The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-03-01 00:00:00

• ''''"r•vv•-r• -0 • ' fr • i 44. ; • r , 1 . • n Al t t '7) • A A PPOINTM IN T OW BM lIRIVIPIh-ECOTLA N 11. ' Au Hog. soma (whose nears we could not leant). raid he Is mike to put to any of his ltajesTs Miniatert, h was of some importance in the parker the kin In which be came. He begged to refer to Ale A abolishing Heritable Junsdictlon ic 14 : 64.0.6 a, 4eh enacted that the Sheriff should reside foes months in his shrievaky in the year. There was. . kfvfelte.r. a report, thatit was.theiateatioarat .lioverm meet to enforce a longer residence on the Sheriff in his county. He hoped It was not so. The report had been . raised with /*terrace to • late appeiatmeat in the county of Lanark. Mr. PREL said, that the subject alluded to by the Hon. Member had lately athmeted the atteadon of his Majesty's Geweroment, and received the fuller, onside-1 ration from them. The strong Report which hid bowel loads on that point by the Commissioners of lnq lity„l together with the circa/salaams which had occurred iol .the neighbourhood of Glasgow and Paisley on the ocese sion of some late disturbances of the public peace, am& the opinions expressed by Gentlemen on the other side of the House on the subject, had contributed to direct • the attention of Government to it, and he hail no hesi tation in saying, that after the fullest attention it war , their impression that the Sheriff of a County shoeld be a resident officer. The Act alluded to fixed fonr months as the mistiasum, and he apprehended that should fie *erne/tent ESOP% the condition of residence to the ap pointment of Sheriff there could be no objection to it.— (Hear, bear.) lIIIKANG FUND. Mr. BANKES gave notice of a motion on the anti ject of the Sinking Peed, at an early period, bet from the low tooe of voice in which he spoke we could not bear for when. SCOW( suacus. The LORD ADVOCATE, pursuant to Mkt,. moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the regulation of the ac counts and of the expenditure of the Royal Burghs of } Scotland. His Lordship said that the Bill be proposed to introduce would be founded, in its provisioa, upon the recommendation of the Committee which had sat for three successive years to investigate the nature of the abuses alleged to exist in the managerent of the funds, and other grievances complained of in the mode ttr Election in the 'loyal Burghs of Scotland. In obe diem* to these recommendations, contained as be bad stated • few nights ago, in she Reports of the Com ' osittees in question, the Bill would first provide that the . eceoents of the Burghs should be public, so that those who managed the funds well, would receive the IMF*. „bation dne to their discretion and integrity, whilst it would operate as a check upon any nods, administra tient of them. The Bill would also oblige the Magis trates to reside in the Burghs, and prevent all illegal eontrarts relative to elections to o ffi ces in the boroughs. Soch being the objects of the Bill, he felt persuaded that the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Hamilton) would not object to its introduction, and he therefore should refrain from troubling the House at greater length on thi subject, and move for leave to bring in the Bill. ,Lord A. HAMILTON said, that his objections on the present occasion were not to what the Bill enacted, but to whet it left untouched ; and be must express his stir priee that after they bad had three Reports from Coco mittees-on the subject, when there were so many Peti tions, and such a weight of grievances, the Lord Advo cate or, Scotland should stand op with such a•scantv la, 'rod so short a speech. The Bill did not touch Ore-twentieth part of the abuses requiring to be reme died. He appealed to the members of the Committee, who had subicribed to the existence of these abuses, if winds, stated was not correct. He was sorrr tie House leases diet lit acquainted with the subject, on which ac cooed tflosi4 on whose behalf be stood op, would suffer. Pet If it lied been the case of ...England instead of Scot-- D. 4, it would have been differently treated. Ile as siertlikkillikved that the Learned Lord 'crewed tilt Bill mft.s teller than he did that be could pay off the Nation! Dal Aod it was for this reason he in troduced it to the attention of the House, as he would do to the case of • Road Bill • The LORD ADVOCATE said the Noble Lord was mistaken as to the provisions of the Bill he moved for can fo bring in, and had better defer his objection till it wa before the House.—Leave was then given. DISTURBANCE AT KNIGHTSBRIDGE. . Nei /Weems WOOD called the attention of the Howe to the notice of motion he had given relative to the Petition of the City of London. In the motion he had ha make he understood be was to expect the support of an Honourable Colleague of hie, with whom, as he did not often agree in that house, though he presumed ttiette was actuated by different motives for desiring an fOotry into the statement of the Petitioners, than those by which be (Mr. Alderman Wood) was influenced. He folly concurred in the sentiments expressed by the Committee upon which the Petition was founded, and notwithstanding what had been said of the evidence on which they were formed, on a late occasion, be would contend that it was entitled to fall credit. The inquiry hod not been confined amongst one particular class of persons. On the Resolution of the Common Council the matter was referred for investigation to a Committee of three or four years standing, composed of Members irho entertained very different politics amongst each other. It was not to the statement of facts lie was about to make, that the attention of the house alone was due; bitt,he called 3n them to consider whether those who Esti it een, or were hereafter to be, Sheriffs of Counties, WV, called out intheir official capacity for the presort"- itibit of the peace, were to be subject to violent attacks en their persons. It appeared in the present sue, that eite . Sbetiff of Middlesex to the discharge of his public aoty, had been so attacked. The Hon. Alderman then went on to relate. that ip . consequence of its appearing That the funeral of the two men who had beep killed on the 14th of August, was to boa public one, his Majesty's rbernment took the precaution to write to the Lord yor of the City of London, to adrift, him of a large Meeting to be held in Smithfield, at which he was to take steps to keep the peace. They had also sent a let ter to a Gentleman in his Ward, saying, that as it was understood to be the iutcotion to take the funeral through Hyde Park, *the writer gave notice that he should not permit it to go through. Not one word of all this, however, bad been communicated to the Sheri the proper officer for the p ion of the peace of the county, And as the procession was to assemble in the neighbourhood of Red Lion-square there was as much ground for apprehension for the peace of Middlesex ea of the City of London. On hearing of this, however, the Sheriff, considering the irritation existing in eons.- (pence of the misunderstanding between the people end the soldiers, and knowing that the procession was to pass by the Horse Guards, was fearful that some disturbances, might occur, and therefore took the precaution of sum moning all the officers, and constables of the Hundreds of the County of Middlesex, and placed thefts in a sitaa tioa when they were most likely to be available for the pnbl' service. On Mr. Sheriff Waithman übserviug that ftie rid was to take place at Hammersmith, bp trek 8i to prevent it. The letter which appeared io the Sunday Newspapers of the day on which it toph plied, shelved his anxious desire to p t it. Thee lion. Alderman then read the letter in question, as fellows,i, "Seeing a paragraph in your paper, that a.prgcession to assemble to-morrow ie "tin field for the purpose of 44. rompanving the funeral of the men who were shot cm the 14th August at Cumberland-gate ; as I was appoioit* 0,4141. petiessot r I:24 i r sec o t matter -*MP earnestly hope re!!6ii, that? No one derma with an ._ had dome. •The Sheriff's colleague was ... town, but he had the assictaaat of Ma Bader (.._ with whom he arranged all the officers be had been to get together In a proper place, and attended blef in the ne.ghbourbood of Knightsbridge. He placed himself oppositeSloeuedtrtet, where be saw the pre cession pees, but be never wart near it, further than le station Ms officers. The proceision went qnietly pies the barracks, and lathing occurred till a brick Nos thrown from the barracks among the people. They thou felt indignant, and began hissing at the Waifs. Bat the moment Sheriff Waithman west op • the hissing teased—he begged them to pass on quietly, and accord ing to the testimony of all, be was constantly employed daring the whole day in endeavouring to keep the pee pie quiet. He went on in the rear of tbe procession. and remained at some distance from the barracks, when he beard that something demanded his attendance at tit barracks. He went back, and at the gates be saw seM diets contending with the people, some with swords, sad others with sticks, in their full dress and undress. He remonstrated with the soldiers on their condact l - bat they were unwilling to listen to authority, but he at kerb succeeded in making them shut the gates. At another period of the day when be was near Hyde Perk „Corner, be was informed that a breach of the peace Was committed near the Barracks, and upon returning to the spot. the first thing that be witnessed was, soldets jwingieg over the wall, and the gates were shortly affier thrown open, and fifty or sixty soldiers rushed out. As he perceived the Right Hon. Secretaty (Mr. Peel) t li.f sot the evidence in his band, be would take up his * by detailing what then took place. Mr. Sheriff Wait man perceived that there was a great contention amongst the people and the military— I were knocked down, and the swords were flourishing about. The She riff rode up on the path-way, and endeavoured to per. suede the soldiers to go away. Whilst thus engaged his horse was seised hold of, and I attempts were made to strike him. In the violence which was used towards him,heand bis horse were shoved off the path. During ISM lime a soldier was observed presenting klacarbine,not Immediately at the Sheriff, but in that direction. SI-ve nt persons who gave evidence before tho Committee, pee their opinions that if the people had not been in dm way, from the position of the carbine, it might have shot Mr. Sheriff Weithman, Hit bad beerrlfred off. Bich was the state in which the Sheriff was placed according to the evidence; and, during the whole of that time the Sheriff was represented ascendectiog himself in a most conciliatory and proper mallow. This wee stated by all the witnesses but one, sadden one was• Reporter ea The Morning Post Newspaper. (Mr. Derbishire) arid NM be stated, at the close of bis examination, that he waegrot quite sure that the words be attributed to the 'Sheriff were used by him. No one but-that Gentlomea eof his conducting himself in a defenses way. The'. riff eS tried his utmost to get to speak toss Officer, sad rig the whole time. according to •filn Derbishire's sseireont, the conduct of the military was mutt vielewt, • in an- swer to a message from the Shesiff, on. of the said. "The Sheriff may be 4—d I" Ids liaetr::: mark to make. The penes. eximaluod so Meneter were not the same as had he eaaneleellin Se proceeding.. He believed It would-be fonnittbatte WNW them sU bid given eviieece ballesdtalaefkabliser: Most of them were persons ph* had hespeleMitill the spot attending to their beelines. The deal he should caentioo wag a most reepecgable who rr bill iik a relice -40 eritiolsoehms . Mortimer h b een in atteadeate, S- I n duriag the whole oLthe day,. bad gmelle , ich, if it could not be shaken, and ae-yet it bed not made very strongly in flavour of the Sheriff. Seve ral e ns, officers who were likewise on the spot bad concurred io representing the cooduct of Mr. Waithman to have been most proper. Those perms, were all re spectable men, men who were obliged te.give security to the amount of some thousands when erntatiag on the situatious which they held, and these, were not at all likely to be ander the influeoce of the late Sheriff. Then with respect to the persons connected with the poblic press what interest could they be supposed to have in dis guising the truth ? Is conkl not be contended that they were at all under the influence of the individuel to whose conduct they had spoken, yet of these Mr. Wood. and Ur. 'fres bad given very strong evidence in favour of the Sheriff. These individuals bad come forward mer e ly because they happened to be on the spot; they had not been. selected for the occasion, and there was nothing in their situation to make it probable that they Were under any improper bias. After the inquiry was known to be going on letters had been received from ladividuala who offend to come forward with much stronger evictence than'any that appeared on those minutes which had been printed, but the evidence squally ap pended to the report, was in his judgment, strong enough to justify the House in acceding to the present motion, which would be for the appointment of a Select Committee. He expected to hear it itated that the Sheriff had no business at Knightibridge. His Hon. Colleague (Sir William Curtis) would probably get up and state this to he his opinion. He, however, would contend that it was his duty to go there, and had lie not done so, • he doubted not the Hon. Baronet would have been sufficiently ready to say, " 0, Mr. Sheriff Waithman could be busy enough attending the Coroner's latinest, but here, where the public peace was broken, he was not to be pond." Even Lord Bathurst went almost as far. . lit i letter, not of a very cositpli wentsry character, whirl'he had written to Mr. Sheriff Waith man, he half made a sort of complaint, that he had nut remained at Knightsbridge till after eight o'clock when 'the Riot Act ties read. HP cdnid state', that It had lone been the practice for the Sheriffs of London to attend on All extraonfluary cells when the peace of the (-minty was endangered.; In IMO, when an lion. Baronet was corn 'Witted by that House to the To% er, his Colleague, at that time (Mr. Ald. Atkins), though differing widely from bin) in the view which be took of the proceeding he had alluded to, had attended with hint, where the public peace was thought to be endangered; from seven in the morning until eleven at night.. He wished to ask, from the views %bid, seemed to be taken of Mr. Sheriff Waitlinsan's conduct by Ministers, how it hip pened that be had received no communication from Go vernment un the ouraoiJo. From them be had rec e ived . no instructions, but when a communication was. m a de lord him to :ord Bathurst, it was answered bv tioit ' which amounted almost to a reprimand. to thatletter however, it was promised that an enquiry should tabs place. Having heard nothing of the promised inquiry, the Corporation of the City of London had judged it right to call on the House to institute one, with a view of doing them justice, and of affording them some sepa ration fur the outrage which had offered to them, by al lowing the military to assault their Sheriff.--(llear.) From the whole mass of evidence it appeared. that in no instance had the slightest offence been offered on the part of the Sheriff towards the military, but wherever ' lie went he was found constantly addressing the crowd on the necessity of their conducting themselves ably towards the soldiers. If th e Sh er iff mi g ht re " at tacked as Le had lino on this artesian, wbil scotching' • a Wirral procession, which h a d b e e n ire ._ itsame4 • of rupee' to certain individuals who h he ail die Is tb I. on a former melancholy occaaion—if t est officer thus try tepee delta by th r of all 'civil Oirveynnvest. If with snaking Ms motion, I not beepposed by the r considered that be had so He should -rather impeet. e would be happy to go into ror the purse of repelling the ehaiges:4lronghi a gainst the soldiers. He concluded by moving . for the appointment of a Select Committee to enquire into the facts stated in a petition presented to the house on the Bth inst., from the Corporation of the city of Leaden, complaining of an outrage offered to them is the person of Mr. Sheriff Waltham, on the filth of August. 1821, while engaged in the execution of ,his oMcial duty for the preservation of the public peace. Sir W. CURTIS rose to second the motion, bat on a principle very different from that of Iris Hon. Colleague. lie contended that the Sheriff had no right to attend at the funeral. There were two Sheriffs, and one of them s had no authority or power to act without the other. Mr. 'Sheriff Waithman well knew that he had no 'authority to attend. But he wished the present motion to be car ried, that the whole of the circumstances of the case might be seen in a proper light, and he thought it would set be wrong to give the Common Council a hint, that la this instance they bad over-sated their part. To stew what sort of evidence bad been procured, as well as in what way it had been °Maimed, he would read the statement of one of the witnesses, that it might be seen what description of information was thought worthy of being received by that enlightened and ble body 'the Court of Common Council. The evidence of Mr. T. Oliff ran as follows : Where do you live ?—At No. 90, Fore-street. That are you l o af ipspecintemi the basin". for Mr. 404. a Corn-chind ler. You were at Knightsbridge at the time the affray hap pened with the soldiers and the populace?—\o, .1 was not there.—(.A langh.) Then what do you know about it ? I got a note abut it. All that 1 know was, that I was in company with a friend of mine on the Monday or Tuesday even ing, and he said, that he had been into the shop of &per son of the name of Crabb—(A laugh)—and beard a man of the name of Properjohn—(A langt)—or his man— (excessive laughter)—tell Mr. Crablis that he heard • Cor pond of the Life Guards say--(increased laughter)— *D—n Alderman Wait h man; we are prepared for biro, and have got a ball ready for him."—(Lond lenghter.) He stated this, hut to show of what folly the Court of Common Council were capable, *lid would now leave the House to determine for themselves hew far they would be justified in acting on the tern of that Cow mittee. Colonel LYGON begged the indulgence of the House while be was saying • few words on the motion before them, as he was an. eye-vritoess to the g p r r of what happened on that day at the barracks. He we Id confine himself to that part of the petition which re garded the Commanding Officer. It stated that a brick bat had been thrown by the soldiers from the parapet wall. That was very doubtful, and he believed iseor rect, and those who lived in the neighbourhood tinted that they saw any thing of the kind thrown. He de nied that be received any communication from Mr. Sheriff Waithman. He was at the barracks all that day, sad never left it from the 25th-811 the 17th. He saw groups of people about the gates, which bad bees shot at first. There was • way through the barracks from the road into the park, where the people were in the habit of passing. He declared apes his honour .that the gates were opened for the accommodation of the people. There was no disturbance until after tee k. After tbat he thought the eoldigrat so far hem the aggremors, showed the pewee bohemia., ere were not less than 282 wisdoms broken in the barracks, although it was stated that covetable' were stationed in front with orders to apprehend any persoas who were rotted committing any . breach of the. peace. Soon after six o'clock he beard cruse of murder," sad en going oat he found the trumpeter knocked (hear, bear,) by the people who were assaulting the sol diers. The conduct of the soldiers was most forbear ing. At his orders they returned within their barrack, which was a proof of their forbearance (hear, hear) and good order,—(Hear, bear.) He shortly after sent for a Magistrate (Sir N. Conant), who read the Riot Act, and dispersed the populace. He wished as much as any one for an impory, because then it would appear that the soldiers conducted themselves is the most forbearing and orderly manner.—(Hear, bear.) Mr. HOBHGUSE wished to offer some few observe dons to the house after the sensible address of the Han. Gentleman. That address seemed tomakean impression On the house, and be would bathe Unperson that would endeavour to remove that impression. He wands* more anxious to offer his opinions, as the occurrence hap pened in that part of the city in which he himself resided. lie would be therefore most unworthy if be did not go along with the Worthy Alderman and the Honourable Gentleman in calling for an inquiry into the facts. On other occasions that house was not backward in institut ing inquiries. lie meant the case of Manchester, where !nquiries were made by the evidence of A, B. and C, sod laws passed founded on those inquiries. When, there fore, an inquiry was demanded by the Corporatiou of Loudon, it was unjustifiable to refuse it. The Hon. Gen tleman said that 282 windows were broken in the bar racks. HP (Mr. H.) entertained no iloaht of what the Hon. Gentleman said. But, was it because those windows in the b •Iss were broken that an inquiry was not to be made into the circumstances of the assault on the people by the soldiers? And here he would observe that it was not right to have those soldiers dhow in tire *middle of the metropolis. He conceived thiMord Bathurst bad pledged himself to institute an inquiry, od he (Mr. now asked why was not the pledge re deemed? lie must say, that it did not appear to him to hr quite so langliable a matter as the Hon. Alderman (Sir W. Curtis) thought it. TheComsuon Council sure ly (lid nothing wrong when they permitted a witness to proceed who had declared that he was not present. Was there any thing unfair in that? lie did not rely upon the evidence of those who might be supposed to have any bias in the matter, because the Reporter of the Morning Post acknowle dged that the soldiery behaved in the most cowardly manner. Het whatever truth might be in that statement, it was certain that the soldiers ought tohave conducted themselves with more discipline. Ile was astonished to hear it said that Mr. Sheriff Waithisisn bad no business there, because the other She riff shonld have been there in order to enahl, him to art. The Honourable Member then read an extract from 131..clestone's Commentaries, in which it *as stated that the Sheriff was the first man is the county, and superior to a Nobleman during his other: he was to preserve the pithily peace, and to apprehend all persons violating the same. The Sheriff, he maintaisel, bad a right to command the soldiers to keep the peace; nay, he had a right even to go into the barracks with the posse comi- Wise and apprehend the persons whims he saw violating Use peace. He was not surprised at t h e observation* of the Worthy Alderman respecting the Common CoutatiL But the Common Council was once , a very ioportiot, body, and would be so yet.. I s ms Off ming mob Meek, ben amongst them as the Worthy h'hefie le Aunties g aial the Hon. Alderman below him. At ewe. (he m os t ligepeetant periods of our history-4c 'Moral sloa Ra. . • LL. ' , SVAT N. om 6 atliterht ilithareallratleit Of •London was film of their bib. i laltmemilf called . dimmest be ao end uehs prioxidloetjaka Oul!Cuildi 4 • mow content himeell nyder a counts of judicial inquiry, w orld m e the public will refrain from atikmf Hon . "'Te1::70747 Now what weld be dose vir bei a after that could char antes& 00 eels ' the cam. that he WI : • intehtiod to ergot. itnitorbance as the for the p volution, the Omlama Council was thought se sek beof &elm*. Sweaty -two of its ben formed a part of the Convendela Cutr ai t i t e se.ti oi transferred the Crewe to the Prince of ?L . Common Conseil of Leedom once Made the w e d sore of the Hoe. Gentlemen opposite tremble la 6T h seats, and they would do so again. Me Medisrul to be a very important case, !meanie GM Wass m e m have an oppertaulty here of marking their koh l % of the new principle of the present Ministers Cato the to introduce n military goverment tato the * to . lie was sorry to see so little consideration for the eity; of the . peeple amongst some of the Gentlemea oa t h other side. HR heard, for Instance, a Noble ion% to other sight, declare his opinion, that a member e nr,, countrymen wore ready to commit perjury*, ant teu premien was followed by a loud cheer. He sway ask him, did the Noble Lord know that the riveasall i do to were disposed to commit perjury? •He shealat o , thought that the word was wholly I napplicable sa te te& casion, fur there was a great difference bees*, liciussly sweating to that which a petsoa hes 9, be false, and swearing to that which he eae m o to be tree. For his own pert be was pretest it t h e scene of tbe loth of August, and he must declare g ig he would bare toned the greatest difficulty is ark, guishing some eaten whom he saw that day asph y ,i upon service. .Bat to return. The hake ooglicbi i . restigate the matter of the allegations of the p e w" the table. They ought to selte every °ppm* sf showing their dislike of the improper interference es military power. What were the military fee? lye,, they for cut tit% the throats of the people?—(A ha l o If not, were th ty to be encouraged by itapeoity hu b greasing the lints of duty which the constitatioa ef tk country market oat for them? With refereseets e s corrsepondesce of the Shari. with Lord BatlYeatt could only say, •that it wooldilMilser. from the idols t * nor of his Lordabip's conduct in We matter, teat Ib Lordship dif' sot think the Sherif almost worthy eha answer. However, owe thing kis Lordship py ge a s k and that was us institute an tawdry knit the sui tct _ Now he (Mr. IL) asked no more thus that *am should redeem this pledge. Mr. Secretary PORI. said he would assure finite. Gentleman opposite that be was not urged to Weal. ferent view oft his Matter front that of the Hosserilk Member, by any wish to criminate Mr. Sheriff lfaiti. man. He email, eater easily into all the feelinp d the honourable and Bellsat Member behind him, wh am so anxiously, and with so much laudable sessibifityie the honor of the corps to which he belosged, caßsi f ir i ry ; bat nisci as Ice inspected the lecher Gal taut Friendisedi4lll 'est comsat to let them prenil over the objections :141(11 be artertaised spine le proposition. iloch Re t old he adacide is Asian of the Worthy Alders.. sear him, who peeped •is gni ry out of a (Unit! . ttsemipitatt the (hence grounds gneds %ion w iiipk tie queedes meted wag the, namely, Was t hers say thing is the speech oldie Ike thy A biomass *be opeead Akin 'eskjeet,er la tireer clients connected wS aeßrite left WO ought to peemstle liw se le desk, ey course, and a were al lesretiods mess ps sena. sad _ Illseektlitmeelt U tast /WI. Bet wart ildidetted &Leh@ evilleeie whit ri presented to bile ? Ibis proof of lig trait sI these ellegntiolist s la that, * after mud nos atios, he bad roaclusiee, a t= this es parecerbelasaa *hewed that tic were sot foe Jeute--(4;aies et. bear. ker.} An isqutry berm imeddited he the Swam Skase. mad . bedsits= Islas sistitlit dew be would met keelkowsiteibies forte hies, s suilidient anemone the ease of the PAWL He would set take advantage of the objection Addis evidencwwwrlsreven Is on oath, Ife would mire all- *eels **mks* and treat the testimony of do p re ties esamisml by the Cemperast Council as heist hi vend seder Ai tildienthis of an oath. He adeitul that the subject wee ea* of great impertame. Ner, Sit of all, be would ask. is reference to the softie which the Committee of the Common Conseil condeend this examination why were individuals called ipso 1., state the exvessions of others? Why not call the ptit• cipals themselves? Thus, for instance—referring to in passage alluded to by the worthy Alderman seas tie. the Committee were content to hew such Infirmly ts the following:— (l of Thomas Olifij—. that I know was, that 1 was in company with a friesi of mine, on Monday or Tuesday evening, and he sad that he had bees into the shop of a person of the same of Crabb, and heard a man of the came of Propetjahk or his may, tell Mr. Crabb that he beard a morreald the Life Guards say—' Ll—a Alderman .Waithmas; are prepared for .him, and bar.• got a ball rest, fo him."'—{Much lauglateg.)—Now Isere was a se giving evidence as toss expression which be hewitY other say thad lie hoard another man use. Whr sa ' have Proper)shat himself before them ? Why . seine* Ms man before they cosidented to publish Nish a poor as this? And AA win the general character of :le whole examinadon. Bat to come to the allegation' The House neeil scarcely to be informed that the ,jr turbence out of ;lick this Petition arose took pitted the faunal of two men who unhappily lost their int' on the 14th of Aagest ; that the bodies of those sr I Winans perms'. were buried at Hammersmith, and ihse the feseral secession passed by the Barrack' d Kaigktebrikraw He Ismented extremely that, as tier meraumth bad ben resolved upon as the place of hind on this sosesierat a parish, by the war, to w hich i ts two eshaptcr see did not belong: that suSrieutii,ll enee had act been used to avoid the particular tine way which had been preferred upon that occasion. first allegatiou of importance contaised in the letter. Mr. Sheriff Walthasan to Lord Bathurst was is the ;J" lowing effect b-- The funeral. is coneetpterice of these pleal tiett ' passed the Barracks is an orderly and quiet 1 11 ,( marked by no other premium circumstance this that shriek being thrown from the Barracks, which 1 , near sly horse, and wounded, as I am infortnet l , 3 F"'' girl." Now, before the worthy SberAf gave publicity to "'. l ' a statement as this—and he (Ale. Peel) was sure th. f t . c. , e , Sheriff believed it .i te be correct—before he repel important a fact, m was incumbent on hits to nod t" whether or set a brick had been actoally throes 0_ the barrack walk audit a girl hail been hurt !min 's(' quince. If a brick was thrown, and an injury one was the result, no doubt it was a interference called fur the isterferpce of the proper ea tho rit ! . 7, in truth, therelnal not one word of r videnre apace matter. Indeed the letter of Mr. Mortimer did r Ol , the following words —•• The only provocatior et; tomtit, on its paiessige thither, was accede:we brickbat being thrown, as it was said, from th 1 81 7; at Knightsbridge, by the individual who prodri, you. and who appeared to be cut by the cam° . Cher or not the individual here smitten of was tr, mentioned is the letter of Mr. Watchman. / 10 ksow ; hat there was not the least evidence teste d truth of the allegation. It appeared. certsh a l• (cursdo of . *Adam" that a women had bees tro_oM . bet it must hisrlbbteas that this coold two be the,r,'; s t alluded to In OldNletter of M 4. Waithetan—linf.r—e,* the woman stakeli Of in the evidence was, 6 ' 11 ,_ • t f ig P.) would Inr, we - fielded on the returo of the 7 4,, and also beefily(' alse did not answer the ictorith."' trh v' o o ne lm ie : f i no o tr n a i tied t ve he ss Ooeinooe paefrits oerropteteoehecost. inlserraty:weasnt:theeiwolavairgletesotteististityti.ll9,4 transferred the Crewe' to the Prince of Common Conseil of Leedom once hade the pes,„, Tilt son of the Hoe. Gentlemen opposite tremble la -- I L L seats, and they would do so agate. de enoily and -- ",,_ to be a very important case, !weenie tie Has wai l" have an °pariah! here of marking their dak o ili of the sew principle of the present Ministers to introduce naoilitary government int o the 'Z' lie was sorry to see so little consideration for the 4', of the yap!, amongst some of the Gentlernee ai A. other side. Br heard, for instance, a Kal e l o i i :;:: other sight, declare his opinion, that a neekr o n; countrymen were ready to commit perjury, and Ki s premien was followed lay a loud cheer. He ws * oak him, did the Noble Lord know that the dhlv9 to were disposed to commit perjury? • re ra s e hostah oe thought that the word was wholly I napplicable ss th e . casion, fur there was a great difference bemoan , liciossly sweating to that which a pesos ha m ,. , be false, and swearing to that which h e kr i ,,O" to be true. For Ms own pert be was preset a; t h e scene of the 14th of August, slid he must declare th at he would hare toned the greatest difficulty in ihri t , guishing some oaten whom he saw that day esis fr o upon service. Bet to return. The hake osabi i , restigate the attar of the allegatioas of the poli o ,. the table. They ought to seise every topper* : 0 O showing their dislike the improper interference 14 military power. What were the military fee? W e , they for cutting the throats of the people?-(A In g o If not, were th.ty to be encouraged by healthy iam b gressleg the lite of duty which the aesthetic's ef he country marked at for them? With terminate n o correepoadesce of the Sheriff with Lord Bathansk could only say, Ihat it waltripjlear, from the del f t * nor of his Lordalsip's conduct on this matter, that his Lordship dif' set think the Sheriff almost worthy sha answer. However, one tblig his Lordship pe gu ak and that was to institute an tawdry into the stsj ;; ;,_ Now he (Mr. H.) asked no more than that iham should redeem this pledge. Mr. Secretary POI% said be would assure Woe. Gentleman opposite that he was not urged to Until. ferent view oft his Matter from that of the Hosterolk Niettalaer, by any wish to criminate Mr. Sheriff Wield man. lie email, enter easily into all the feelisp ihe Honourable an4l Gelled Member behind him, de em so anxiously, and with sw touch laudable sesoihifityht the honor of the corps to which he belonged, east fir inquiry; bat mooch es Ito respected the lecher sf iii iial taut Friend - di* at comoset to let then peal over the object ions 'diktat he entertained avoid le proposition. ?leek /a Re t old he coincide is ate of the Worthy Alderman sear bite, who preset Asia goiry out of a desik Wapitis the Osman Cosa- The grenade %ion artipi l / 4 . lie question rested ma a, namely, Was t are any thief( is the speech dile Fee thy Aldertnam stiso opeeedihis 'aehjeset,er is drew. meets connected wi beta 14/4111111114 WO •. .- . ought to proyati a oz ip he desk. ry aerie, ad ilbties . ware allesratimis let e11id614. 6 alma des. sad pertineleighillo llloodttheseit be hitt deny. Bet whoa heliollioll iiihe diliteare whit d presedod to hits ; ell BM Freer of the odd eV i. these allegetiollsPklk that, lifter much earns atioa, he had home s , .eaclusioa, ai t st : this es peteesiwt4ests . skewed that tic were not foe be Jeete--o;eies et. hear, hoer.)- Am inquiry hems imitated be the grasesay of Sea, sued healvieso seta 94Ittlfadme he weed net ' koettaMtnibiti fore hie, leolialmot seater to the ease of the raw He would nut take advantage of the ob j ection that evidemeerwerStreren In on oath, ife mask min allsuelo **edges, and treat the testimony of the est- ties nomad hy the Canna Council as beige ilet vend seder *1 oldklathen of an oath. He doisul that the subject war one of great impertatee. Nee, fieet of all, be would ask, is reference to the nails which the Committee of doe Common Conseil condeee4 this examination why were individuals called yes '•' state the exvessions of others? Why not call the pm. cipals themselves? Thos, for instance-referrise to in passage *Hushed to by the worthy Alderman Neu hie. the Committee were content to heist such testing as the following;-(llYaseimatioo of Thomas Glifij-. Ali that I know was, that I was in company with a fried of mine, on Mendel or Toroidal- evening, and he a that he had Mee into the shop of a person of the wet of Crabb, and heard a man of the came of Yroperjehs , or his man, tell Mr. Crabb that he heard a corpersid the Life Guards say-' U-n Alderman .Waithmaa; 0 are prepared for him, and hay.• got a ball naafi% him."'-{Mush lialightilf.)—Nuw here was a se giving evidence as sea expression which be heads , other sat thud he hard another man use. Wh y el have Properjobt himself before them ? Why. net em Ms man before they caudated to publish nth a plane as this? And AA who the general character of :le whole exyminadoe. Bat to come to the allegations- The, nueral of two men who unhappily lost their line on scarcely tpoebteitii,nofoßrTrn, wok pie that the l it i , t on the 1411 of Aignst ; that the bodies of those one hr b f ciente pores.. were buried at Haminersoitb, and that, the femeral secession passed by the Barralo 0 finightabeidgeow He Weeded extremely that, as liee wreath bad bre resolved upon as the place of b end on this twelmiono a parish, by the way, to whirl' t , . two unhappy ma did mot belong: that suScirati 4, 4 l . ace bad at been used to avoid the particular Ilse of way which had been preferred upon that occasion. I -1 , , first allegatioe of importance eoutaised in the letter, '' Mr. Sheriff Walthusaa to Lord Bathurst was to de ~i ' lowing effects- " 'lle funeral, is comaqaeriee of these et... ------ '''..__ . passed the Barracks in an orderly and quiet 11,7 1( marked by no other peculiar circumstance 1100 T 0 a brisk being thrown from the Barracks, which near my horse, and wounded, as I am infortsed.sr° t, ' girl." a statementN ovbefo ,, re ththiesw_oarntthiyii:bgrgeearle) p„•,,blsicuiretytlehm.l Sheriff believed it_ i to be correct-before he irs•, important a fact, minas incumbent on him t Wm whether or at a brick had been actoally throe: o 7l the barrack walk ambit • girl had been hurt ' I t: •7„, qsence. If a hetet was thrown, and an injury LI sue was the POSIlli, no doubt it was a e ireumstawer, called for the interference of the proper sothorite• g: in truth, there*Witi not one word of evidence spa matter. Indeed the letter of Air. Mortimer did . 00 1 insult, on its pattssige thither, was occrsior fi r'!„. the following words I -•-•• The only provocation f1 . 7 °,... , brickbat being thrown, as it was Said, from th re . I f, at Knightsbridge, by the individual who prodr°, 1 6. you, and who appeared to be cat by the eam 44 ,._ 01 thee or not the individual here salvo of east!! 0 mentioned is the letter of Mr. Weidman, ko , 1 oo . I , * know; but there was mot the least evidence t r w io truth of the allegation. It appeared, certs iol l'i. " Ire* of 44 *Adam" that a woman had bree.ereS- bet it must birthday that this (*sold toot be "1r.:3 alluded to le 4MNletter of Mt Waltman -tirst the woman stateliest in the evidenc e was, : b ed, P.) would their, wounded on the retorts of e! .. 7 . it , "d algo *Us she did sot answer die ictoriew'