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-.vas auxi.)ni). - to At:t ialaspleemous publica tions he should prove when the Blasphemous Li- Bill fretort , the tllouse, by moving to add to the pteamble a more definite description of the critne or blasphemy, 'which, he hoped, would at once Make the Bill more elrectual, while it spared the press. of England at the moment of its greatest purity—when• its services were most important, anti when it was distiogoished by the most signal disolq Of talents, from-the undeset yeti infamy of being confonnded with bbispbetners, traitors, and others, who were equal to the perpetration ..of the most :atrocious et in:es. it had been s a id that the present nrea.‘ures were .founded those tormerly broaght forward by Whigs. He believed they mi•tlit be traced to a quarter, where more cougenial feelings were . to he found—to a Tory. who, in tine account which lie had given of his Residence in London." had stated himself to have suggested a Stamp Ditty It was in 1712, .pit the day of the expulsion of Sir Robert, lVal pnle from the Ili)-ise-of Conttnon;;, that H mes•ae,e Brett brought down. On the sobject of Bias ritcntons Libels. The choice made of the person by Whom this was litt);:glit down', Was an extra »tdivary it anre of felicitous selec ion. It was hrought down by a persist) :listing:fished by weal, renins, by great talents, and'hy many guru! va• lithos, who bad not, he believed, been set y remui k -able for his piety—it was brought down. by :Nix. -Secretary St. John —(Laughter.)--,They were f•olher t o ld by Swift, that the consequeoccs of ,the adopti.in of a measure similar to that which W!)54 now proposed, were directly opposite to those-intended to be pioduced. 'the factions and the evil-disposed were ei.ableal to publish what they Were disposed to send into the world", while honest men were deprived of the 'opportunity of .ens»munickoing their opinions. Ile showed, that to testrict the prnoer, was itt rfleet to restrain the an thor, The ('oition from that most respectable holy -of men, the-Booksellers, it) f tvolir of the I'ress, and of humble but rising torn connected with it ought to be attended to, and at all events he th,:ught the Amendment moved by his Hon Friend to make the measure temporary instead of perma nent might he acceded to without at all giving up the principle of the Bill. Whether considered as en a , tetupt to impiove the Constitution, or as a measure railed tot by temporary d angers, in ei ther case the House, out of respect for that liber ty of the press which had made this country re nownedi amont!"ifivions—whicb had so long been the boast of Englishmen and the admiration of the world.---and which-other coun.ries were now endeavouring to copy from us—in any case, the I - louse ought to show its regard for that which we had. so long valued and so lung enjoyed, by *tot at once determining that a measure like that before tbfro should become a permanent law.— referred to the debates is) 1735,in which those Gehtteineo, Mr. Fox, and Sir W. Grant, took parr, awl showed that when Sir W. Grant bad •,pened the course then thought necessa , y to be Taken, be distinctly decl'ared' that the restriction to be proposed were not brought forward as kn. provrnrents (if the Constitution, but were die.- tatted by the dire necessity of the case. When ' this was remembered,. was it too much for him to beseech the House to pause before they made the law now called for a permanent measute took a review , of . the circumstandes folder wlt'cli the Bill of Rights was framt.d—showed that the Toleration Act—the Magna Charta of Religious Liberty—the Act. for Triennial Parlia ments, and many of our most valued safeguards, grew out of that immortal-Bill, and one of the most important benefits to be deduced from it, was the liberty enjoyed by. the Press of England throi,gh the Licensing Act of Charles the Second having been - suffered to expire in the time of Xing William. The liberty so established he hoped the' country would not he permanently de prived of by the measures now before the House. Mr. CANNING congratul (ted the House in hay ing at length heard the icing expected and elo quent speech of his Right Hon. Friend upon the measures proposed by Ministers. lie thought, ho• Never, that the who's.' scope of his reasoning applied to any restriction that n*ght be proposed ,upon the liberty of the press.. He agreed with him that great respect was due to the press, and that it - was mltter of extreme regret to he obliged to place restriction upon it ; but still it might, be apprehended, be sometimes necessary to have re course to severe measures. It was .one great beauty of tie system of English law, that it left much to sound srnse and good opportuni . y, and it Was only when the fotmer was laid a,itle, and the latter nal, to be hoped for, that the Legislature stepped in, as it were, between the living and the dead, and stayed the plague by their intelference., But his 11 , n. and Learned Friend had forgotten that precisely the same meast:Pes were introduced, not by that respectable body, the IVhigs, whom he bad linen accused by the Honourable and Learned 6entlentan of traducing, but for whom individ ally, he assured ,him, he felt t»ucb respect, by vvhicti the ptiner was made responsible, and' presses were registered,, and yr.t those measures had not - Traduced the consequences that had been then predicted, though` the predictions were not unlike those of. his •Rizht Hon. - and Learned :Friend, and he had not the least' doubt that the effect in the case before the House would rove similar. The' press would get rid of that extraneous matter by which it had been polluted, land other men would be prevented front pursuing suclecrimes by the certainty of their punishment. If there were ooe mode more likely to effect its objects, the deterring of others froth the commis stun of a similar offence, and the exhibiting agsa• lutat y example of the consequences of such offence, he believed it would, be found to consist in the of fender being called on to abjure that realm, whose peace, order, and security, he had resolved to des troy,in the pursuit of the basest and most clomp thy objects. H t' d ere could be a punishment said to be suited to the persons and character a . Iso Qfstich offer,- det s (for he could never confound this higher order of cOme,consisting in a misapplication oldie powers of whiff and resources olliterature, with the vulgar larcency of theft or other dishonesty), he could not bat assert that banishment was the fittest of all . punishments, because it entailed no disgrace on the ogeniter. %Vas it already forgotten how much Worse off the Press was only four years ago, when . one at the punishments of libel consisted in the .. being exposed to the public gaze in the pilloty If • lien banishment had been prepared as a substitute for the pillory, the change • (void& have. been accepted with satisfaction. %Viten ibis circutn stance.was recollected, be wroth] contend that the press, instead of being placed in a deeraded situa tion, hod. actually been elevated, even admitting. the Bill to have passed into a law. No man could be more averse titan himself to conlonudiog the respectable and enlightened writers of the day with thostoindlividluals, whose principled and pro ductions would be a disgrace to any cause ; but in selecting a victim it was almost impossible not to scare the herd amongst whom -he sheltered, The Hon. and Learned Gentleman had deeply excited his regret, when he argued t.lrat enough had been done already, and for God's sake - ler not the Remise drive the people to despair. Here was the root of the eittl of the times. The term !.people no longer embraced, as it used to em brace,. the nation cidlectively ;- . --(hear,.bear, !) association of men of various cutlets and degrees, built up and raised gradually from loan hat ions rude bat deep, adil displaying in its supe.- s!Ttictlire, symmetry, order, and .harmony. Bit the pdnple as modelled by the theorists now a days, was a perectly d fferent assemblage ot -ideas l'trst it was deprived of its Sovereign and its Go• vernment, next of its Aristocracy, then of. its Na hility, its Clergy, its Lawyers, its landed proprie tot its mercantile aud mAindacturing proprielms, and, as ii to rob society of every thing shoohl give it grace or ornameot,. they excluded the learned of all professions. lie could nes er con sent to recognise in this pitiful remnant .of society what had hitherto beer: deuotnin ,tedl the people of this country, any more than he would consent to acknowledge that he saw in the'bild of Illio genes. the man of Plato —(l.lear, hear I)—The obvious error of this fallacy was, that the ha raogoes or appeals which were daily Made. upon popular tolxims, and which would Kaye tr,en just. as applied to the popnlation of the country, were actual rebellion as applied to this separate association thus pa mulled out of ,the community. The argument of the Learned Gentleman had• un 'fortunately partaken of this chara.ter, and he 134(1 seemed to marshal the people 'against their Go sernors, as if .they were two .parties destitute of all congeniality of feeling, - the latter demanding concession On concession, and the people implot :iog them to spare the remainder. He tros•ed it was reserved for the present Session to have the glory of putting down, with the jostest sentiment of indignation, the system of those tremendous metaphysicians of the present day, a-n! for ever extinguish that torch of sedition, which; whether flamiog with antlaciout violence in the face of all authority, or treacherously's - mouldering its files in order to break not with more aggravated fusy, had so !Ong desolated this island from one extre mity to the other, by cutting off the hope of the poor, e.nd rcodering abortive every of ort made by tlse rich for their relief.—(Continued cheers for some-time.) Mr. DENMAN stated, that the appeal which he had made on a former night, on behalf of the people, was made in be half of the majority of that 'society, uniting the various gra dations in the state enumerated by the Right Hon. Gentle- VII an. Mr. BROUGHAM contended, that it had not been proved that the present laws were 'insufficient, and tberefare no ground had been laid far the enactment of new ones. He complained that prosecutions had not beck instituted against the treasonable and blasphemous papers which had appeared (from some of which he read extracts,) and commented on some of the arguments by which the present measures had been supported, and in particular on a statement made on a former night with regard to the circulation of blasphemous books in schools, which had been disproved. , Mr. PLUNKETT . briefly viudieated himself front the charge which he understood to he made against him. Mr. TIERNEY denied that he had any objection to two penny publications being matte subject to the- same duty as newspapers; But his great objection was one, which his Right Hon. Friend had not at all alluded to—namely, the obligation of p.srties to enter into recognizances before they were allowed to publish. This could be nothing else but a direct. infraction of the liberty of the press,. for it could not he otherwise, when it r.eqiiired hOOl. of a person in the coun try, and 4001. of a person in London. The Right Honour able Gentleman, while proceeding in the sante course of wr gudnent, was suddenly taken which produced a general sensation in the House; and having sufficiently recovered. himself to enable him to make a few remarks, lie concluded them by saying, that if the words he now spoke were to he his last, they should be raised against the measure before the House, arid which he.entreated the Noble Lord opposite nut to perpetuate,'lmt merely to try it as an experiment. 'lire ATTORNEY-GENERAL combatted tilt arguments of Mr. Brougham ' and urged the inadequacy of the existing law to pot down lilasphemons and seditious libels. Mr. BROUGHAM rose to explain, amidst loud erica of— " Spoke, spoke r declared he, would move that the House-do '' adjoin, if he were not heard. Mr. MARTIN (of Galway) rose to order. He declared he would not suffer the House to he terrified into a hearing of any Menrber.—(Loud cries of Order, order The SPEAKER said that when any Honourable Member rose to explain, he ought to confine himself to the matter to be explained. Lord A. HAMILTON strongly opposed the Bill. The House then divided on tire itnestion fur limiting the duration of the Bill to one year— Ayes 47 Noes lB2 Majority -The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the introduction of a clause to except the re-publication of works whichkad been in existence two years prier to the Act, and which had not before been published in numbers. The Bill was then passed, and ordered to the Lords. Mr. WM. SNI urn wished to askthe Noble Lord- whether in altering the Clause from transportation to banishment, the latterYas du be for life, or to be left to the discretion of the, Jn(l47es. Lord CASTLEREAGH replied, that it was to Ice left to the fiscretion of the Judges. Mr. W. sm rill supposed that he was then to understand that the punishment might be for life. Lord CASTLEREAGH—That is to be left to the Judges. -SEDITIOUS AM.) BLASPHEMOUS LIBEL BILL. The Order of the Day having been moved for the Honse resolving itself into•a Committee. on this Rill, Mr. Brougham, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Caleraft, strbrigly opposed 'the discussion of so important a question at so late an hour (half past tWo)• The Committee was then adjourned till this day. Adjourned at 'PH KEE O'CLOcli this morning. nnati. On Tuesday, tho Lady of Willi ►nt Ward, Esq. of Blooins btu i-square, of a daughter. NIARRIED. On Tuesday, at. Chelsea, Wm. Holl, Esq. of Worcester, to Charlotte, second daughter of R. H. Gedge, Esq. of Sloane street. DIED. On the 23d instant, the trite of William Porden, Esq. of Berner's-street. On Sunday, the 19th instant, in Wimpole-street, haring nearly completed his 15th year, Jacob William, the second son of John Archer Hin)lon, Esq. M. P. fur the . County of Essex. , On Wednesday, the 15th instant, in Alfred-street, Rath, Mrs. Cradock, relict of his Grace John Cradock, Archbishop of Dublin, and mother of General Lord Bowden. ' TH. E SUN. )9L6'l quis olt:Eut; yALSUM AUDICAT ? LONDON , THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1819. We received last night the Patis Papers of Sunday last. Those of Monday, which were due this morning, have not arrived. We hale scarcely any room to notice their contents. The Address of the Chamber of D,puties, which was presented to the KING on S‘turday, seems to have been studiously drawn up, for the purpose of avoiding giving any specific pledge on the subject. of the Election Law. h consists merely of general es• pressions, echoing the King's Speech, acCompj•-• nied by an assurance of exatnining.evely.propo‘i tion submitted to tlrem with fidelity and frank• ness. The KING'S reply merely expresses biS liance on the intelligence and firmuess of the Chamber of Deputies. The case of the Society of the Friends . of :he Liberty of the Press came On again before the Tribunal of. Correctional Volice on Saturday.-- The result was, that the' dissolution of 'the So ciety was pronounced, and M.M.'Gc.VAUDAN and SIMON I.oltßlliltli sentenced each to a fine of' 200 francs. FIVE PER CENTS. Saturday 69 f. 93 c. DEFERRED STOCK Of the 22d March, 1817, 92 f. 80 c. Sid Sept. 1817, 5124 March, 1818, 2.2 d Sept. i£lB, ...... . 864. Uo c. 22,1 March, 1819, - W4 f. G 0 c. • 22d Sept. 3 31 3, B2l. 9au." The Naple in general ‘vould, no doubt, view with disgust the pertinacious ,efiorts of the nil- Ministerial Party to obstruct the adoption of tarp: sures necessary for the .preservation of our Con stitution and our Religion, if those efforts did not demonstrate their weakness and total unfit-. ness for the Government of the Country. — But we wrong them. 'They ere not so de ficient in knowledge, judgment, and observa tion as their conduct would seem to indicate, for, notwithstanding their strenuous oppoNition tolneastlres of essential importance to the Coun try, they would find the necessity of wtlopting similar, it' not positively the same measures, it it were the-misfortune of the Country to see them again in possession of Ministerial Autholity. ' -The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER last night gave a deulh.blow to all the glOomy_predictions of Opposition, respecting the'Fittanwial State of the Country. This part of the Parliamentary Pto ceediogs will not only afford a relief to the Plib!ic nutter the heavy pressure. of the Onpos,ition Speeches, but cheer them with the hope of our growing prosperity. But our Readers will re member,'that a short time since, upon infotmation on which we could implicitly depend, we prepared them - for-this tavottrabie result, by a stavinent of 'he improvement of the Revenue, as compaied with the cot resrodent period of last year. It is confidently asserted in the political circles, that Count Da ST. AULAIRI3, (whose ddugbter is married to the Minister Count De CA US), is to b the new Ambassador to this Country. • LAW IN rE,LLIGENcE. COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 13. INJUNCTION. - CURTIS U. KINGD , )III. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved, that the In.. juncaon• Obtained ex parte by Mr. HEALD, on a former day, restraining the defendant from pnb... lisping a work entitled, '' ThOughts on Entigra° Lion to America," on the alleged ground that it was a 'piracy of the plaintiff's work, 'entitled, " Advice to persons emigrating to the Cape of Good Hope,'' should be dissolied. The. Learned Gentleman argued at great length, to shoes' that th.e deleudaut's work had been compiled principally front Mr. Barrow and other eminenc writers on the subject, .and that so far from the defendant's work being like the plaintiff's, it was much larger, touch more correct, and was sold at neatly double the price ; they were both cony• pilat ions, and the defendant bad as much right to cumpiie a s the plaintiff. Mr. flonNa' and Mr. PEMBURTON followed otz the same side. . _ _ Air. ileAtm, for tt►'e rlaiutiff, confendect, that it %vas a nearly verbatim, copy of lire alaintitrs ivotk, tl►et_e being but • ten Imes out of tetipages tiiAt we►e not an exact copy. Mr. RAL - ritLsk supported the same argument; The LORD CHANCELLOR 84W11, it INO3 a difficult subject, hut no donbr - remained in his mind that any persoti.exercising thcir talent and industry at comp , lation, wAs entitled to the protection of the Court. The Injunction could nut be dissolved unless souse tiKla i!kercuut was entered into, by which the plaintiff sho:ild be secured front cons.ideringhini in every respect as an Author; if that could be done Without inconvenience' to° either party, be should be glad. The case ex= cited considerable interest, it being considered usnite novel. wEbxesDAy, mc. 22. THE MARLBORhi3GII GOLD PLATE. 'rue emit, of SHAFTEsnuiIY V. TOE DUKE oF MARI.DOROfTOII , Mr. Snanwead. brought this cause before the Court this 4-• y, on some new facts which have arisen in-consequence of the answer of Mr. Triv.hook being put in. He moved., that a reference might be made' to one of the Masters, that the I)uhe might deliver up the whole of the gold plate in his pos session, under the will of the late George Duke of ,Maribo• ronglo, consisting of grad_ knives, forks, spoons, and plates; that n might be referred to Master Cox to appoint some pro' per person to-receive the said plate; and that the Doke might be ordered to pay, on sir before the 31st of this month, into Court, the sum of 1,3001., part of the vont of 2,1721., which hail been realised by the sale of the plate. Mr. RE.%v said, if Mr. ShAdwell would be contented with that part of his motion relative to the payment of the 130111• 'into Court, lie should not oppose it, for kis client exprtssed his willingness to do that, and every thing in his power. Mr. SnAnvrEtt. insisted on the whole of his motion, as- cLid. Messrs. GLYNN and SID DOTUAM. Mr. REAP could not consent to the appointment of a per son to watch over every-act of the Duke of Marlborough who, were that part•of the vnotioa granted, could not takes down 'a cup or a hook, or sit down in a chair, or even wa;lr about his own mansioa without being under the contruul of the individual appdinted. The LORD CIIAN•CEI.I.OII—_May not security be given for the safety of this plate? Mr. SDADWELL—SucIi an idea was fanciful, fur it was stat edin the answer, that the extreme poverty under which hi* Grace laboured had caused the transaction. • The Lout) CtiANcenLott, adverting to the direction in the will, namely, that the property was always to remain at Biol . grim as heir looms said, the Codit would go-so far as to order' 'the property to be placed in safety, it it appeared to he ay lually necessary, but pro !aid°• that would not be accordins to the Testator's. will. H s Lou dship, in conclusive, express • ed a wish to be informed if security could not he given tor thti safety of the plate, and after sonic 'Consideration, allow.d-un til the next Seal for that purpose. Mr. Sitanwetn then moved, that Mr. Triphook might. be ordered to pay into Court hy,the 2,ad of Jautrity next; the sum of 8721. Gs. 4d., as the other part of the sum received for the plate. After some discussion between the Learned Counsel, the ease was ordered to stand over till the next Seal, with liberty' to Mr Triphook to make any affidavit exfilaitirory of Inc question, and..to describe what sums he had, received, auil .what he.trad paid to tire Duke of _Marlborough. TRE THEATELK.-Mrs. M'Cituaort, we under. , vand, took leave of . Drury I,Ane Thewre lase night, in the character of Des-Ile/trona. We neve! . wiineised a more correct corceptian of this -intc° resting character ,and the performance was I.3i) . iti . L:c.t ed, striking, 41 , 1(1 impressive throigghoot.. Krost.: • § Othello- had 110 , want of applause from his adinircr , • l'oerg, who has heretofore perfotrued logo credit and success, was last ass *lied I,r sou" malignant spirits-, WllO 11)11‘t only he cosiiidered it" personal , enemies, sioce there was no , liing iu 11 14 pe'rkirmance to justify their hostility. The audienci f in general, however, took iip'his cause Land cOtiVert etlinta a triumph what was intended as a delCa l• ELLiSTON, with a true zerl for the success of, the Theatre, for tie first ti th e took the part 04 Cussio, and gave additional, strength to the gene" cal tifdct. Yesterday the Dukes of YoltK and CLAuEr.: O visited the PRINCE REGeNT, at Carlton [louse. Yesterda'y Prince Lsoroup, attended by .9i r ROBERT ( L left town for Claremont. 'Dive is no foundation for the state rent tbs C upwards of 100',0001. were insured at I.4lovd's the Elizateiit, from Bombay, and the Feniscuwiesr from Bengal, wrecked at the Cape of Good lite in October. The insurance effected there °'), those ships' cargoes, we me e d, does no exceed from `20.0001. to 25- 0001 ; and tbat numerous los.,vs lately have not been so mod ) telt at Lloyd's as might have heen .expectF il ' much in s urance having been done at the ua ti ports and in the carious clubs. A respectable ‘ine•lnerchatri in the city, Wi lt : Wely absconded from his creditots with a !all" sum of money, bus .been u led trt no n ; deaux. It 'is experled tie Will be brought t o town in a few days tinder the surveillance of diligent Row-street Officer. 1t is said that some reuniary difficulties 101°- arisen, which may, for a time, retard the 1 0 '1 ° expvc« , d marrilage of Miss Sctyrr, second elatiz r' ter of ,Lortl ELoolv. to the Rev. 8AN.0 9 : son of the Member for Corte Castle.—Ullorn int Chronicle.)' Ili° .1 .0) r(I and Luffy BLEctteroN n entertaine Royal flightless the l)uke ot.ussEx at dinner (71. Sunday There were pre,.ett, the I‘D r r ; tiiiesse3 reitstiowioe Tuifsto4k, Lords Ca rrie ""i Holland, Erskine, and W. Russell' ; Niess r l . G. Lamh, thumittond _Burrell, Ca ptain Ciitfor'' it. N. &c. LONDON: .I"rjrnterl Iry 3. B. C.A,nsTAtits, of No. qq , Orotund-street Queen-square; an:t publislted 1t F t sore SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Molvon-street, at THA ; I 4,O* (Vice, No. 112, Strand ; re Advettisentenlis larttcrs. &c. (puit-pai.l) mum be atigtescul, '/,~ 4 ,.71 , ___ , vtu, tr drys Crue l ttuc' 1643 to th or vn tr ig , their turf. t Ttl**ll: Nul Ausi t , t'oto laud T.Ol s S' VI, ti, c ! 111., fti Ptct,'• Pr, 1. t,. ti tLIN lei it't A C A Lir" oN. We most' earnestly advise the PUBLIC FUNCTION ARIES, the Guardians of the King's Peace, the Armed Force of the country, the pegular Troops, and the Yeomanry, that they will not suffer the FRSTIVITIBS of CHIZISTMAS DAY to divert their Vigilance from the Mon of the RADICAL CON ePIRATORS. It is very probable, that that day has been determined on for the Simultdneous Meeting, which was postponed from the 13th instant to a more unguarded season; and that the Infidellnsurgetzts, who respect neither God nor the King, have culeu- toted ,on that day for tic dispersion of the Military Power, and the relaxation of its discipline. , TifEATRICAL REGISTE R. Perturnecd Leta Night. Tu RA FNE ROYAL, • DRURY-LANE.—Othello: Othello, Mr. Kvait; Desdemona, Mrs. M•Gib•bun. After which, High Notions. Tut I.:AT Ur. RoYAL; CoVENT-GARDEN.—The Comedy of Errors ; "Willi° of Ephesus,. Mr. IV. Barren Adriana,:Miss Ste phens. After which, A Shutt Reign and a Merry One.. PIUcE 0 THIS I/AY AT T 11)CKS vP,I,V 4).C1.00K. Bank Stock ' 2144 215 i India Bonds • 2,.. 3.. dis. .1 per Cent. !Led..... 661,11!.. I Exch. 13ilts, 741. 7* 93. Ns. dis. , s ,_, 3.1 per Cent. 4 per Cents ,El3hV i I Cons. for Account .. 66i 6 , 7 i Millis Long Al}ll. MAILS. wit VEI,-1 Waterton J, t Gottenhurgh._ • Dux-1 Wateilinsl, 1 11)I1and, 1 France, 2 Flaw burgh: El IC ti WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MMUttI(OW. Morning, 36 minutes atter 7. I Eventiig, it minutes attcr 8.