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vow .. Bre erni t i 1 i ~.. ..;; (...•„,..„.... ... ) \t..., .........\„, .., ! n ~ .. :t 1 Jh . 1- ;.- . % . ...."--- _..../ 4 It ' - .. 1 • \, t P E tt 11 b 'P. 3irtiti ,, ........,_ + oz tuttoajtc 1 . . . ' - • . . . , . . •. • • , LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21. islP. NUMBER 5316. Niel; ill. jest. He (mild enure the Right Reveread Prelate that the c!anse should not pass the House without uppteutton. Lord HOLtAKD reutarke4 iu justice to the Right here read Prelate, that nothing was fairer than the notice he had given of bn iutentimi. After • few words from Earl GROITEMoit. the Rill went through a Committee, was reported, and ordered foe the third reading. ELECTIONS IN IRELAND. Noble Marquis's motion were carried it would pet mit Ilse itinerant onions, who hail of la.e so lunch abused the public ear, to acquire colourable free. 'odds, and thereby entitle them to obtrude them. arises sotto every Iltertivg; Lout 1101.1.4Ni:1—T11i* clause prohibited all per. sons. hut those enumerated in it, from attending respectively at county or patochial meetings. The Noble Lord at the heel of the Treasury contended, thit by the common law none but freeholders could attend at a county court. It might not then be convened to go deeply into this question, oor to ascertain why freehold mice formed so large r por tion of the tenures of this kingdom; but it was to be remembered that this clause did wit merely debar persons not freeholders from attending at county meetings, hut deprived them fruin present ut Noy meetings whateter•—i'Mars bear.)—l'he meetings which the Noble Lord was so willing to preserve pore—parochied meet. togs, were, it Will remarkably, the only kind of meetings permitted duriCg the French Revolu tion, anal it *us singiihrr that while the country was 'stormed with the display of dangers similar, they w e r e t o ld, t o those ilvit preceded and accompanied the early period of the French Revolution, wheit they carne to the evil. they found nothing like the circumstances of the Revolution of France, while the principal remedies devised were borrowed from that polluted . source, and might, without much difficulty. be moved to he among the sources of the sufferings inflicted upon France. Nothing more unwise or impolitic could be devised than the principle acted on in this Bill, which was to divide the several claws of which the country was com posed. and to leare the poor and uneducated with. not the possilidity of directing or advising them in their public proceedings.--( Hear. hear.) — The Noble Lord (Liverpool) moy smile at this, hut I know well, said Lord He lland. what hit smite means. It implies, that we, trouble ourselves to vain about this measure and its provisions, for, thinks the Noble Lord, 'we call it a Bill for regu• luting, hut, never fear, no meetings from this out can be holden. so that the details of the measure are quite immaterial. •1 1 But 1 tie;:eve," said Lord Holland. in his usual ensphrtic roomer, '• I believe that the measure will eventually prove nugatory. I trope so sincerely. for linters you can break down the spirit of Englitshmen, and all the best seed noblest principles of the constitution. you cannot give effi cacy to such a measure." He fairly owned the he could not hope to amend the clauses of this Bill, for the principle of it was bad ; but it was remark. • KING'S THRATIIR. Tills EVENING. TUESDAY. Dec. el. will he perforitseii Mozart's favourite Opera, entitled LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. in which Signor Albert will make his second appearance in k this cousitry.—End of the ntet Art, a new Divertiseineut. , After the Opera, a mewl td:vi. posed by Mons. iluHiu, • B . ail!. : M.. •,... •• wtoihwl !, LE SULTAN frENIEISEUX. f y \ A it Le Chouque, Mademoiselle Eliza, and Moo.. ....i Spa, trill make their serum! appearance in this country. Rueini's popular Opera of II Ceuereatola, is in rebearwil Nettie debut of Signor Torii ; and an entirely New Opera, composed by Signor Literati, is in active preparation, its which Signor Bianchi will make his first appearance in this country. Saturday being Christmas Day, there will be but one Opera this week. Vivst Rt.'s'. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Ocean= t 7, Isl 9 rillIF: COURT o f DIRECT ORS of toe I. UNITED COMPANY or MERCHANTS of ENG LAND. trading to the EAST INDIES, do hereby yiee Notice, font 1 QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT .of the ▪ COMPANY will he held at their Hoene in 'Lewlen. hxii-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 111 December Next, at raven o'Clnek in the Forenoon, fur the permute of ile. elating a DIVIDEND from Mitlinimmer twit to Chriottnim next. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. The Irish Election, Bill was read a second time, and or dered to be committed. SEDITIOUS MEETINGS. BAST INDIA HOUSE,_Ociossit 17, 1819. THLr COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND, trading to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That the TRANSFER BOOKS of theasiil COMPANY S STOCK will be SHUT on THURSDAY Drcem lwr neat, at Three o'Clock, and OPENED AGAIN on TUESDAY the 19th id 'anima y, 162 a ; And that the DIVIDEND WARRANTS on the said STOCK. doe no the bib of January, 1820, will be ready to be DP-LIVERED on THURSDAY the 6th of the tome Month. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. Lortl SIDMOUTH moved the Ostler of the Day for the House ow into a Committee tii the Bill for the wore effectual prevention of Seditious 51ertinirs. Tile Home being in Committee, and the Choir. man (the Earl of SHAFTESBURY) having read the first cianse— THEATRE-ROYAL. DRURY-LAN E. THIS EVENING. TUESDAY, Dec. 41, his Miami?' !creams will perform the Comedy of Lord ELLENBOROCCH rose, and remarked, that although this clause progliabitellowtain persons from ottending meetings, yet it did not provide any pe. natty in the Pvent of disobedience. Ile also ob. served, that although a meeting, regularly conversed lay the S eriff, or other authority, could riot be ad. journed without incurring the danger of being troated at an illegal meeting, yet that this clause (,ti not refer to meetings convened contrary to the pros ipions of the Act. In the game matinee a Jug lice was riwaymeretl, in certain events, to livelong a meeting ille al ; but this power was grunted with reference only to the meetings regularly convened, and not to meetings irregularly asiembled. The LORD CHANCELLOR Said. that if persons contravened the provipioms of an Act of Parliament, tile penalties preperibeit by the common line onold attach to the offence, mid they would be subject to tine and imprisonment. THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Tessle, Mr. Monaca; Sir Oliver Surface. Mr. D0%4 lOU ; Sir Benjamin Burkbite, Mr. Wide, ; !useph Sur face, Mr. Russell; Charles Surface, Mr. Elliston; Crabtree, Mr. °attic; Moses, Mr. Oxherry. La.lp Teazle, Mrs. Payne tfront the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, her 2,1 appear. a.ice on this stage); Lady Sneensell, Mrs. Knight; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Glover; Maria, Mrs. Rubinson. EAST INDIA HOUSE. Nocelnnen 10, 1019. THE COURT of Dam:Toils of ese UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND. trading to the EAST INDIES, do hereby girl Not:re. That the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY appointed to be held at their Florist in Lestlenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the Vd December Next, is made Special, for the porpose of layiu( before the Proprietors. for their apiiroliatioo, o Reioiuoon of the Court of Directors of this day, grouting to Sir Georce Hilaro Harlow, Bart. G.C.11. a Pension of 1,500/. per annum, on the tronode therein stated. After which ihr Farce of TUE MAYOR OF GARRATT. S.r /scot. Jahr', Mr. Hughes; Major Sturgeon, Mr. Dow. ton Jrrry sneak, Mr. Russell ; Crispin tirritay, Mr. Galtle; Bruin, Mr. Swish. Mrs. Sneak, Mrs. Harluere ; Mrs. Bruin, SCI.II. 't he Doors will be opened at Half-past Si,t o'Clock; the Perform:owe will conmonce precisely at Seven. Boxes 7s ; Stews,' Price 3s. ed.—Pit Ss. ad. ; Second Price es.— Lower Callery °s.; Sccund Price Is.—Upper Gallery ls. ' Second Price The Box-00 Ice will 1w open from Eleven till Five o'Clock —Places to be taken of Mr. Bothwell. Box Buok.kceper. Private Boxes to be had (nightly) of Mr. Spring. who is ap pointed Comptroller of the Box-Office Receipts. the Private Boxes awl Ticket Department, as well as the general arrange meat of the Doors. To-sorrow, the Tragedy of Othello. The keport required by the Hy-Laws, esp. ei. see. 19, together with the document. upon which the 'wit! Heou!ii. lion ins been fOrInCII, ue open for the inspection of the Proprietors at tins House. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. Ln d HOLLAND *Aid, that the ',enmities stated by the Noble and Learned Lord were barn-lend, se vere, should any individual. from cariosity or igloo riuce, be incautiously present at a meeting at which he was not authorised to appear. 'the clause was then logreed to. The Elul of' LtvErtPoot. remarked across the table, that the present Hill did not affect any meet- Mg+ that may be held iu booms, or within the walls of any building. In the clause relating to the persons entitled to %attend public meeting , , LOr4l LAUDERDALE pro- posed in the sentence " inhabitann , snally resi dent," to leave out the word " usually." He did not see the necessity of the expression. The LORD CHANCELLOR replied, that the word was uyeessary, as -persons nos usually rrndent m:giut iu certain cases be construed to be inhabitants. E.tsT INDIA HOUSE. NOVENIOFR 17, ISM TI IE COURT or DIRECTORS of the I UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG. LAND, tra,lin9 to the citsr IN DIES, do her , he Notifv, That at the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT ap pointed to be held at this House ou the 22d December Next, a Proposition will be made, agreeably to the Notice tabled at the General Court on the 22d September last, to place in their Court Room a Statue of the late Right uourable Warren Hastings, as a last testimony of approba tion of the lon. zealous, and successful services rendered to the East ladle Company by that distinguished character. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. THEATRE-ROYAL COVE VT-GA HOF V _ . THIS EVENING, TUESDAY. Dec. 21, will be limed Shek■peare't Teageily of KING RICHARD THE THIRD. King Drury the Sixth, Mr. Egerton; Riebard, Duke of GlO'ster, Mr. Maereody ; Duke of Buckingham, Mr. Terry ; Henry, Earl of Richmond, Mr. Abbott. (amen Elisabeth Mrs. nitwit ; Lady Auue, Mrs. Yates; Duchess of York . Mrs. C. ttttt or. 4 '. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Nottsunnt 24, 1519. TI,COURT tf DIRECTORS of the I , ll'llEO. COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND, trading 40 the EAST INDIES. de hereby give Notice, That the QVARTERLY GF.NERAL 4 tOVRT of the said COMPANY, appointed to be held at their house in Leadenball.street, on IVEDNESDAY, the 22d of December Next, i 4 further made Special, fur the purpose of animus tang fur confirmation, the Resolutiuu of the General Court of the 2251 of September last, approving a Renblatinn of the Court of Director, of the 14th July last, granting to Mr. James Wilkinson, under the circumstances therein staled, the Sum of 75,0 a) Sims Rupees, at 2s. the current Rupee, with in terest thereon, at Six per Cent. per Annum, from the 11th October, IS In, to she slay when payment shall be made. The Report regoiresl by the By-Law cap. 0, Sect. 20. together with the Doctsnaeuts upon which the sistil tilos has been formed, are aspen lie the inspection of the Pio prielors at this House. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. To which will be added. the Musical Romance . tif RICHARD C(EUR DE LION. Riclianl the First, King of England, Mr. Duruset ; Bion. drl, Mr. Erma; Florestaa, Mr. Pyue ; Sir Cien, Mr. Tay lor ; Antonio, Miss Beaumont. 31atiltia, Miss M. Tree; ',slum's, Miss Matthews. [luxes 75.; Srrnud Price 3..6.1—Pit 34. 8.1.; Second Price 2a Gallery Va.; Second Price Is.,—Ciiiser lere :4.: Second Price 6d. Lord 1 - JoLLANO alsoci, that this expression, with the explanation of the Learned Lord, wits vrrc important. as it prevente.l j.eraons, no matter may be their property, to attend a public %whin any place in which they whonced not to be usually ►esident. h mattered not how much the object of the meeting mad• concern the interests of his property within the place, he would be unable to attend the meeting unless he were usually a re sident. able, that while it guarded against large Wages of the, profile for the purposes of discussion, it did not prevent large assemblages if they did not meet for dtscu•ai.ni. The Earl of II !MOWRY mid, that no person whatever was prevented by the present Bill from expressing his opinions upon political matters; for every man must be au inhabitant of some county, or town, or parish—and, as such, will be entitled to express his sentiments at some public meeting. I" , ..snorrow, Sbakspeire's Comedy of Errors, with A Short Reign and a Merry Oar. ROYAL COBURG THEATRE, Under the Patronage of his Ro)al Highness Prince LEOPOLD of SAXE COBURG. Lord EnsEINE *aid, that he had 1,000 serer or taw!, .Isich, however, was not a freehold, in pa. . . The Pahhe nre respectful!) informrd, that this Theatre will Cl.t►uE 71113 t.VLINim.s, TUESDAY, to enable the p rov r ie s t .r a t o prepare a Grated Mel►Dnama, which will be produced on Monday the 27th inst. founded on a most interesting Part of the Roman History, in which Mr. Routh, late of the Theatre-Royal, Covent gardert.will mate his first appearastre at this Theatre. FOR THE BEMEFIT OF MISS COPELAND. THIS EVENING, TtIEsDAY. Ore. 31, •ill be presested,the favourite Bulimia of SIX TO ON E; OR, HOW TO GET AN ENGAGEMENT. Manager, with the Comic Bong " Life of as Actor," M►. Ds►idge; Feet - Wick, Ale. Cedilla'. Maria (att Actress .f provincial celebrity), Miss Cope/nal ! Bridget (s Country Gaskry), Mint Copeland!! Georgina' Flourish (n fust-rate Lawton Actress), Miss Copeland!!! Goody Stubbing (a deaf amorous old Catly of he), Mita Copeland!!! Lounge ( a litera•y Fro), Mitt Copeland ""' Maleittoinelle plate (from Ike Ii e nch Theatre), Mint Coswhiol!!! ! ! 1. whit* ale will eitoz no entire urw Mock Bravura. After which. a new Melo-Drama, called THE NOVICE OF F. MARCO. The whole 10 conclude eijih TFIELAWYER IN THE SACK. Tickets to be hail of bliss Copelaucl, Nu. 2, Waterloo. piece. Just published, T ALES OF MY LANDLORD; co n taining " l'untefisct Castle." Pilule() fur William Fesrmau, Library, 170, New Bond sti eel. No. SO, PALL-MALL. LATE DYDE AND SCRIBE. 1111 ESSRS. HA RDI NG rod CO. in vets/ruing .111 'Merle amok' to their numerous Friends for favours conferred no them, and respectfully soliciting a continuauce ibereof, br,"! to %tate that the Business of their Establish ment is contiiiiird ill all its various Deparimenia av naval. An ek gout Di.play of NI I LEI A Litt' and DRESSES, both French and Englilb, its constant succession. A CARD. T1:11.1,S of Noblem.:n and Gentl e m en o f 1. Riot: and Fortune DISCOUNTED, and Cash nleo lottinc,ii upon Depo.iii u( Plate, Jewels, &c. to any extent, iih honour, lib secresy, and fidelity; also the Noss u( hand of I..ndies of Rauh and Fortune at an bones noi.ce. Letters to he post-paid. Constant attendance. 2. Mike-street, Atlelphi. COUNTY FIRE OFFICE, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. TRUSTEES The Mike of Rutland, Thu . 31 arquisof Northampton, Thr Manillas of ituckiaghom, &c. &c. &c. Saxiy Direetoro. IMANIGINO J. T. TIA:ZIiEIt HEAU3IONT, Eq. FAR. IREILSONS who t•nuttnue 111.111 , t41 . 111 !los Office Seven Years, whether upon • Septennial ur Atertrial Pul'cs', SHARE THE PROFITS EQUALLY WITH Tat ORI GINAL slesstaas, according tip little respective Costeihu -1101111. A permairect Surplus Capital of 400,000/. km been subscribed by the orieimil Members, arid they alone are re sponsible; hence those who ism, desire to iiisnre are effec tually secured against liljt uucertssnty and unlimited re sponsibility which have been su ly felt its societies pun the euntribn ionship str fission issitsejvir. Reform of 25 and ?it per cent. 10 the minimal of 22,0001. hive hems pad within the Far Imit Yeses I„ all those who hove been imured Seven Years—a greater Ad►antaoe to the Public than has been hitherto yielded by any WIELL.SII - ta n Establisheseet. Agents are appointed in all the principal Towns in Graio Britain. PARLIAMENT. HOME Or LORDS, MoNDAY, Drcsmant 20. COTTON SPINNERS. The Earl of SHAVTFIINVRIf moved the Order of the Day for the House gulag into a Committee upon the Cotton Sp' rs Regulation Bill. Es,' Gnosemsort enpreased his happiness that some al. teration was proposed to be made in the Act of the last &N -airn., for regnlaling the cotton trade ; and hoped that Par [lament would not stop here, hut proceed a step further, and repeal the former most olnioxions measure altogether.— The Act of the last Session was in its nature most objection. able, for it operated against the best and wiseat principle of political economy, by interfering with free labour. The principal ground on which the former Act was passed, was that of humanity; hut it was singular, that the part of that Act which was now sought to be repealed, was the very clause iu which the principle of humanity was most operative, so that as the great principle of the Act was de stroyed, the heat thing t h ey could now 414, was, to repeal the Art altogether. The Noble turd alluded to the abolition of the Slave Trade, and observed, that in the Slave Trade there was no pretence fur the supposition of free labour; but although the children employed in the cotton manufactures may he said siot to he capable of exercising ■ discretion in the pump, yet it could not be forgotten that these children bad parents and relatives, who were a. sincerely interested in their prosperity as they could he in their own, and tbna they aught be called free labourers, ors the principle qei Aril per Idiom foci( per se. lie did not believe that a poor man would fret lean fondly for his offspring than one more favoured by hutting., nor .10 he imagine that more humanity was to Ire fonts,' iu an Act of Parliament than in the bosoms of British manufacturers. The Bishop of CHESTER said, it was his intention, on the third reading of this Bill, to propose a clause prohibiti ui children in manufactories from being employed on Satur days after four o'clock in the afternoon, but he should not offer it to the Home if lie could apprubend any opposition to it from any part of 11w House. His object was tip ens. ble the children to attend divine worship un the following day in a suitable and decent manner, which, under the per. sent system. they were incapable of doing. Many mann fireturers, indeed. now permitted children in their employ. merit to leave or work at four o'clock sin &twirl:rye but they complained, and justly, that what they were williog to do front principle, others would not imitate. Hr hoped, therefore, that a clause for assimilating the practice in the different manufactories would not meet with any opposi- tion. Ii was desirable that whets their L.ordahips were pass. nog Rills to prevent and punish blasphemy, wisely, as he thutizlit, and effectively as he hi•ped and prayed, they should at lle- same lime hold out encouragement to the youthful part of the community to intend the celebration of divine service. Sorb should be Ili: object of his clause; " and if I fail," said the Right Rev. Prelate, " I can at least say, esonerari animators meaty." The Earl of LAUDERDALE remarked, that it was come what extraordinary to introduce a clause of such import ance upon the third reading of a Bill. Fle fur our did not kuow wheat the third reading was to take place, hot he hoped it would be postponed to such a time as would cu. able those who were interested iu the measure no opportu nity of presenting Petitions to Parliament. Many of them lured in Boatload, malty in Lancashire; and it would not he fair to press a m►asare of such impudence, without giv ing oleo, whose properly was embarked in the trade, the power at least of exres.irog their °plaice,* arm the sub- The LORD CHANCELLOR remarked, that 4 free. holder or copyholder in a county may attend a county meeting, although not usually a resident. Lord EasKINE contended, that tile entire clause was unnecessary, MI the oltiecte contemplated by the framers of the Bill would be attained by other provisions in it. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that ilw great ob. ject of the Bill was to get rid of t ttttt ultuary meat. ii gs. The Bill, in its original shape, was much narrower, and related to meetings held for the purpose of discusssing matters in Church and State ; but by a subsequent alteration, which he confessed was much for the ['Ater. all tnertings held within rooms were excepted from its operatioli. There were then two principles of limitation which might be adopted ; one, a limitation of numbers; the oilier a limitation of locality. The former, though the most desirable, fur obvious reason., it was impossible tii adopt ; the latter, therefore, alone remained open ; and it was upon that principle the Bill was framed. By the common law of this coinitry, he said, mole but freeholders could attend a county meeting convened by th e Sheriff. The authority of the Sheriff extended only to convetie county court, at Which none but freeholders mould attend. The moilern practice, indeed, was differ. ent ; but yet the present Bill was more farourahle to persons not freeholders than the common law. In county meetings convened by the Sheriff it was meant 10 suffer all freeholders so low as fur 40.. to attend them; but in parochial meetings a stonier rule was adopted. and a qualification of 50/. a year freehold was required to authorize a freeholder, not a sesident. to introit' then'. This war thole to pre• stilt an abuse which was cominouly knowii,, by which persons obtained colourable freeholds to entitle tl►etu to appear, and take a part in comity meetings; but when the clans W 34 considered prac tically. he hoped it would not be hound to operate injuriously. Marquis of LANSDOWN objected tip po large a sum as .50/. a year tieing required as a quatitic-i -licit,. A freeholder to the amount of 40.. sv,is per mitted to rote for to Member of Parliament, and was pe 'tted even by the present Bill to attend a county meeting though not a resident inhabitant. why then demist from the analogy of the law, sand require so lar4r. a qu.dlaCatiisu Ali 51/. it year to ea title a person to he present at a p.orisli meeting ? The Earl of LIVF.UPOOT, remarked, that, in his mind, the qualiticaiiiiii of forty shilling% was too low ill the II1S:a!lee of county meetings, but he should not propose to alter it. But all persona resident in a parish or county, whatever may be their pro perty, may attend at the meetings convened respec tively for these places. The Marquis of I.4Nsoowts argued upon the inconsistei.ey of the Noble Earl's argument, which admitted all equality between all persons resident, but departed I tine virology in the cases of per sons not resident. Ile moved that the words " forty shillings" be substituted fur the word, " fifty pOissithi." The Earl of lIARROWBY contended, that if the risk of which he was not usually u resident, ■nd by the present Bill he would he debarred from attend ing a mteting held in that itari,h, which might be highly itoporiatit to his interest,. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that he might meet any uf his fellow-parishioners in any room in the parish. The question was then put upon the omission of the word usual/y, w h ich was negatived ; as was Olio the Alarquis of L4NSDOWN'S mollOit, for sub stituting the words " forty fur " filly pound*." Lord ERSZINIC moved that the word felony ►hould be left out iu the clause for tlre dispersion of • meeting after the Magistrates bad given a quarter of an hour's notice fur the dispersion. 1114 Lordship said, if the amendment was not consented to. it would be putting persons attending meetings on • level with the worst of felons—persons who might he attending for the most innocent pur poses. If the clause only meant to extend to per sons who harangued the people to acts of sedition. he would give it Ins support—but standing as it did. it made no difference between the guilty and innocent. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that the Noble and Learned Lord had forgot that by the Riot Act, if an assembly of persons did not disperse within an hour after its being read. that those who reriL.in. ed, were liable to the pains and penalties of felony without the, benefit of clergy, which was actual death. The present measure was lenient, compa ratively speaking, when it only indicted the penalty of felony on those w`►o wilfully sttemled alter the :piaster of am hour's notice, owl made then► :labile to seven years transportation ; therefore, tlie pre sent measure was MY:lately more lenient than that of the Riot Act. Lord ELLENBOROUGH deCillfed, that he could not agree to the present clause, becainn: there anti an eriaLtruent in being of a more sesere nature. Ile had another great objection to the cl m.e , which was, that juries wonlii not be kinoil to convict on it. He was of opinion that no man but the Noble Secretary fir the lionise Department would have thought of such a punishment as seven y ran) trans• portation for so slight an oftener. The LORD CH 041C6L1.03..3iti, if the clause was not retained as 'Not of the Bill, they had better give up the measure altogether. As I lie law now stood, * meeting composed of thrre persons would form a riotous inerlilig. or II person being present and °illy innocently looking on, would on..ke him liable to the peaslttes. Let their 1.014101;ns look to the posse eurhittlitts. There was Ito ititlerenct between them and the military. If persons are arrested and come sway peaceably from a crowd, there may be no necessity to ttse the mihtsusv ; but if it %v.'s doubt ful in the first installer, thee inte,ht be lewdly used. According to the Riot Act, witia was introduced by the Whig+, tf people did not disperse they would be guilty of trinity, or t o e d, a vi ,i cgi t death o Ithuut having the opportunity of ntale fauast: guilty t 4: Jure. Lord flot.hstio said, when he was told that the prePerv:,t!mt ot the 1..11 depended ua t! o e and heard an Act of the Whop tooted or a why the ch:u.e f.h4..1 . 41 lie supported. sili e co.!! sly was, that he way s. .:004i a Wlic.;ai the Nadir and Leaned Lose% but ne a °LW tie .sorry to lar abswerable for all the act; of the V% big, Jut i f he uuderstuoll the Riot Act, it was to be read after riot and tumult had taken place, seri unite were bible to its penalties but tag,• who remained an hour after its being The meaning of it was eiesly uotierstood—a maw ul the lowest capacity could coroprehtiel it ; cot sep with this itbjectioe.te clause, for a man 11.1 y ws from curiosity to hear his neighbour speak, and fur his limoteol curiosity be guilty ui felony, mat 'see liable to trans. : re:soon for wren 3o:rt. Natleing,4 l as s se could be to crue' to Janes as to ion then; to titt'g • dangerous situation of being oleaged to acquit sooner than make their fellow ohm Itahl e to ~ punishment that his ofisce did tint warreet ; t r he had no hesitteion in saying, teat wliete a Jess , acquitted on account of a severe law, they did not come out of the jutysbox as good PUilieClll as were: they tottered it. fie oiled on their Lordships not to force Juries into thitsitoitiou, winch they meet do if the chaste* as it then stood remained a part of the Bill; although houss:.ity might blush at lu sh. lag the penalty greater thou the ojlruce rye.% yet it was snore dangerous when it hrweglat Act. of Parliament into doreputc. • e Lord Easaltitte said , that the iliot Act was oolg intended to isicrease the power of the cousnsou lass : it never was inteedeel to userrisee that of she Crown. - The amendineut was then poi, and ',gamed. Lord Et.ecenoauticw reposed a elame, that if a meeting was dispersed by Magistrate., on account Of interruption, the it might ise legal to call a oir mile meeting immediately afterwards. , The Eel of the Noble Lord will now withdraw the clause, and propose it at tie third reading of the Bill, there is no doubt halt it will be wottliy of attention, Lord Et.t.Esaoaou - Gn accordingly withdrew it. Lied Hoheateo, 011111 C clause teeing tea:l Pro hibitoug dage, hisiirwrs, etc. at ineetiegy, wished to be ittfoteted whether it applied to the societies of tradesmen who met on jovial occasions. The Earl of Leveaeuee said it did trot, it was only intended for such meetings as were elreuru,- need ite the Bill. The Earl of ili.e.steTow introduced a clause, that the Bill should nut be extended to Ireland.• The Noble Eel said, it was his ititeutiots ter divide , the House on it, um no statement had bt en made to show it was necessary to extend its eperaitou to dust part of the empire; but even If there was, the preset visions of it would be useless io that countri, or tend to the spilling of blood; for whets a evert. ing took place: there, the people generally wrist with a party feeiing. and after it was over they had a row ; and if the military were called in tee quiet them, it would only cause blamlslieti. besides, the clause in the Bill as to mertitigs large rooms, was taut necessary, for in the t:try parts of Ireland there were no large retools for (Leta to meet in. He, was cotivinced Whet, the MU ~as first proposed, that it was not intended that Ire. land should have been included. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, it was always iii. trotted to make Ireland liable to the refecte sif the 8011, even before it was presented, and he heard nothing since to *hew why it should be excluded—. f o r it could not be prejudicial in airy way to that country, for they were not in the habit of 'nerviest. ; in the open air, so it coull not affert them. He heard it said, why extend it to Ireland if it (101'5 nor 14, l't their?-lle would answer, afraid it taught. Why extend it to the county which lie was most acquainted with, and where three were less meetings than in any other ? (that of Kent) hr would answer, for the same reason ; lur if they only stopped the meetings where they were prevalent. they would spread into other come ties, and drive them oat of England, and if the same measure is not extended to Ireland, the iti nerant orators would carry them there, and no doubt existed but attempts bad been merle by these agi tators to accomplish that object. if this Bell would prevent their carrying their attempts into maturity. it was the duty of their Lordships to extend the op.-nation ef this Bill to Ireland. The Earl of DAR.NLEY supported the clause. but not on the same grouude as the noble propene. lie supported it because England hail beets in a state of agitation for a outisidereble tins, and lie= I laud bad denied to join in it, and on account of • her good conduct site was entitled to be exempted Irons the operation of the Bill, and not as on act of grace. The Earl of Dottoornissoan said. that if hi. Majesty's Ministers were aware, as he underatuo.l from the Noble Secretary they were. that elutes.- ries had been sent from this country to Ireland, for the purpose of having meetings in that country, and that these emissaries were successful a. to their 1111 d. 61011, which he Lai not stated, lie would allow ilea it would be a good reason far extending the opera. tion of the Bill to that country. He also kite* that attempts had been made for that purpose, hat i.e had also the pleasure of knowing that they and therefore it was unnecessary to extend it to that ' unhappy tummy, without it was for the pu:po,e of giving her new IJOGIICe. Their Lordships mete aware that two Bills hail iiaosrel, eletettug severe ',totems on (refund, and he would say propetly passed, fur the conduct of the people deserved it; but there was not ally thing said theta of ttie con tagiusi spreading he, this country ; it was the outrage of Ireland, and she alone suffered ; the a if this country Or agitated and disturbed, let her soiree • alone, and not for Ireland to e's'tse in fir past of the punishinesit of her crime. —(Hour, Leer., -- Be was convinced the Act could hot telfcct it.lari,l further than it affected her lieliege at a time oil: was suffering ulnaer the greatest deprivation.. Sl•e was at pieseut w the greatest abate of quiet; it