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~~4 ~ i~'. [, '/ 1 J era he found the cove 'of the Petitioner to be was discovered That a plot as GA: as ever marked with that degree of hardship which had 1 gendered ire. hell had existed against thelleititill Steen stated, he should certainly as far as lay in his ' subjects. The French army was to hurt been shine . power relieve the Petitioner from the hardship to I ed over, and the Sicilians were to hiss; end the which he would otherwise be liable. by hieing ' island to ‘ he surrendered ; and it also appeased that directions for his being liberated on finding bad, the Queee of Sicily was in the plot. These facto up not for his good behaviour, bet for his appeorsion peared iii evidence before a military 'ribber's% and only.to take his trial. . . .. -.- ..... ._.. ... curing **Jim Mel and -exertion of. this indivishve r t, Mr. HOBIIOUIS said, that 'With reihect t o . the' en.: ' the whole-Wei- discoverea. The Hine ' Gent !email meting of bail fur goad behaviour, he could not then read some extracts from a letter of General bet- think rather herd that _construction whiels Maitlesid, corroborming the .statement of Captain NO been put on the law,. that recognixances fur I Romeo, namely, that he was employed to obtain lucid. behaviour were forfeited by the finding of a iutelligeuce, and that by this means he had excited second iadicimeni As the A tiorney-General was the enmity of the Neapolittin Guverntsieut. Capt. so goolt as to, say that he would take the cogent - the ltoineo was seised in Isis house ieCillabris, and Petitioiter lute consideration, he (Mr. Ilobhouse) taken prisoner. He demanded to know hit offence, hoped he weuld also• take into consideration the and got po answer ; and to this haw he was igno circuntsgance of his baying been already six weeks rant of what offence lie hail committed. He had in confinement. In consequence or the promise also suffered great pecuniary losses; but setting which the Attorney-General had been so good a s to i aside all that, he contended that tuiy man who had 'wake of interfering in the case of the Petitioner, lie been banished as Capt. Romeo hind fur services refl. should refraiis fr moving an Address, as he had dered to the country, hid a claim upon the British 'articled, and should also withdraw his opposition Government, and should at teed lie allowed the to the adjournment of the House. means of subsistence. Tice Hon. Gentleman then Mr. SCA MATT said, the adjournment of the read some letters from Lord WM. Bentinck and sittisigs after the present Term until the month of General Campbell, stating that Captain Romeo Oclidier would certainly prevent the trial of the letil rendered essential services. Ile assured the indictments ;Tend the Petitioner from coming o n House Captain Romeo did nut with to give any at' an earlier period, lie wa n therefore glad to hear trouble ;he only demanded nr t to be condemned his I line•and Learned Friend express his intention unheard, tied that he should not he deprived of of interfering to femme the inconvenience which what the meanest subject in the realm would °b the unhappy.man would have suffered by the delay. lain, an impartial trial. He slieulil therefore move 'rite ease was a striltitth, instance of the evil of' in- that the Petition be referred to a Committee. trusting such prosecutions in the hands of improper . The Marquis of Lori DON MIRY viiid this was the proem's; and it was painful to reflect on the suffer- second time the claim of Captain Romeo had been 'rugs to which hat.k.ellers were thipolied from the brought before the House, although the blouse had inisinailegernent or wiekrditess of attorneys, who before decided that it was uot a case in which they might lie diseosed to set aside - every other consi- should interfere. The question divided itself into iteration but that of the costs to he gained by two parts ; first, whether any pecuniary relief prnseciationr. Booksellers were liable to indict- should be granted ; and second, whether the gist,- ineut for any libel sold in their shone, and it had ' lances of which Captain Romeo coinefaieed were tir e , ' already seen in the case of this Association ' loch as the British Goverunient could interfere M it thet an unpriucipleil agent mtglst lead an innocent Go the latter of these points he should say a feet mit unsuspecting tratiessnan into the snare, by get- words. In the year 1817, and afterwards in 18118; tine him to procUre any libellous publication, he had given the most pointed insterietions to Suf which, unless so Solt - tiled, it pooh, whom trove en- Waken, A'Court to inquire into ill'iti,flthgehf grim: hoed his contemplation to deal in. In further eluci- antes of. Captain Romeo, which iiiinery Sir Wel-_ itaiiiii i of the oppressive (iegel . of the law againSt limn A'Court immediately instituted. gut . infesi b eiksellers, the lion. and Learned Gent. related the mation did not rest solely upon the staietneute of glue of die late Nth Jainism), of St. Peal's Church. the Neapolitan Government, but upon . the .statet yard. who limitig. been in the liebit of publishing the menus of persona who acted with Captuin Rem l works of Gilbert Wakefield, which were chiefly of and also of persons residing in his miglibtierhoOd e a classical lemur, at length declined to publish a and if front these inquii lea the British GM'einine . poloresil work written by that permit in the early part were sothfied that the Neapolitan Government Wei of the French r e v.ihnion, on weeouut of its apple- taken no proceedings againit Captain Romeo on age tently lihellons tendency. That hook having been cutout of his connexion wish the BraisoltGoverunsettei published, a ior.ms called et Mr. Johnson . * shop, he saw no reason why tit'- House should iliterfert t ...id s,iregi f.,ellitti 'wilco lar work of Gilbert Wake- Nothing could be more awkward in point of peen' held and being told that it wits MA publhhed by veelent than to submit this correspondence to this N1r..1,01 risito, tett nested it might 1w procured liw him; House. but he could assure the House he neveg his request was cemplied with, and the side of that taw a more conclusive case in his life. He hod h ,,,, ~,.,,,,,,, ,1„. 0 ,,„„,1 fl e a rn . e . el s ina ahn i ti o ai r . offered the Hoe. Member for Aberdeen s (Vir; J thte•ott. The I ion. and Learned Geletleman then re- f I )to let hick see the corre•ponifeare i kri hi l l veiling i 0 the ailjour lit of the sittings of' the °nice; bat lie could riot ge thither. ;Cite Douse of King's BeiselitoOenitier, took occasion tounimailrett Ceimainie mould not mittimon the tileat,oktati.Go. very siro.ieiy on the Art which wait passed last Se.- verintsetit to their bar, and .he was ease the Helell suon for enahling the C our t to sit a fortnight before Geotleuntti (Colonel Dailies) Must see that thitl Will every Term, by which six weeks iii every year were nut a case in which the House could iiitirfere. 'Advil to the Term business ; the present adjourn- With respect to the second point, namely, whether ment carried the business into the tong vacation, tiny pecuniary remuneration should be granted; soil if that sort of proceeding were suffered to go he sisould say that previous to Captain Romeo's or., the business of the law would be protracted hying employed in slits oecdputioni lie bed from Christmas to Christmas, and the consequence been ifil Murat's army, and beiii g charged witli *ovoid be, the driving of every 1113te who", had the some clime,. he was :aro aril and put into prison. eiliscalion and , &thugs of a gentleman from so When in custody be ofliehd to undertake the utfice, laborious a nrofession. He also animadverted on end it was considered quite a sufficient remuners the incoovrn i enee to w hi c h t h e profession was p u t lion for him to receive at the tune 80 dollars a • by the removal of the Courts so far apart, and month for his secret service to' the police; Ind he complained that iso steps had as yet been taken for must admit that he performed his functioui as spy the preparing of the ',reputed Courts in Weetmin- upon the conspirators with, great,. propriety.. if *ter IMF, as had been promised on his asking the Captain Romeo felt he hail claims upon the 136- rpiestien in the Net Seission of Parliament. tith Government, it is surprising he did not prefer Mr. M. A. TAYLOR alto remarked upon the in- them before. or that he did - not apply to the convenience to the profession which had been point. Noble Lord (Bentinck), or others, who had titl ed nut by the last speaker. Ile likewise observed limited funds at their command; and it must be re upon the present system of conducting the business membered that Captain Romeo was bat a subordi- . of the Law Courts, contending that it was intim*. nate agent in the transaction, and by tio means so *Ode that the Judges of the King's Bench could get important a personage es in mudern times, 'since he through the duties imposed on them. He was not had written some books, one of which he saw very dispesed to stand up us a reformer of all the Courts, handsomely bound in the hand. of the Hon. and his labours were chiefly confined to the Court of gallant Gentleman opposite (Col. Davies). He had Chaiieery ; lie could not, however, help observing, sent in a claim for 3,600/., and one of the items was that he saw no reason why the shackles of the 1,500 f. for the mistress of • French General, fur Court of Common Pleas should not be re- services performed by her.—(A laugh.) —He had moved, and that Court made one of criminal juris- mentioned that circumstance before. and it was diction in the same manner as the King's Bench. scarcely worth repeating. Au annuity of 50/. a Mr. SCA lII.ETT explained. year had been granted to him, and lie said if Mr. DENMAN said his Hon. and Learned Friend . he got the value of the annuity be should (Mr. M. A. Taylor) would do well to confine his quit the country, acid give no more trouble.— reforming labours to the Court of Chancery. He, A sum of 300/. ism given to him, ss.d he mis fitr one, should regard with jealousy any attempt plied to him (the Marquis) for a passport ; but to alter the constitution of the Law Courts. He not being in the habit of giving passports except as begged to return his thanks to the Attorney- letters of character, he declined giving him one, General for the assurance he had given of in- as the information lie Boil received respecting - terfering to relieve the Petitioner. The law tin- Captain ROCOCO woo not such as to induce him to der which that unhappy man was suffering was testify for his character and condecit, tie hoped introduced in one of the six Acts passed in the last the House was satisfied with this explanation, that Parliament, and was founded on the celebrated this war not a question in which the House ehould Circular of Lord Sidmouth. In a case which had interfere; this was the fecund time it had been been decided between Mr. Butt and Sir N. Couailt, brought forward. and he most be excused if he ' Mr. Boit brought an action against Sir Maligned. declined again taking a part in the discussion. fpr unlawfully imprisoning him in default of bail Lord Wm. BEN TI NCK perfectly agreed with the flue hit good behatiour on a charge of libel. and hsv- Noble Lord, that if Chaplain Romeo had claims tug been nommited, was now in c o nfinement for the upon the English Government, lie should have pre casts. Ile (Mr. D.) had received a communica- fined them before ; hitt lie was of opiniOn lie had tun from Mr. Butt, stating that the costs of Sir no claims upon tile Government. But the quer- N. Conant had been paid by the Treasury. He tion fur the House to consider was, whether this in wished to know whether that was the fact, and dividual had not been made the victim of big un mentioned it now in the hope of receiving ma an- tachment to the British Government. 'Ehe•con seer on the day when the House was to meet again. trary of this statement depended ul the mere The Petitiou was then ordered to lie upeu the ipse dixit of the Neapolitan Government, and lie table, would not take the word of the Neapulitaii-Gevere ment, which had been so often violated. With re spect to the peission glycols etym.' Romeo, he was of opinion that it should•either bare been more or nothing at all. If he had beeierufficiently cum pen.. sated before, Ise should have received nothing; but if he had suffered in cousequence of his attachment to this comitiy, a larger pension 6botolti his been given. Ile knew the money lie•ltertriceleed was all spent, end be was iron in the, deept4 {Jibtrellii, and hit hoped the House would take the case into their consideration. fib.. Cot: I.IIWIN stated that when Capt.-Rome. first made epplicatiou to the office to'hhich . he had the honour i u heltel, he ' um& Si claion for . haying served the Wand' . tativermieut, atid demo . utird pr country reminierutiosi. Considering that this Gene deem had tette is a videndinate encumber, the vestige CAPTAIN ROMEO. Colonel DAVieS rose to present a Petition to whtc•h he wished call the attention of the 'louse, but more especially of the Noble Marquis (London. de►r)). It was front a person of the muse of Romeo, of whom the House hod heard before, and who was now compelled to throw himself on its josiier. In the year 1811, whet) the British • 60 , mi:intent was in possession of the blood of Sicily, there was reason to suspect that a compirucy was cari3itig un for the overthrow of the British aiol the introduction of the French goverionent. In order to defeat their designs it beca:ne necessary to obtain the confidence of the co.mioirente, and iu order to effect this purpose Cr;►tyw Romeo was emplaced, and in him they placid their entire confidence. By this means it ~~. . ~ ~~ w." . • %. . . . . iris, heir be 'koala be remunerated, nod the/ bad edecided De,LUSEttIiON eapreesed fin bra Ilestflosmuneeni I tint It could be only sleternifised by the renouserniion given wouldlks - ali ins as pomade in prolr o t!ibi seen- i lb Ida . suPeriiirs,,eied ie this wiz be ems remunerated. ". eery inderagatioa c ese it was in Ore highest objection- lard A.. HAMILTON objected to the grounds open aide HMI jostler stioield be long adnikaistered by • party 'which the Noble Marquis sod the Hon. Geld dimes hail lila"' wider meek grave immolations, mad bavieg to preside in I. placed the goe s li on , i nstat i ng t h at Ci p l a i n R . had Lech as high and important a juri o lietiou nOMof MO Rothe- ! 'remunerated at the time the services were performed ; bug goer Court. 'sorely this Gentl eman coul d 'that . 4me the eirceionstarces which bait since.occurred . : YORK POLL RILL • i . i Nit 6 the ""k" h° 3 been Perf"med by Ci P t.bi Rum " .Mr.W.ITYPIN having given notice of a Bill whict it dodifs while mitring the British sallorm, and In cimmegueoce of de.ieri to bring in, for dividing the election or the four seas( "Air bad sleeted the reality of asother Government. The Members between the North and Wen Ridings, 111111011111111 - Noble Marquis had iodwiged in wing appeared . to hits Mg that the limaion was so near the close, so, in all plebs. I rather unbecoming lev it y ; hot the charge of the Nob le hol l y. t o prevent him ham SO doing, he wished Ow Wass ' Marquis hail . been completely removed. The moseys! . the Le • • to olio" hien to bring iii the Bill ad • matter of ferir, ko ' Fre•fh insiltss was given to 'eve Ili° UW. li r e , ` 6 " t " order that it might be printed •iiil cionditeell. .i hymn(' forty tubers ; and, therefore, tbe jocularity of the The hill was afterwards i brought in, and °edited` 60 lie( Noble Lord wa s qu i te m i sapp printe lied. d. The HOn2C. HUTCHINSON said if he bad known no- Lard CRARRORNE moirled for Return, of sill permute thee)t of the Mte before he had come into the House, the committed and convicted under the Game Laws from 181dt statelhonts *bleb had been made woulal have induced him to rett _ oßtered. to suppillit flif. 'claims. The goestiou was nut whether this Mr. C. CALVERT prevented a Petition from the Oen.- I Gentleinau hag been sufficiently remunerated foe his rer- T piers or " 0 ... . 1 1 ,... .. mogn r ruhlie . Su ff eranee Whammy, complainimg of vices In Italy, but whether having perforated emealial me. r the regulation or t h e London Docket, a n d praying that Om viers to the British Government, having been persecuted fo exclusive grant, and charters to the West India and Loudon these serviree, and having appealed to the British Govern- A Duck Companies might not be renewed —Laid on the table. meal for preitectioo, that pr o t e ction was to be withhelia Mr. BROVGHAM wished his Hon. Friend (Mr. S. Riee) f w r a u s as the him ar ;o u hr n.e , banished a etuf ihe N e i :ti le r m rsee arq u n t i r e l man. ie s‘i t i n i t ie l o b i: . t l un to x p i o o o t t s tio ..to lie w h t i at t e mi t i h ti e on m nes am pe fi zt w ie t if ic l h i ihshedEpdreuevaetnizirs him mhtre rum applied tb the Nenpolitan Government fur inform& ; . ani ' l hemming ill hi. 8111 respecting gene r.. 1 education for Ili tar what Was the compl a i nt o f Captain Romeo ? why, that lie if an opportunity should be left to him. , had been -persecuted by t h e Pleapolitaa Goverument. Then S. RICE pustpoued his motion till Toesday next. the case came simply to t bi e , th a t t h e N o ble Margin* had Mr applieB for information to that very quarter by which CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION. this iridivideml complained he hied been prrsecoted.—(ffeas.) Sir. WHITBREAD, in rising to Wittig forward his pro. The Noble Marquis had asked with rat h er so ~,,h,e.ossing raised motion, felt that an apoli.gy was dire to the Howse for e WT7 he had ant wade all application from ISIS to his having undertaken so import int • task. He wished that 1817 ? Hit *Mild tell hem the reason *by. It was, because it h a d devolved en some of his experienced legal Friend* near part of the title he was imprisoned its Italy ;, foil the oilier him to have commenced the attack on that wove tineonatitii part, he well on the de s e r t shores of Egypt. Carlton It'ul'e° timid coofederary, which styled noir . The Consiiintierial seated he has persecuted, and he had the aothtotty of the Association." There was great eitheolty in approaching an Noble lord mar him (Lord W. &labial) to corroborate the subject, as was always the case in conducting an attack on statement. He hail demanded a passport to quit the cowl- any measure, the distingnisbing attributes of which wets try, stating that be wes sosious to ands* his countrymen in perfidy and treachery, where the parties asssi!ed, being recovering their liberlies,--and it was easy to 'tee why the driven front the open warfare of comaitutional argument, British Hoven:midst refused the passport, baying night after had nu scruples to prevent them from taking shelter in the night opposed the cause of liberty. His Noble Friend (Lord quibbles of the law. He was compelled to say this of She A. Ilamiltoi.) had very properly eaplaiited Me circumstance Constitutional Society, though it gave 'him pain, berms* there were individuals who had enrolkd themselves in it foe respecting the money given t o the F r ench misiress. Captain Roiteo had been taken prisoner M Catalina, and through whom, in point of character as well as sisei..ii, he felt the (be irldnessee of this Lady he bad escaped, anti forty other,. highest veneration and respect Ile was con•meed that those individuals had been drawn into the circle without Snowing There were the plain statenimet s of the case, auel be thought the House would not sustain its town dignity if it refused preeively for what purposes their name, and succours were to these joist claims. —(Hear, hear.) he used. Had the Societynelopied its proper title, lied it named After • few words from Culotte! DAVIES the Petition was Itself, instead of the Constitutional Association, the Birch's ordered to be !MI on the table. Mr. WILBERFORCE pr esen ted s P e tition from a person lane Plot, those names lied never been enrolled among the luenibers of it ; and yet be thought that it required tau great of the name of Robert Wood, prayiag fur contpeosa . t too fur depth of understandiag to di.eaver that the whole scheme (he foss of his conimiudon. had been set on foot by attorney., for their own benefit and Lonl PALMERSTON stated, that this individual had ensolorttenf. No one ought to quarrel with atturoeys for been employed in the service of GoveruspOut early in the looking to their own profits, hot he inept object to their war, end became indebted to the Geo/trammel for a consider- doing it by sseh means as those described. To say able sum. In coo/legumee of this he lost hie euninoission, the least, the Society was quite umieecirsary. There were lost, to far from his hoeing • claim, it appeared that rather foom o, Law Officers with ahumlance of powers, to cheek Mu much indulgeuee had been 'hero so Win. the evils of publication, and Ill) one would be dispos- The Petition as. ordered to be printed. cd to aver that they had bees too delicate in exereiring Mr. W. SMITH presented a Petition from certain Nor. it. 11iliatever weie the offences of Hellhole or of Dolby chants and Traders in the neighbourhood of Loudon, against (and he was not there as the advocate of se d ition an b ias. the Extent* in Aid. pliviny), hut all their publications together, were they ever The AT roR N Ey.GEN ERA i acknowledged himself to su perHiciolls, and increased by the addition of the favoured he ignorant of the circumstances of the particular (me, but pollutions of St. James's-street, were lees injurious to society could nut agree with the 'weeping censures just espressed &pip, &Male is Aid. than the proceedings of this Constitutional Asomiatims. Ile contended that the proper public prosecutor for libels . . . . Mr. W.llllllTilehortly replied, • was the Attorney General, and that it was unjust in the The Pettifog was ordered to be piihrest.• • • legheol degree to allow soy other person to interfere with 'ILLEGAL FEES IN IRELAND. those functions. Nothing could he snore dangerous to pub. Mr. W. WYNN brought s ip the Iter,4l of the Commit• lie liberty, than fur a knot of ell-informed penmen, tuning tee appointed to consider of the 9th Ripon sif Commis the means and the ineltuation to prosecute, to take on 'them. sinners of Judicial Inquiry in Ireland, together with the selves to determine what publications should, and what letter of the Chief Hiroo of ill* Irish Court o(lE:chequer its should not be prosecuted, not one of them having under. reply to it. The Committee had proceeded t o make extracts atendinie or information to give • competent judgment on from the Report and the letter. lad cuinsulted all known soy such subject. No corpora e body of prosecutors ought precedeuts which bore opoa the cases, Making throughout to he tolerated. The low officers of the Crow. were liable their own Ferments., as they proceeded. The reswlt had been to interrogation before the assembled Parlinteent tiMpeting a tonviction on their wheal', insulate instances, that the letter the exercise of their powers; but where was the respoe of the Chief Broil did out tonna' • 'mistimes, expleuation 'inlay of these sew terleconstiouted feneiioriaries ? oflhe arcuotomotes ineatioded in the Report, and in messy Each of them would deem his sham of that respell. other inelaitees that there *as not information enough before Willy so small that it cund never be made to sot se the Ceibstrilltee to freebie them tq come to a ;simper decision. a check on the proceedings of the Corporation. Not' They bad agreed, thereto's*, to lay the Report on thr table, to speak too scandalously of human nature, be had to: Mid oudesionir to indecat his Majesty% Go" niment to take qatently remarked in private life that men had fearlessly measure defier the abeeoce of Parliament for eeening the avowed actions done collectively whirls they would hem lefeensatiod cameleer, ;so that by the lime Parliantent been stemmed to own individually. He maintained that should *gain assemble, there might he enough of such in- the Conciliations! Association was [buttery to the lame formation to Mishit the House to come to tome final deter- •nil especially the Act of Melanesian, which Am was in en the *bole care submitted, and put it it rest tended to protect the subject from private oppression. by the enforcement of their authority. Subecribing to • prosecution in the name of the King was The lliarquts of LONDONDERRY expressed the strong clearly en Act of Maintenance, and *as therefore prohibited sense which be felt for a solemn and effectual inquiry and by the Statute. Another objection to the Association, which decision upoo the subject, and promised on behalf of Co- held •eqnitahly as well as legally, veal that there was 'to risk vernment that no means sbuold he spared for aecuri lig any or other consequence of responsibility attaching to their pro iuformstiout which it was is the power of Miulsteis to cum- ceedings. lie was moreover upheld in his opinion of the mand, which might also be necessary for that purpose. illegality by a late decision of the Court of King'. Bench. Mr. S. RICE approved of the cense anon to be takes, A party prosecuted •t the suit of the Society had •pplied and rejoiced at the ass gives by the Noble Marquis. for some mode of relief, and the Court gam him the He would, on these accounts, feel it his duty to abandon privilege, • very extraordinary one, as it appeared to his the proceedings which it was his intention to have recum. (Ur. Whitbread), of demanding from each of the Jury le mended in the Committee, convinced mhe was that the know if any of them were members of the Association, which course alma to be taken would secure the until perfect would he a full ground fur challenge. If this were so fairness and candour in any future proceedings on the case. with respect to the Petty Jury, bow much mere eau- Mr. O'GRADY expressed his cordial cuncurreuce is the him ought there to be with respect to Grand Juries, sin course proposed to be taken. He, as well as the Chief whose opinion the bringing en of the bills at all depended? lam), was most anxious that the fullest information should Then, supposing a party to escape conviction, what means be had on the subject •he had said so frequently before, and had he for recovering Isis expemes and a due remuneration Ns mind*as as bre d now. He was anxious to prevent a for the pains and time laid ma in so utiprofitable an employ. miscoueeption respecting tie manner its which he was spent as that of answering to a vexatious indictment? He said to hate commented on the labours of the various could have no suit for conspiracy sealant the &misty, because Commissions on the other Courts; he had been tepee. he would be unable to fix the malice on say particular indi. Muted as If he had censured the unfairness with which vidual. The malice, it was true, was eery ones proved by the the Reports bad beeu made in the other Courts compared want of a justifiable cause for prosecuting; but the Juice with that which related to the Court of Exchequer. He bad to determine that point. He might be an assonymoes thought, un the contrary, that the Commissioners had dis- subscriber to the Association, and then there could be no charged their duty in a very honourable and exemplary doubt as to the side which his opinion would take. Thus Manner. In no case, not even this of the Exchequer Court, was the Society o u t only set meanest the Constitutioe, bet Ind they done any iltiag more than snake allegations, with- it tweet to poison justice in its *tierce. The Government out recommending ulterior proceedings. His complaint were homil to interfere, a n d protect the people from op- Was against the Mover, who, as Ise thought, had made a pension. Were they to endure t'ranny because it garbed very unfair Selection of objects. He felt that there was a itself with loyalty? Were they to put lip with oppression, want of justice, which alone ought to be predominant in bernsise it was patronised by Peers, old women, slid his such • case in the course taken by the Hon. Gentleman ; Majesty's Ntiuistera ? Theis must Mr. Sharpe and As foe if the motion were not brought forward from an ab. iteciatiout be constituted public prosecutors; the Astor street lave of „testae be could nut conceive any assign- 'icy and Solicitor-General might he dispensed with; able motive for it at all. He had therefore complaned of Mr. Sharpe and his fellows were enough to determine the partiality with which the Hots. Mover had referred to the whether in publications of writing or caricatures the design ideals Report, to the neglect of all the other,. had the right spiiit in it, and if in the true spirit of Mr. S. RICE was astonished, after having been so coin- loyalty or not. He would recommend all who haul recently pleb', justified with respect to his motives by the House joined themselves to the Society who had lately become and by the Hon. Member himself, to hear them now put in share-holders, l's quit it ere they became bankrupts in fame. gentle°. If he understood himself, or the imputation coo- He would put it to them if they approved of the censorship veyed by the Hon. Gentleman, it was as unjust with reap. et of Fritter% or the Inquisitions of Spain. What was the to his conduct as it was untrue.. Wherever there was • bail Constitutional Association but a volunteer musorship motive 'at work it would display Ruoff tu the course of Uli the English piss? Ile was aware of the great the action. There had been nothing in his manner, or the p rover of she press; he knew whet mighty I fr,•ets it arguments contained io the Meg address which it lied heeu essul.l produce, and how much of good or evil depended on b,a buratto* to make to the HORS!, which bed the least elm- the tendeucy of its labours; out its own fondue' was meter of unfairness or malignity. Were lie capable of liar. ise best regulator, end the consequences of that conduct belong such a molly!, he would have been unlit not only the best miens of preventing or correcting its enure, fur a teat tau that House, nut for the compauinowhip of enri. -for lee the propriety of them it imot stand or fall ; and heed society. He lied not selected the Report on the I at any rate there were means enough for preventing anise in Court of Exchequer—ethos:oi it he had, there use, ninlllll.lll, the hands of the I.lw Officers of the Crewe. It might be justifieatiou in the allegations of it. All the abuses named said that the Society was not like the Inquisition, as it in all the other Reports secumitlaled would not make a bad not the I own of applying the torture end f.urcifig fraction equal to a thousandth of these charged In the Court confession; but, like the Inquiet-lion. it haul spies aosl • Esehequer. The other Reports had been on the table for series to seduce to crime for the sake of punishartnit. It years. Why was the neglect of not noting on (hens new to was fraught with destrnetioo to society. Mess must avoid be laid at his door? The first Report which had hems made each other as if cumagion existed among them, were this sauce he bad oat ie Perliameut lie had promptly taken in Society to be triumph/mt. There totted be no free collect. band. He corelsided by disavowing the mean, base, mid i satioe ; there could be tin frank interchange of thought or unworthy motives which were pow so 'mitts'', and cruelly opinion; all political disemotois most come speedily luau end. to beatatirulert to him. The longer the roesiderarims of thlasubject bad bees. delayed, Mr O'GRADY explensed, lie had not before, nor did the mure importaist did it become, and the more imperative be stow tomtits', the Motives of the Hon. °entireties). His had be felt it ill nitre it forward. Ever since meni ***** bail osposplatut wee against the partial, siol, as it •ppemed to been made of the Society iu this House, all Clime motives him, unjust maaurr of prunreufing, by pureeing the Repot seemed to be esepeisded. He dreadell'elie, when Pm-ha ms the atom of Exchequer, while us ituttec was taken of the rout should he up, their optimum' would he renewed Kerns um the tabu - Courts, withlucreased magnify, they no lodger isterieg the fear of ~~ 4 1 A \ \ , • • • • . „as.„. the House before Moir eyes. Flle might have Felled io his legal arguments; but he trusted, however defectively he had date it, he had at least dime enough to thew the neressity for the House concurrjag it the atotiou which he would side. mat :-That as bumble Address be preseated to his Ma jrciy, humbly praying that his Majesty . would be gr.i. ciously pleased to give directions to his Attorney-Geiser:et to enter a soffit prorogue to all indictinents which shall he preferred by the Sorietty tallies Itself `• The Coustittateoual Ade:sedition." Mr. CREEVET seconded the motion. Mr. BATHURST thought thit the apology of the Hon. Gentleman for his inability might have been spared, as there had been no waist of obloq-iy, invective, or exaggeration, in brining the sobjs4; fetwird. Fie took the object of the suotion to be to put down the Assuciatione. He thought the Nsude adopted extraordinary, and ill fisted to the purpose. He tiotiid give no opieion on the legality of tle- A.suctaiiuti, as the Hon. Member hititrelf had staled nothing deb tale against that legalitk His objection to the mode of pelting the Society down was, that it was impracticable, Il required the ditoeney-Geweral to eater a unite prerepti before he could know who were the parties bringing the ac tion. He would leave the legal 'peados to those who were better able to manage it, and take up the subject, on the broad and geueral grouweis of the necessity asserted fur peewit:: dues she Society. This principles of the Soenoy, as be mole, *toed them e +mei° poirseo to penishnient offences of illoo.IJu• publication', which were thought to deserve them. He could see nothing tedious or objectionable in these principles, though be were to admit that the offeoces might be snore properly pa. wished by other peewits. The How. (kutlemars assumed that no one bad a right to assume the functions of se public prosecutor but the Attorney-General. He bad always ou derstemel the Condit totem iu quite another way; he hail sup. posed that any one was • competent public prosecutor, and that the exercise of the power of the Attorney.Gesteral was rather an excepetun to the Constitution, than the direct sod legal course to pursue. lie could mit believe that the e as t, : j ot :l v y: o 7 w b d e h e i l s i eb e e v r e ibe h :d h a u b le y se d the io m atHhenyouiroTier:itiecibeilltealsiuGueauwp!eleresen"asosu. coo u T d e have beta brought over to such a purpose. Me hi ke-ice' two things hoes what Se had witnessed, that the Sretety sae doting a great deal-good or bad ha would out then say; sod secondly, that the more the gerition re spectnig this Assuctatiou was stirred, the souse they "reused to thrive. lie was afraid that the Woo. Gratleman was nut sufficieutly aware of what would be the e fleet of his motion. He proceeded iv justify the lustination by ref. rein, to a similar (me %hub had beta organised about the period of the French Reeolstiou. As there had been iso attempt yet made to gain a legal decision sgainst the Society, be thought that the House would not gut so far as to re gent.* the Crows to frustrate all its proceedings by force. As to the wait of responsibility complained of, there must be 'tames at the becks of the Wills preferred, and those par_ ties mast be kelpie to charges of vasticioue proseentiom, if any grounds fur such charges existed. He apprebeuded that the complaint of the Altos sey-Gencral nut prosecuting instead of the Society, was not •well founded. If he were to interfere, lie would, by the role of his office, leap over one step which must be taken by the Association, that of peesentiug the bills before the Grand Jury. He concluded by op posing the'musiun. Dr. LUSH' fIGTON said that it was not a little singular that Ministers, after priding themselves on their selfouffiei. eney fur so long • period, and after all the petialties with which they and their predeeessoes had disgraced the statute book in the last 30 years, to hear one of them get up its his place sod argue on the necessity of inabiestiug a society to revers' blasphemy stud seditioa.-[llr. Bathurst signified some dissent ]— he Right Hon. Gentleman denied buying pleaded the necessity for establishing the Society; but he at least jawlike' it by an appeal to the laws and coustitution. He expressed his astisfaction that the Society was going on to do a great deal lit the dissatisfaction of his (Dr. Lush. ington'o) side of the House, though out to his owe. The Right Hon. Gemileman evidently approved of suet As. sociations.-(//ear.)-.11 was clear that he thought the At torney sod Solicetor-Gemeral unequal to their functions, nod that he was wilting eo give over she Coestitmion to the care goidauce, seed protective Milk Joie Sewell, Knight, width:, Secretary of the Association. The Association was memo say or it was not. If the Atterney.Gerterai slid his duty, it was nut arcessary ; if he del not do kb duly, he ought to be eusupelled to do it. list there was no such blame at tributable to either of his Huts, and Learned Friends. The Right Hun. Gentlenami (Mr. B. liailinest) asserted, that this Society was not an uncoisatitutioaal Society, mid that he can find several parallel Societies. W'bst were those parallel Societies ? lit the year 17113 there was a Crown and Anchor Association, hut he believed that Society instituted no prosecutions. He did nut deny.that any individual might prosecute if he were aggeieved, but he asked it' there was any instauce, with the exceptive' of vise too coatenamt ble to be • mentioned, he meant the Society for the Sappressuens of Vii &- that Society, which prosecuted beggars, leaving uutosch.d all the violstious which took place at the west end of the tow*, by the great and noble, like cowardly hypocritet-fer what, be would ask, was cowardice and hypocrisy? be would ask, if it were not the prosecuting of the mein and ele force less, leaving the great and portliest uffeeder untouched ?- therefore it was that lie held that Society in abhurreuee.- (hear, hear)-aud with that simile exception be Inter sot another Society of similar principles to the Coastitutiosal Amorist's's. The Right Hun. Geniknela said there were Associations for the prosecution of fe oas, bet dad he iv r kuow of any Society of that deocriptint which did net con fine itself to the prosecution of offences agaiust its owe members?-[Mr. Balboni, across the tablie said Yes.")- He (Dr. Lushington) could 'member nu istatauces of that sort. Bat. supposing that a mats were a subscriber to such a Society, would he therefore, sitting as • Grand Juror, be induced to find a bill? Burglary, rubbery. mad murder, were moral offences, of the feature of which DO doubt could be entertained; but as to political 'rinks, every day's experience shewed that Use gresieat dirge race of opiates might exist on that subject, woe Joey acquitting for • crime of which smother might ruuyiet, as was the ease with The Batatirter soma years ago. Taking some of the writings of Mr. Burke, if the passages received that iaterpretalsou which had lately been put on similar passages, there wonld he no difficulty in getting them con demned as libellous. Though the prosecutions might be by the Committee of this Society, yet as that Committee was elect ed, and every individual member mast have confideeoe them, such individual, though not of the Committee, would readily believe, if he were sitting on a Grand Joey, that there was grimed for *electing the case brought before hies for prosecution, and therefore if ewe of those individuals were on the Jury there could nut be a fair trial. He mast my that he was astouished at what had taken place in the Court of King's Bench, whore the Judges had is a newsier 'stepped out of their way its deoliug with this Society. They bad allowed that the Jury should be sated whether they behang ed to this Society or not ; and thus on this point the Court of King's Beach and the Right Honourable Gentleutau (Mr. B. Bethurat) were at hoer, fur they have coodeseceaded to make es precedes.' to meet this case in derogation of Hui dignity and the dignity of Enelivh justice, they think , vz the members of this Assoeittion were swill For Juryone' and the Hight Hon. Gentleman thieltiag they were as gikojt • as could be selected. Ile weld ask the Attorney-Celle', what means of redress an individual would have •gaiiise whom tiara Society had proceeded wrongfully ? Heee was a Society with large funds at its disposal, well auk iv Ire Counsel, while such • roes as 300 f, could be -uhscribed by tree individual Peer, yst he would be glad to la-ou from the Learned Gentletuau that the responsibility of Sharpe ei e Murray Was nut to be idled ou, but that recourse Magid t' • had, fur instance, to the Girl of Poweeseurrt. But wou not the injured Individual he obliged to lasiee4 Isis self." against a man of lora*? He begged of the Hon. s. Leat °eel G...nt Stamm, if not ho pity to him, yes to pity to the ii.ete • bir:e as victudis which the Suck'' , weer going its make, 4.1 , 1 prospective iramoialiou of sebum the Right lion. Gentleme , rejoiced so much, to tell htm, if after isinieeguisse that ours , and being found home-ewe, there was any one • ho ;to ti. • Could have recourse for compesisatioa. He (I„?.. Laishicito o: helieored that as the Society •t present existed so "soh them; Could be done. 'Flits Society, like that for she Suppression of Vice, crested the offeuce which they afterwards prose. cat.. Was there, lie would ask, a man is that House who did out reprobate such a practice •• yet that the Societe had duns. Ile allude Ito the case of as individual who *a.