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DIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. PQtISI OF LORDS, AloNn.tY, MAncli 18. Counsel Were heard in the cut or Lewes, Knt. att.! Jlor tt►►►, and the furtlicr hearing was postponed to 'lnesday. PETITIONS. - 7 - Lord IMAYIIIIPOKE presented a Petition from Tlerks, against the Property Tax; atrl another front Ilungerfurd ott the strtne'4lll6ect. • , . LortI_WISIIALE presented Petitions from Aberdeen and tlje•slute effect; and a third from Elgin, pr.iyilit.; 1 , 1,(.4 . r.rvi1i,T) atilr laws resittoaitif •, !Aril Gil ENVI L LE Forint:l a Kilt:inn front EtTitrartline, isito .foom OstvestryOn - the county of SalopAiainst tbe Propitrfy Tax. . 4.; . o f COVE'N'Tftlf W pregentto e orh root M-- I v titi resit:4llre,, against the Proper) , T;CC, ,as applicable. to the Ilecniiiers of Land, and'also pra'yiii,t for a: redtgctioo l hf the 4 nrestoitAtivdeos, pod, partioglarly the 'foxes tipttstgalt•ttjtl l ru . Lordship next piesented one Wont itit's';'gaS•Or. 74\ isierwotil:niiti Inhithitantsi of the City of ‘Vortesrefil'alsh ic'..ion'it the Property Tux.—They were all ordered toile - 6n =the table. ' PROicilES. Lot d 1-10I.LAND snid, that. as his notice for.a Committee of•Priviltmevon the suliject-of Proxies st, , asoeitiired, he sltottld how nirtec. thilt the Committee be appointed to sit to-tuorrow Se'rmittit.—.Ordereti. The fort her consideratiottof Sir cieorge -Barlow's:Divorce It 11 v t p...1;1i . 1 led to TtieSdayge'nnight. • •ltt Ptlicer Iron) Doctors' Commons presented Paper, in the c a se o f t)yott awl Dyott. • The trilltihy, Bill situ the Shop4ifting Bill were brought op from the Colophon:, Avid re,td.lt first time. - • Mr. Spicer present,(l =tn account of the noel:ailed Voncy ira Chelsea.liospititl• , • Mr. Loityn, front the NVar-oniec, prorated an account Of 7dajesty's (sand Fort:e* to be stationed in f ranee.—Tber were ordered to lie tin the table. SLAVE TItM)E, • Lord GRENVILLE gave notice that' he would move, nn Fi itlay next, for papers resuectiript the present str•te of the lawe and regulations fur the inanagenientof Slaves in the ;Writ, ladies. . . . . . Lord SII)MOVTI-I informed the linnse that hie rtnyal Highness had ordered papers to he 141 hefbre them, pursuant 4.0 the late ArldresseseT—Mjourued. . . ........... .• • . rmusr, OF CONINIONS. The'VitfloY Bill and Marine Mutiny Bills We're lead a third time, and passed- Sir C. I'OLF, rooVeri for a new writ for tostwithel, rice I', Carew„Esq. raw had uecarpted the Chiltern Huntheds.- r Or• tiered. Mr. PRO'IstIEROE presented a Petition against the Bristol -jail Walton, the Corporation of the City. e Mr'. 'Said, whatever might be the ripinioof lire „Corporation, that there w4s Irut.uate t iaiiota, amongst the Ci tizens as to the prop; iety of a new 'being "r rertel io ris • tok; the only difference 'between the Citi z'ens of Bristol being as to tire mode of det raying tire . - twNNizirr bore testimony to. the'neeessity tit it new ;fail, I ite present prison being mo,t begged to add., that'sneb were the sentiments of the Citizeris'of .Bristol. Ordered to•lie on the table. • !Mr. BROUGHAM asked whether any additional Surgeon Artd been appointed at t Portimouth since the Peace? Sir G, ‘VAIIItENPEII un,wered, it wont& he seen by tine rotor:di, that a Surgerm had been appointed where ships laid tip in ordinar y . • Vetrtrin“ :igaibst the Oroperty Tax were presented front stir du l o an tibeldcrs in Calington and trflier parishes, in Corn svOil ; Irian the rreeholders'of Abetdeen ; and from Goilal ininiti Sorreir. . • , . -Si! IT. Sl F ,Atit presented a Petition from the , . . . person 6 st : ottogn . , resteng iii Lytnington, pray •; Ang , hot to be considered ns participators in the ,Petition which had been presented front that place el.:shot the Property Tax,.,they not approving the language in which it'W'as couched. .• LrAtil „Po LksToNR rising to delend • the former Petition,. and to express his surprise ea this, , The SPR AKER observed, the llouse Was riot over in <he tutgitage of the Pet itioni presented to 'lt.—lteed, and ordered to the table. • Lord ELMLRY presented. Petitions Irmo the City of Worcester, against any renewal ot . Prop , rty - fitx ; also one from the fleighbooritood • of nu , bri'c'ge; 'praying the reptial of tau 1.1,01. tent Debtors" Act ;, 'and 'another front the County of Worcester praying for . a motliked tnx un pi - o• perry,--Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. LITTLRTON said, be had gond reason in PetitiOn i by no means spolce the languAge of the County, and that those. who at-, tended the - Meeting were taken by surprise. Petitions were Ado presented from the Borough r,f Ilungerford, St. Alhan's,, liruome,l s n Soifolit, anti Statfoi . d, against the Property Tax; a Veti tion. from libdtliugtrm, in the county k of 4 :cotnnikiin6ng of heavy Taxation, the Property Tax; Poor Rates,;: a Petition from the colony of lit ut' ,against the, Property Tax and a Petition a trnsonic persons in the county of Sussek eguinst the Properq - ax. Mr, Rose „pitsented , .the .stolen Petition from Soishampton,,against any 'renewal. of theWor On Property. it .carne to him by the milk coach, front whom • he knew not, - and not b'eing etrxioes to keep it. by him, he presented itito the ltioese. To the Petition was attached a consi derable number of most respectable traMes, there were wienes of others, who neither'ffied in; 110 - hail any connection with the town; Mr.llAitici.w.as•glad to , see, the Petition,. al. though it was brought up with great relitatance, and that it Was 'signed by respectable persons; Rost; titimitted the latter fact, but said many -of the -persons signing it. were paupers, and per sow; who never bad paid any tax in their lives A Pet i t ion was presented from Berkshire agairnit the' Property Tax. • , Mi.. • W. I)oucr.ns presented Petition from, sonte.plue. its SPuttand, the name of which; Wit! Ma heard, against the Property fax lie took this Opottunity to Call'itpOn an Hon. - and Learn' ed AientiOer (Mr. Broughati)to state.hisauthotA for sating forth, ,on -laying before that Haim some,Petitions from . his (Mi. 1.1.'5) cinutitnents, that the Petitioners had • run forwarded. Omni by • •their i Representati ye, insinuating that they were not likely ,to be properly'presented, Elie, had ex . Init ial no unwillingness to present his COuSti t tueute Petition: he was ready to comply with their cothitionds,‘ awl in a way swkicli.h.e. thought . would , leivettAbem no etitiSC to, COMplitin ; ,but he should expect, the lion. Member to unfold the ituifitet which induced him to attack the irnlipend epee.' of - another Member in Vat House.;- an en ,he reeptireol . .. either in that House or else where(Cries of hear, and order, order !) Me; 154tOurinam replietl A at to the'aniwers that woold be required elsewhere he.had now nothing to foty. Witt , respect_ to-the Petitions forwarded him front ~ 1 3 orou ghswhich returned the Hon, Member, he had'inferred that they were forward ' et! to hilt hecanse their' Representative Was unfa. voop.hle,to the prger 1 and he titntaght sachlact ::..410 0 s-'pretty good proof— . 11 the . Representative '',}rere hivottrable to the 'Ohjorut sought by-Owl:Nit 1 7 shiners, be he titat the Otiose would.atim!it that au: Pei itiont would not hare found tiseir WAy to other bands. Petitiohs from Louth, Armlet fleeping, by, aO4l the County of Lincoln, against the..f`6s , . perty Tax,the Establishments, and • the proftisionin crety dep Irtnicnt; were I)l.4:settled ! •-• CnArtts; conipili,led of undue utetro - hav 7 , ink; been resorted to fair the imrpose of obtoitiing raVOilrahh, IlteCtilng-.-Ministcrs of Parishes tray- - log directed altninder them to — attend and support the proposition . . • . . Sir- (3, IleaTliCoTE denied that other means than. those that were perfectly fair had been used 10 gain prtiZans. All 'Were anxious, be their party or cause what it alight-, to impress• their sentiments npou, and to give the supliort of others. lie approved of the Meeting, and as a friend to his c► antry,. he had- been au ion to collect the voice of the people. !le e,-ri•: no candidate for office, he cotild 'assure the benches opposite i• Lie would not heat - Minister of the conntry—( A laugh) —no, not for the mizes of Peru.—(A. laugh, and hens, heat !) . . • Lord LAsCELI43 presented a Petition re eel% et, in the. nifirn'ing front Sherrield, expressing tel on the wisdom of Parliament, and pray ing for a modified Tax on Property, as the best means of raising the sun) retpdred. •Lord • ',MILTON said, the Petition WRI not agreed to at. n meeting. The Petition was pre , pared, rind the cryer went . about desiring the peo ple to go to the Town to sign the- Petition, to compel the Representatives to pay for the poor. Sir C MoNcm presented tt Petition from .N.lor petit, Northtimberland ; and Lord MILToN a Pe tition frinn•the County of York, against the Pro perty Tax. For the last 3G years it County Meet •Pag bad not been as well from the excent of the county, the great and conflicting interests withinit. as Irout : the. feeling that stick iMeetiol.cs ought not to he called but upon the most iinnor.: . cant oceasiooi, It was s'aid there were . 3000 Freeholders present at the C:stle. lie Was sure there were above 5000. AmOng them were many hood 'friends of Government—Ant them*' we're some dissentient voices., and a few hatiili held up against it. Lord LAscaLtas thought it•right•"to say, that whatever might he the governing motive of those persons-who :staid- away, the meeting was not lit feuded by kientlemea on the opposite The meeting was rota inly.regularly convened, and lie meant to state nothing mor•e„annt that the titian was that from the County ,of York. Ptitir.otos:o ,snoveil• tar leave to present a Petition from the V. of tlie County of Pet•th. On being brought rip anti read, its prayer,..seemed to he, to obtain relief for the land cd interest of that county, but exv essing ttri in." `elitration to sobniit to the 'Prope'rty Tax as is'thea';.• ' sure of expediency', if nobettei• sidistitai couldbe formd. this one disetission ensued, and the re 4 t i t i oi c was or d ere d to iie un the - table, us, was oiti from the toien'of .Loath . • • TnEVETITION FROM' LONISON. . Sir W. CottTts, from the Oppbsitiou side,' said he rose to moye.for leave to present a Petition from the.Mereitants, Bankers, and Trailers of the City of Loudou. It wit., u _week or ten *flys ago since , the Petition was left for signature, Aunt it was i n 06, recollection of many, GehtleMen that house, that there nevcr,yras a meeting so res.,cotahle its ihat,which tpuit place at the Man -honse, nor one at whia t _th e m le od m ir s %vete so derenoined io perform 'theit' duty in rietitionitt , ' against this odious rh, s it.„„; lit recolleetcd, ‘vOs tilt' irork Of the sonic body of people who. in 1793', crane fOrward to encourage the Griveronient . of the Country a;t a mjast 'awful crisis, and who, their 'resolti revietl time -pint of the 'capital., The Sante persolis held several otherartertings.in the coutse of the war, as nt the time of the, si,tttinyc , nod, 01) other oecosions,. Oat) by their loyal lespitttions. .gave confidence not only lathe miuds ,and 'spirits of the,Gentlemen•iu that liottse, but to the Coins try..at 1798, why !ilk tax : was prO -1000, and W h en. stocks were , SO IMI/ that , adorin, could not kte'r , iisetl with advantage,,,it was nnani muusly resolved that, great benefit wooldbe s i vc d f rom rei s ing the stipplies"withib the year:; on which the Right lion. cientleman, now no , tome, fratlfoundett Isis 23111 for the PropertYTax, li e declaed it to he , a War tax,. to contin ue during the war, and no lon;er. he was there fore 05toulahei1 to hear the manner 'in whiclr . his Right honourable Friend opposite• Made use of the ‘erirds " no longer," whiehrdk Considered is a paltry trick. lie would not 4 ifiii. grilse t h a t th a rdlonse .the people in the country looked upon it se a wartax they , ntiOr would have allowed themsrl‘es tO, undergojhe o pprrasiee inquisition, which no Briton couht or ought tAbcar, if, they, had riot thought. it was to be aboli3hed in peace. 'There never was a More, respectable meeting, .and out of time 22,009'per sons who had signed the Petition, ,there was riot an individual who did not feel and know Isis own situation. -Why. should tot. the .uto ney be raised by other itteipts — t What teas the difference whether it was raised by Loan, or taken Out of the pockets of the people Min - could eta afford to buy stock. .; Tlrere was nut iinercantilc .rna who did not feel the Tax full a; arty cl ass, wag 1 ley mak e 8 ILI deeply as e •ti II •I to 'pay it,' because they probably had More means than, other people. flax, after all that could he said-, it, was. an obnoxious Tax that the people of this country ought not liow , to hear. There imd been sontething going forWitrdlately, ass an at tempt to see What could be done - by a .Counter- Petition ; : but he heard had been signed .by' about seventeen persons, when the framers, being ashamed of it, took it away'in their pocket's, vod . nothing' more bad been heard of it. lion. Baronet then tutivedJor leve to present the Pe tition, . OU Its being brought tip; - _ , Sir J.tstes SHAN.) . horeleatitnotty to the extra ordinary respectability of the Aleeting,, wii tt i k were so unanimous in their opinion, tisat only .one soli tary disseniient voice was heartlagititist the ivies t tenni(' ask the Noble Lord and the 'tight (ientletuatt, on his -own part ,and that of some of their hest (Fiends, whether they still in tended to adhere to Illeasitre iihriost every intiitidttril in the einintry eoriderened-i And; why was all this pertinaz.ity ? Could they iluitv 'any' i„.1 , 1/11 1.“11131,i SUI I. &J. ••••••• heard :1 single argument that op-pealed to be plisuaible. Was the want of six millions a reason far - imposing a tax so abhorrent to the genius and feeling of all the ne 001 e of ,Eugland ? lie eves. satisfied that t.lt tax was one which the peo p le'. coidd not pay, which .they onght not to pay, and whicit, if carried this'year, ttinst be relinquished the next. On what ground was it that this measure was originally.proposed - in 17_98 ? The funds:bad fallen so low, front 50 to 47 that it wits impos-' slide to raise a lean ; but 'now a loan could be - procured' under five per cent. Various modes lend been suggested" to prevent` the continuance of this oppressive tax, bet, none of them suited the Molina Lions of this Majesty's Ministers. It had bean liege ;vested not to lay the-weight of a fat thine, on the people this,year ; but Ministers disliked this eil %lee. Mode, had been recommended by an Gentletean opposite, that of applying to the Siehing . Fuud; they did not like this. They had been adviSed to pay the interest of a loan 'at the eiel - of two years, as was done in America, and Lou it to answer extremely well ; but this was ob jected to. m colllij nut, thereforeibut feel sorry tleat Minitteil, who lied shewn so moot) gOod sense oh other occasions, should now he to - blind • to their own interest as to persevere in a measure so eenerally obnoxious. MeeTlN,thought, that, if Ministers. had borne in tided the very little chance they hail of carrying the measure, _they would have 'given it up. But understanding that they meant to per peyere, and expected to succeed by only' a very small 111810rity,.be must tell them that they would . do more to elienthe the affections. of the country by it than by the . adoption of any other measure Whatever. Aldernoin Atril - tes observed, that the House had witnesseilih* . Very great joy exhibited by Minis stek that evenit'ig;tiri the contentS'of a Petition that might he considered in favour of the Tax ; signed by only fotty 'persona. lie hoped that .protior tionate credit would he•given to this which bore the signatures of no less than 22,000 of ,the most disinterested atidenliglitened men in the country, amongst erhoia were those who heihrtverryrsup ported Gtiveinnient; [le hall puhliiily expressed ()Pinion, 'before` eo loni the lomoar of a mot •in that „Howse, when the T:oi raised from fat: per tent. 5 , but, even if he were now iu favour of, the Tax, when he saw what,-were the feeliegs of the , whole country upon it, he should be 011/111iStf to Offer' opioioo ageiust them. Ile Itad oely said theSe few, words, beceir;e it had not been 111 bispower to attend tiVe meet mg 11r. B.t4iNG'said, as the Meeting had been sti fully attended, it was hertily *necessary for ilittlltl say a few `• O in - favour,of the petition. It lusil tihe eilditirite, not Only of the Corporation . of the , City of I.ihrttlisti, bur (gall the °thir enlightened persons. - lie never saW such a number . of persons of the utmost respectability collect ed• together—. lie believed there never was, • •riti:ll•X Meetingson any occasionwhatever. If the Arnim had been distressed, the merchants had been equally so. But the whole argument turned ou the degrading sift/mint) in which people .were placed: once a year, by beieg subject to the inquisitorial exatuinntions. Mire the tax cane regidarly befo re the Mese iu tecomittitiee.„ the, • would be the time to explain the, natere a.tha t . fceliug 91::6dicg.fiitlis.tr;? a i iellf,)1111(11g of.whieli those who bcen 4 texcited peery part of 'were cotmected only with landed pteperty, could form no ciMneeptien„ and ,there. wits no doubt that they would : give their concurrence to get rid of it. Thoo Cictitlemen w1:10 IVcre the promoters o f the 'has when le. Ayes 'first. ,load on, were the very same persons who now petitioned, against it. It was a Tax (.4 thatexecrable na _Jure,. that . nothing but, the most agent neeessity could tolerate its ,existener ; and though the Noble Lortfand Mr - C(4lo%lles .were •so ready to .cheer,the language cif a.petition which contained ' the signet eres ,of• thirty-stx persons, they would *MO, if they Carried the measure, by u small m a . .jority, thiit it wonid_reenire sonseithing more than ' theinfluence of such persons, or even of the Cann, to keerthent in their sittiatiows. , t s, l r P gN soN3y congratulated the lipase on the • true light iii which the snbject.had been placed. y It was tic abominable principle of the Tex; the a cte ;t a w s , inipikiterial'power that ft ,gave, which Oufßed.the 4.2,0d0 persrms.of tondo') to sign the °Petition for condemnation. • lie did hiestech t h e Chancellor the ii'sx - allegner to remember what the it euse had.beerr told, on a,former ocetm sion, that Petitions were • to heestimated only by their uteri's, amj not by the gold chilies and . furred gowns of, those.who hroeght them to the bar,. But this Session. we .haul ,clie whole weight , and judgmeut of the commercial population' . 'of London in a' Petition, • And the 'tight Ho noitrahle Gentleman would do well to' consider, whether the boon he pretended tit offer them wits really a boon or not; for Would find nearly the whole mass of the funded interest: in the king -clam rejecting.it. Noble Lord had talked of clat»ouring down proposition for continuing ' this tax ; bitt 'think these 22,000 -persons . could be licensed effstleft u tlisErrisition ? They bad beerd ,day •&ter-atay, what had been said in this " House, ue&read, Wleit'hail'ffeen printed,' for and' against the tax, - and'nriw came.thein'etition. He' woolil'ttere.fore leeve : it to the Noble Lord to say, whether this _N . ,. 4 s:th)e,' petition' imf ignoeanrand•im- - .patient persons, 'clamouring down.a measure, or tint sol)e.r sentiments of the most enlightened periple of the country., • Mr. heexasibee Said, ho felt that the Tax Wail `n great inciinvenience ; he felt it so in his own Nitrate . ; hot- he also felt that it wasa beno• fit to his'constituents. All the monied men be had conversed with bad agreed that it was the :wisest and best •ineasare that could be adopted, and therefore lie'sboilld cOniaiencionaly give it his vote. it .would make people pay in one way who would not have paid in any- way. Colonel Et.ctsoN said, it was his-pridt,to have voted with that; great • man,' Mi. Pitt, ft was a wise measure that enabled, the country to meet the expenditures within th l iyeari it was a War T a x, nod as such' (we underst o od hi m to , say) .anight properly - be - continned to Wind up :the e)s penees of the war: . . He should , noi he ,carried it way by Clamour; hut :.be' thought time , tlid.`dttre'llic? tnOseirbportaut . 4;he ihaf had beta I on-the subject of this*Petition; but he found it necessary 16 Asity a few words. The Hon.,Mem.• hers for thie.City of London bad correctly. stated it to be signed, not only by a large -majority of their constituents, • but by mavy . .,44ousands .of others, who could not but be suliptiscit to he well acquainted %vit a the subject. Bit as ali t lion. Gene tleman MI6 sat behind hint (Mr. Alexander) had spoken with great et ntidence of the opinion Of the monied - interest in his Borough, it would he worthy of the consideration of the House, whose. opinions were best fotmded. it the opinions of _the monied interest were not to he collected front, the City of - London, where were they to be ob-i. tallied' from ? lie would certainly sooner trust . t r o - their united opi n ion (ban to any private reprcsen 7 % tat inn. The Bolt, Gentleman had spoken, if his ears had nut deceived film, of the opinions 114, constituentX. No doubt these opinions must navel great weight with the House.: they were the opi. mans' of the constituents who were to lits'lonini, within the walls of that very respeetahle'Borooelz in Wilts, Old Sarum ! The Ibis. Gentleman h ail great:y exaggerated his constituents, for, it lie !night use such a phrase, he believed they might, all be comprised in- one. What monied interest there might be amongst them, he cooldinot pre tend to say ; or whether the surprise and astonish"' tnent with which the Petition signed by , 22, 000 had impressed the Hon. Gentlemen, hind ref !e, , e4 him disinclined to go into the question. hoped, it this werd the case, that when be hack recovered froth his astonishment, h e would no 4: be disposed to vote the wrong wit!". Mr. A LexaNnet.explained. • Ile had ex. reSita' , not only his own opinintiors - a man engage d in trade, but that of ma i l `persons liacl dealings, and who had money in his kaneis..„ The Petition was then ordered to lie on the table. with whom he RECORDER'S REPORT. Mr. Bnarserk, seeing the Noble Secretary of State in his place. wished to know why his Royal Highness :he Prince Regent had not received that' Recorder's Report, as tneve h ;teen for some time past no lets titan 58 persons under sentence, of deth, . , Lord CASTLIIREAGtt said it was not an oil thing to 'assemble a Council at a distance fro, Court. cause of the delay was solely owing to the indisposition , ' of the Prince Regent, WitiO kept his Royal Highness from town, Lord.,"Mtt.ToN declared, that he Inst . & With as'' touishment anti indignation what hail• fallen from the lips of the Noble Lord. What sort of Mills-. position Was it that prevented an act which tva 4 the most, rllnn of any that came under 1114 Kingly office % Was it mere indisposition, as it commonly called—and if so, was thi9 a 3 MOW,' why the Royal pleasure should not be taken on 00 hies of those who had unfortunately been eapi.• tally convicted, but that they sholild Ire left tar weeks and months in the most direful suspeaset because' the Royal Personage happened to be ahs the Noble called indisposed ? IF Brielitow veer° 500 miles from town instead of 50, he would sate it was the duty of the Minliterf.: of the Crown fa recommend the holding of the Council, for such • etti enormity ought not to he suffered: He was, aware that be had spoken with more shipusual warmth ; but the interest of thessibiect must be •his excuse. He should move for an account of the number of persons under sentence of death.: with thc dateS when they were respectively stn.. tenced. The ATTORNEY GENERAL Could conceive - that the feelings of Members who might have visited . Newgate, and 'fonnd what a number of person'. were under sentence of death, might have beets strongly excited. No doubt their situ/Hien was one of great anxietrand a uspence ; *but if the Hon. Gentlemen ,liad intinited, • they would ittqs found that this delay,was -by no means a new ore currence. But what practical inconvenience couldl result frOm this delay bear !) would repeat his question, for he could not cots' ceive any. The decisions on their cases were ne - . cessarily postponed From the indisposition of the It.tiyal person, and from the necessary attendance Ad, those persons whose experienoe and : hunaaue' consideration always had proper weight. Recorder's Report comprised a great mumher individuals, with respect to whom it was the kingly pleasure that the sentence of 000 should be remitted, and thete were few who wer i ts convicted with whdoi, the law was antlered its.'ebiirse. He woidil admit that the niimbe.ry!Ag•-; _great, hut few would have ninchterisMi'. to catty.' plain-of the 'which, be repeated, had bete['.. unavoidable . ; anti though there was noaftuatioli in life :Which called for more •anxious, • Lion than that of the persona in question, he sot!' Ale good that could result from the motion, 4' 1 7 4' -1 ! 'which he thought there was no substantial gronniL,r, Mr. W. WTNNP expressed astonishment -rte 'hearing-from the - AttornerGeneral, that no ita~ convenience could result frOnfkeeping'sB per,Orls now under sentence of death in a ~ tote of once 'tlainty. Did he really think that ihereArnanno: ground of complaint, when those corivicted"ott:lle., last December Sessions were still ignorant ' l / 4 1'hat was to be their fate He was sorpOSpil, that-S4lOll a circumstance. should have occurred. : „ Within the ?' last ten days there bad .been Council tipon,Coun cil at Brighton—dant! It appeared strange to . him, while this was. - known to be the-ftder; : tha(is • subject of-a nature so serious that which 40 • just-been referred te, should not have-been takers • into Consideration on account . of the Prince gi'• genes, indisposition. it ;was .said that it. Wou(d be inconvenient for -the Law- Officers to lent et tort-) to, wait upon the Prince at Brighton. 1 1 . ). 6 H admitted , this might be .so, :but though t It 'an ineonvenience which might to:be snbmittea to, in order to avoid which, was prOdnetive of incalculable. mischief`: The Recorder and ' 616 1* Lord Chancellor were the only legal' cliaracfcr9 whose presenee was absolutely necessary,' Wile'', the Report oft ore Convicts tinder sentence ?L', death was taken into consideration. . He,co"l", therrfore, see That the difficulty in the 'year " such .report being made, was insurwountable•—: • ,t N hat: A t v le , l a o s y t , o wi t i h ici e l e i t i 7 l i t e t e n 7 c - i ts tr 'h re ie d h. o t i l l ie ti p le n l b it l . i: ie b n u t tl t 74! i s: o) nt o o ,fcai whatl.istvai pe4i asit,b s e h i w ne o n i ald;ask,j'i~titicd the la dl e n preOwned might heirxnected to he produce. bY the example thus - atiOrded I 1.'6 Mike this helm