiest hmailly at she leo resbni 001 tentage. bat their nenroo ressil Inieseleve tr.to the nitield dine Merit g say, they eves bee...or •erviresble a. a liar loduatir nod per...terror". he • le he , no She bawl. eley are etswiertenies te,,! alb ihe erne Italian of She enbels. owe sod jusliti• es. 140 oi.. reperieserd this wore Dr. VA shrive swivelled morove in rising Di.red.rr nf the • Cierslatiso. has issitirrni fief bits a.. high 0 desire of selesity I swot the sasb.b. risme.. 4 entitle. threes* the gratelel ,e. ebOsseuelliiorl of the issornestlile 'why hills,* who Lae r• aped the bevietH of his nlistfel everti•4s. Ts these individlud. end the Pfettlir, hr her to reefs dowel. C., Vi e eswidesee they lair olsone is bias sod to eatere the;. that wt.sk hn nisei kola Prissier. on 441 es his 1 ars shall be .*clog Oust may OVlallet I« I.• Ferny sit !bow sb. have reeserve to Se Shish* It trafbrirei eisple in sb.te, duo his ev Are. i. twiteled spew pinereienlesperireee applied iessociliairly 1.. the rag , lirgeents Woe menes.tery Is prove is •opetbit*, Is the ross• WON al enders, abs pr..... a prefeetinn of cam s "%try dissier by oar tweedy. The preslistity of 1)r. Eady's ohm le sf klatra itavetstowe so •orses ren ; oe, she ont ear, 'silly sr. ',yawed to..e.abte steal I. soh ..f lime. he Nair lemi• g sasjM Mk, in the improper see al eneetirines Sal Issve betted OWN is et.eresee their .nlierwev. It in ienterd es be re,releed. ibis Shirr are assay of lotlh veers won, (toe Me delicacy ref Ibtlr sleiselbob. aka • fear of poblirity, are it dated ot bike ensues% which adieu ate the seem of aura mins, insered 4 rellevise ale disorder. ley esti Dr. Ikuly ees inked daily. as Ilk kee.e, Dese-elreet, Sobs, oblimsele bilesell'e.sreet. Tea s'eittelt ; asd shed hie path u. she Pose. ds• Dr. Rudy's Is arprivaie Mem. THE: Plane an rotpeetrally infnreva, that Dr. 1101.0X0111's CRLEBRATED MEDICINI:11 'Woe to be prepare& la the most orrorole maim , r. fora the original R melte, of the Proprietor. as Gileml•hoose. so or !Jeer pr4. wk.,. !Wiener rosy 'Alms their letters .s bermolore, sod, so omitting a thso Pseud Note, meek', white in their lesptetive car', together 'cob Dr. notoromes Taleoble Metli• does. for the foliootog gomplolom u Io all gases of scorbutic ererloo. or-raisin* mist, no I is orighasting foam so Immure .ate a the blood. She reammely railed .-Maas'. 1),or. As/ is stew met. or cosoomptive habit, ' ntieraled pith weskims. Arbilify.ingruess of girlie ea a granoal • wigs of Or OW prier4pir, the low (stablest:id sod highly erlabrotesi CORDIAL BALM of GILEAD. The above Medkisies are at • sold by Leigh. Ift, •traml ; • 110. Osfortmmet 8 Samoa mot Co. Row Chorrb-sord; %aka, Cbcppoille $ Tett, Itoyal•Eveboote ; owl Wa11 1 . 11 . 11 • Prier lls. pit book; rod Family Rattles, roato.loot " . . 1 in" 9111.• (ate 39r. Fy •bkli 11.. ate saved, *it• the Voids i• flooL Solomoo. Lmerpool." enerserrlsio the swap. "D,pitrps. that intetrision sod mein' work (with n PM. Wok of she Aatimr). A tiDIDE, so !I ALTII •r. Angleton both Penes. Mt a moiety of Complain'," by 5. M. D. Comialoing n Teeame ms Female Di.. two. Ramon mod Rirsiochomition Comploish oh. General Kr m4 an thaw Diseases 'Faith which the lasoc.• boas is oat a cseds espiolosog the sysoplams. mode of 'vat • twat and remedies moss reedy adopted Is. Scalia LOA- Nib 41.113. LONDOh, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1819 Th. Can fo► which 11.411PDLN fell In ter IWd, awl S rigor rind on lito Negroid! " IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. Usa. 6. Ups afar (oar .41..4, she lard Choatelist basis, rats his sea. the Ilan. Captain INAlased Fos Filatentid tem iota dared to she ileate, att,aspaakd by the I.adseis Panels sad lacy. h. 4-ierb, led bir Lod Ilan tad. sued attended by the Oahe sf Leisaer, ware, Is pensions. el an art at law her Ara for weenier she atsai.dae .1 she la* Lard Fatted Fits send, they 'soh tee Oaia d Alicossee said iispeassey at iss bar. theses:need. Such a coarse would not be to i ate el the Constitution, bet to subvert it. Ever deco the revival of letters, power had lair! siege foggiest the TM by Jury. Bet in tire present case, eli homily j 0 . . . of • work might he seised nn the snood eel yet as thee, could ant be seised et first, • might he net of print before It, mischief Wilt illittained.—[fieve the Noble and learned Lord 'pled to the cases of the Bishop of St. Mettht mega &easels,* in the a ff air Mr. Ilastings.)— But F eo Sher all, noshd the people of obis country long be pities( at an universal invasion of their liberties? IV Molt Lordships take care, lest, instead of Check. log the mane of blasphemy and sedition, they weft t about to a ff ord fresh two eeeee meat to it ; and et events men would certainly adopt some method it *skating thought, sit boogie the press were for tee- Circumstances now reminded Mot ores esecdoteef 1 . fasnloir Cromwell, who had stopped the alreelo-1 Herriaitiew's Octane. The daughter of Ike' latter met Cromwell's daughter, with an infant Is 'arms, and snatched It stagy from her, soul whets issk• oil why she acted oe, she daughter of Iferrinete• said, i alluding Its her fother's production, that Cf 0•1111111 had taken his child. Cromwell, on learning !bbl. relinquished hie held upon Harrington's work, see. I log, his Government was e:.l fit to steed, if it NMI/ gee a paper foundatioe. Whet he sow comploillei 1 of was, that laws might be enforced still whisk boil not bees enforced, and upon these grounds Ito most contend, that their Lordships might to be salbliel wits , the envie& laws relltive to the Press. The Earl of HARROW uy said, be had paid BM attention to the opinions of the Noble sod Limns/ Loyd obieh his legal knowledge end ostensive profo tics bed entitled him to; bet he wet perfectly ate less to know what argefewate were to be urged Is apposition to the measure now proposed. It wee evident, the, there were (rester shades in seditious than in blasphemous libels; and even if the peal**, sent was conceived to be greater es it respects the brat, their Lordships would recollect that its seen. , rity was left in all cases to the discretion of Ns Court. As the law at present stood, however, the somplaist on the score of justice was essentially, Ad , the Court could not inmost the penishmest to be adjudged in the degree that might be required by the atrocity of a repetition of the offence. With respect to booksellers, it might appear herd to convict en owe publications of the Noe work ; but then, arils, they must be consecutive, and the stuck sport hand also large. Bet the most substantial (mond for the p re se n t Bill am the notorious fact, that libels wore diffused in every form, and at the cheapest rate, se that no Constitution could @seep their mimes. taint Matters had proceeded to that rations,. as to • rosier It impossible for the liberty of Fmetand, end Ai Ibis 'lois sues% of the press to 'silt together at this moment. So far from aiming to destroy them, ha would contend, that by checking the abuses of I l liberty, they were providing its eternity, end pee viten all mankind from esrlsiming 'sweat it. The Marquis of LANSLIOWN said. that feeling as he did very great objections to the principle of the ,provst Bill, and bovine heard nothing to remove them, either from the Noble Earl jest set down, or the Noble Viscount who wrierd it, hr ass disposed Ito offer • few obsersertens. If no infraction of the Ceesitietio• were prop .ued by stir present Bill, if all that was required by its author. and soi.portors was to ackanoledge, shut the public Press of the coast', had assumed that shape which required a more rigor. eve administratiow of the lies. be should be pre. pored to join wish the Noble Lards opposite. Bet was this all that was affirmed in the preamble of the Bill? Instead of stetiog that the rtsiatinq Isms, after Wag duly @plowed. were found ill.eilleieut to re. ,'ruin and to popish the lecentioesness of the Press, it was proposed by the present Rill to sppiy the punishment of Moos to misdemeanour, and that miss! not •ulikrly to •to• commuted by some of the mow intelligent and independ. eat of mankind. I heir Lordship. would surely net be so iml away by nlensnies sod ignorance nut of doors, as to adopt the rashness of persons, who, at the momeet of evil and irritation, thought se penishortat could possibly be too great, contrary to all principles of true legislatioa, 'which looked at the quality of punishment while apportioning it. With' the knowledge that the existing laws against the' I ebullitions of sedition and blasphemy were net pre. petty pet in force till last year, they were candid elt sentence the former laws, contrary to the steeseee opinios of Blackstone, who praised our @depthus el the *littler pad of the Romeo law. Efficacy of punishment, if that was desired by the supporters of this Bill, depended en its amount and certainty, not upon its quality. One siren objection to the punish ment of transportation in the present calf. •lIS the inequality of the principle, and also that it applied to all classes of men. Society was raised to its pre sent pitch by the interline, of mind, and was it fitting to visit the offences of intellect with this turpitude of felony ? While their Lordships urn(' malady! of the stiwillingners of Jerson to eensict on the flirting laws, tostinj to an apprehension of the penalty, they were artually in the same bresth called on to pass loos rendering thin unwilling. loess on the pert of Juries more torci'do than evar. Leek at the conduct of late Juries, in cases of forged mites, and remembering their relev ance in ctsovicting in such cases, tool.' their :,IM. ships be so enecquainted with the nature of the human mind as not to perceive, that unni,lincisms list more likely to be esporitsoced when the offence* of the Press should be subject to banishment god transportation ? They were called on In give a pa eighteen' that must be revolting to enlightened and humane men sitting in jedgment,. and sill aspect • verdict for site harsher side. Every one art-pointed with Bonaparte, and his cl.ildi.h dread of the Press, knew ham earnestly he wished to p.:l it sows; yet his code bed within enslaves to the pettish's/id of tranvortstion; bal l ot t h e iVitraty, out Matta lOW Tire Farl of CA FIN A ItVON permuted two refill.* from florib Reline sd lbe put. nelormw. peovime for isbdivi4o• of 41,frics• ns reference in tie liern.sog wf publir-haerts. offer • few evploom-ry remark. from laid KOLL& were trod. and ordered go I , e mom Mt Ilikk Vommws AIUNoUfII Ibld epos ibe uMe dve Refers, moved for on • forme, night. by She Lond-00, relative oo she Amble of Informations fil , d by the Atmeocy (derv& for Lobel I. the years 1111tl wool 1819.—0 :Mend Is be ;misled. 81.kSPIIENY AND ShDITtON. Viecirerst SI IMOUTII thee moved the Order of the Day fora second reeding of the Uhl for more ars- Nally pretretitiog said ponivitiog of Blisplitinnos sod *miri ng . Lib.ta . The object of the present Rill. the Noble Viscount said, nes declared In the preamble of the Dill, and she mean. by which that object was to be accomplished were by Riving Courts of Justice the power to incense the punishment on cnnvician of the second offence. Theo degree of pnisishisout was not Intended to attach to the first assoce in any case, bet wily to the second. liming on a former occasion felt it necessary to sots the general grounds and reasons on which the series of measures be proposed were (evaded, it was sot his wish to triable their ' Lordships with a recapitulation of thew symarks.— All he wished to say at present was, that ha shnotd be reedy to reply to such objections as the Noble Lards opposite might think proper to make. 111),I. over measures their Lordships might adopt for the preservation of the State, he most declare, that un less some cherks were immediately imposed on the g okr a o r licentiousness of the press, all other steps would tal.ionstely be found ineffectual. The licen• tioosne.s ul the modern press mss indeed the very a id solute of oar moral and political ills, whore destructive poison spread through every eels of the public bedy, and whose frissons effects wan certain if not Cavelied its time. Livid ERSKINE was dosirnos of trembling thole Lordships sigh a very few remarks, founded 11111 • ro ily lo n g estreiienro, is matters of the pewit kind. The predicament of the counts' , wee mud Is be ergently bad by the MAD. Viscosities (nest. bet this was not wounded is the preamble to the present Bill. Unless he had really lost all his ow* facilities in the wit...pilot! of fatty, their 1.-rdsbipo woeld find that espediency ems the only ground span whist. they were tilled to logisiato in this manner.— It was, forsooth, now declared to be expedient to enact oath and such laws; and would their Lordships then, wpm ',abetter ground, give their C•1111111,•1 1 Ke I • loch measures as these? The present was to ba made applicable both in blasphemy mad sedition, without elude or distinction, as though tiers was ois degree 'of Jeremy in the comparison of blasphemous and se dition's libel.. Now, nes there so difference be. limn blasphemous and seditious works! was it in reality not the greatest of crimes, wits a we god his chltdren we:. wsn'sog howl, hot amidst their soffering., felt ',stained by ranee*, hopes, to divest them of those espectations which mode them ,happier thin the happiest, and g r than the Areatest on earth, in the anticipation of another sod batter 'voila ? It, therefore, the impportors of the present Bill, bad framed it t• proper *as, by discriminating obese's, and apportiosiog peisishment, not only might he have goes with thee, bet even run before them. Another offence there was, ✓egoirilig all the vigilante of Police, sad embarking all the meshy of condign penishmeot. When first he tun 12 the Dm, there was a pimiento of those Aroma works which circulated in schools, to the ondernilaing of sum in booth earl of the yelling: but in what manner was even this pestilence stayed By the efforts of aSirClatert I. press the torrent of trice, and who by personal con. tributions, were found raimplent to the task. He seed for this hotly, the Society for the So lineation of Vire, among whose Members was 'he late Bishop Potteries. sod whoa? object was specifically to pet down evil by the valved( la es, and t..ey accomplish ed it. They, however, bed sense enoegh to pass over some particular works, in order to get at the secrets of trade, brought their dorumeots with the. into Court. N hy, then, had not 'he Attorney- General put down blasphemous publications in like manner, es obscene pohlications sera sinipressed by I the ieriety he alluded to? Bone's Parodies and The Apo( Regrow were to have bean pat done by the (misting laws. But 7lee Age of Restos was permit. led I. flourish for tome time with lawsuit, ; and even in the case of Hone% Parodies no j ist appeal was made to the Jury that tried them. Even in that instance, where Hone in effect said, " Oh, corrupt and borouglimosigaring nom of Coetosna, torn. (waling from, ifte. (cc. have merry apes as, your svoold-be constitionts!"—even in this instance no attempt was made effectually to appeal to the feet. hags of the Jery. Her honest men of the City of London had been reminded that this liaise of Commons had brought about tho Revolaiion, that they had given as the Bill of Rights, that Habeas Corpus Act, and lastly, the Libel Bill, Bombe wit, after a long acgasintanto with the con. siltation of Juries, that no Jury timid Ism been in. sensible to such a representation of fact, het would by their vertlict hive rlonejostbro tit the character of the Commons' Hem. Nothing like this bad been done, and now their Lcrilskipo went called to legislate for the removal devils which, however, ought Mar to Irene existed. If, indeed, their Lordships were de termined to proceed in ibis way, he could undertake to read their fortunes • if they passed the prevent Bill, they would be cools's:KlM with all the catatonia% now accemaisting on legislative rank, degraded in the es timation of their country, sod leave nothing to Juries bet the otatamity et seestemtleg the law le pity to lake !h •as deemed gong solicimst for his purposes. This reflection was sealer to indent !heir frordstips te reconsider a seism, *Mich, in his opinion, *Geld, if pound, Imes the rine( of precluding the cheers of second consimines in most cam, if not in ill. For inaranni, put the cm of an lion Baronet, the Mess bar for Westadaster t and noes? sot their Lordships 41.0, that I. the ',Pea of pressing for a teein,cl can. violet, it would make all the diferenre to the Jury in deliberating, *bother they should send a min of hi. character and station to Botany Bay, or subject him merely to Ise anti imprisonment. The stresot justice, if the present Bill passed, would, he Bared, be weakened, anti not strengthened. On time grouted' be should 'iv. his nortive to It. !Ara ELLENBOROU(;II said, if the Bill before their Lordships had not been coolined to hiesphvesous and 'Mites,' Obeli, be woold not hate speed so its preeishies. He understood "editions !Owls to nicie„ an endeavour t• seduce others loin an attack upon the Constituted Authorities, end to deitroy Ibr functions of Government ; by blasphemous libels be ender stood those most destreciive and pernietires attempts to destroy that upon • bids the monde,' of the pee pie must be founded—the religion of the enentry.--• Libel' of this desetiptioe liii•ervled not to the polilie Sal or party feelings, bet meet be sederstood as re. (erring to a proper considered's (or the lives sod security lathe State. Th. gentles thew was, as to the quality of punishmen t with which smelt e &Imes should be visit e d. Assn it was recollected what alteratiese bad taboo place dating the last tweet, years, it was ',ideal that new regulations had become socessary. He was 10C110441 to believe that the system of edema ties sod lestreetien, which had been patronised by the teal of stagy pod mew, from the best of motives, bed ~tossed the oportembles for dlesemineting the blasphemes' poldicadoes, which were ',actively earn celeted. Notwithstanding the effect tbe Bill might be calculated to produce, he still trusted enough pre. deuce would *list to render this the most prespero 044 nation upon earth. Upon these grounds be &II it to be be. duty to support the Bill. Lord HOLLAND said, that the speech jolt deli veva by lite Noble Lord tended to show him clearly the deformity of tbst Bill before their Lordships, sod which ought to be considered as forming part of the system 'bat bad bete introduced. Ile wool.!, hew. over for the present confine himself s o the Bill i.e.. , distil, under their Lordships' consideration. The I Noble Lord who bad preceded MIS had 9441, if the Bill bad net been confined to seditious and lilispbe t mess libels be could sot have it supported. But • I. would tisk their Lordships what had ocensinoed that greet inceeese io hlaophemy ; and if it did ealst, why had it not been pet down ?—An increase occa- I dosed possibly by the Neglect. ..A t perhaps the connivance of his Mijosty's I Bet even admitting thetsech was the case, !i• dented that there was any additional darter. Blasphemy had proved rather the strength bun th" weakness Of the State; and he said this, because the peoplo were too religious to allow th•ir morals to hai destroyed by the dealgns of any demagogue' who might address them. These men who had raised sheseeelves by popular I had into. viably protested against these principle,. To coon 'Want their evil tendency it would he far better to adopt the MOWN resorted to hr Oliver Cromwell, Ilion the pr . Their Lordships would teSetUllee IM striking proof of the went to which Christianity had bean localcsted upon the minds of th• people, when, about fire or ids yesra au', Oe dint and table of that llonse were so loaded with petiti on s That their Lordships vivid with difficulty pt.', to their test. Wag it then to be sunpoied that tike blasphe. I mous publications had romplet•ly destroyed the mo• leant*. and religion of the country' A Nahl• Bor• gobs bad, while he &proctod the practice of li belling, uttered one of the most series; rouge, 'plight Julies ; he, however, believed the , J tries did net neglect, bat that they performed their @klieg Bet to proceed to the Bill, it oar to prevent sad'. dose and blasphemous libel,. A Noble Lord bad said be could not sepport the Bill soles, it had been win. fined to cases of blasphemy end sedition. Thal Nold• Lard bad certainly drawn a bee of distinction, but the great objection he bad was, that it enacted pansislinionte for an offence sport which one men dif fered from another. Was it not • strange anomaly by which • matte, was rendered criminally liable for the actions of his servant; that he should be refeertd to prodece in evidence that he coold not have knows that the offence was comsaiited; that be knew not of the publishing or of the gelling? And yet sorb * ass, without soy ways being a party to Ile transae• ties, according to the present Bill, was to be liable to seven yeses transportation. list thee, it is wild, the law is at the discretion of the Judges; bet was this any mitigation of the posiishawnt ? said was it out a degradation, that a ono •as In enjoy his h. , betty, or to be esempt from punishment at the die. . I erotism of another ? Wes this the cunilitino to ' , hick I I a man residing in a hie country weft to be reduced? .1 There was scarcely a Wilk man dating the lest ISO you', who bad net been snbj.ci to tech prosecutions. In 'peeking upon this subject, he might historic* the casts of Lord Somers, who, het seen the years 1594 and 16114, published many trans which sight bey* boon conatromi into libels, rand that, ton, evert by many conscientions Judges; iodised. 'hero was scarce. IT • also who had wore.; tit public life who had not written what, in the opinion of advrile partite, might not have been as, conclreed, mood h..e horn mut, j0c..1 to prone:oleos for • seditious Ibiteli and i.t , or i, m en s e th e se, op.. • comwmictowa. of • rierooo ..I..iice, isould hare been subject to tittioporta• non ; so would Milton and Drydoo, the latter ot whom wrote libels for she Gneetnatent if that day, end for which iii. 0 p p...it1.0 might at.rr• ',tilde use prosecuted him. To these he tight add the names of i'lle, Suitt, •tid Adds's,. ; Sir Richard Steele, too, had bees conv i c ts,' o r e libel; sag Awe would bats been se dank, Is