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lest,..The nom %vim lead jnet Tetetrned 'froten die la el lie bad tredaced to the land he now traduced, bringing with •him the unhallowed bones of a blas phemer, afforded a strong proof of what was to he anticipated from the unchecked career of such in famous leaders; Lord Mlterote objected to any limitation of the rights of the subject. If once brokeel iu upon there was no saying where the encroachment would -atop, as every new alarm would serve as a pretext to remove the limits hither. He opposed the Bill also on many of its details ; and especially as it eu mild tend to exclude the Gentry, who Ought to 1 e the guides and leaders of the people, from at tend ug their assemblies. They ought rather to imitate their ancestors, and try to overcome their difficulties by moderate mw.nres, then lead to alienation by the enactment of peens and penalties. Mr. PHILLIPS Coutelidcd fur a Heal and tempo rary law, to meet a local end temporary evil; end stretmously opposed what he ronsitleted to be outrage en the feeliAes of a whole people. He dwelt on the distress or the n tannfa'cu►ting itis, as well (ICSPIN , tI L , !ht.' attention (it th e House; it was thie which made them so easily Operated upon by the mischief-um: and seditious. Wu:en the coetrast bet a een the high .4-ages they Lill enjoyed, tool thee loot wages to which they ere reduced ceased to tit so stri!wgly felt, they evoold become less 'liable to infiannbetion ; and this he thought another aro:tient fur temporary expedients. Lord CASTLIMEAGII, considering the length to which the o..ißcession had stole, arid the intoner in which it haul been conducted, would willingly have left the gei , eral question to reit on the foot ing on which it h e :ul been pluced, without tres passing upon the House,' were it not that a sense 'of his public duty rendered some observation ne cessary on the topics which had been urged. He .ei.h e d the 1161ise to loek to the }Principle of the Bill, and to view the narrow issue of the vote they were called upon to give, and which they ought to give unless the Gentlemen weo Opposed it could show that such alterations as ought mike the mea sure what tlo y wished it to be, could not be made in the Committee. This was the stage to which their attention was at present confined, and their concurrence could not io any way preclude them from entering into the details when brought under their cognizance so as to render the Bill as perfect as possible. it was natural that the Hance should expect from him some remerks on the areumen:s in favour of edopiieg local and tempolaty measures. To such Ministers were re quested to resort, if they desired to meet the Gentlemen on the opposite side, in the spirit of conciliet ion. He assured the Hot). Members, that tlioagh, %Otte) they were charged with being the an o in t s o f ca t e t n i!ie e which no hitttnau being s coal! avert, he had repelled the accusation, mid declared that if such was the species of sopport they were to have, they wooed rather meet their diffireities without it, he was now ready to for get all that passed, and to comply with the •sue gestcd a!tere!ion, it it could be aeri e co n s i s tently with tie public peace, he would say with the public safety. He would first addres himself to the subject of imparting a local character to the measere,' none of thee reasoning in favour of which haul at all altered his opinion of its ieexpediency. The Parliament in this country haul never applied a measure of the kited in the way that had been done in Ireland, nor had it ever viewed such matters io the partial way here recommended. The Bill in 170 G, did not arise out of the general state of the country, but was founded tot it particular meeting, thee meeting at Copeehegeit House, connected whir the prin ciples then floating in the public mind. It. was the - same :in 1817, when the law Was re- coacted, in consequence of the portentous meet ing• in Spa-fields. In the intermediate period, be believed about 1801, it was not the gene ' ral character at the times which led to the adop tion of preventive legislation ; but still the Par liament did not confine itself to acts merely local, and there was therefore no precedent for this mode of treating the question. He now came to the reasons for departing from the ruder); practice of the past. Ile hail been teminded of his con-- giatulating the country on its tranquillity, and would be noneas anxious its before to expess that opinion. Butt if he looked at the tendency of these seditious meetings to disturb that tran quillity, it would not always be safe to rely upon the visible signs of quiet. \Viten they last se parated, all seemed to be fit a state of repose, hut very shortly after another temper wife totted to prevail. Appearances, under such circumstances, were not to be trusted to, and the contagion spread too fast to sutler them to rest in security. It they looked- at the West Riding of Yorkshire, they %email see a striking example of the truth of what he was statini. 'life Noble Lord (Fi had wiitteu a letter to Government, as sor'og it of the tranquillity in that quarter; but one or two meetings, even one meeting, that. infamous one at Hunslet Moor, had steels an rav e that there was not a considerable town in the Riding, which had not since been a scene of constant disturbances of a tumoltaary and ra dical description. Were they, then, to cir cumscribe' their remediable measures, and limit theM to stop an evil which was so likely to out strip any hounds He would put it to the Noble _tutee opposite (Lord A. Hamilton) what he could leave done in the west of Scotland, if he could Isave had recoarse to a law like this. Could he Lie/ have prevented those meetings, one of which had struck more terror into the whole of the good, and disieminated more discontent among those easily corrupted, than any subsequent 'steps'could etfeee. 'The law most be efficient to cope with the'exient of the mischief, arid not nu gatory as a subsequent application. What had hap 'pence! iii Yorkshire was repeated near. Newcastle. There one of the most malignant meetings of any that bad taken plaee,ettended by 700 armed men, had :followed immediately, upon an assurance from the Gentlemen in the neighbourhoodohat not only the utmost tranquillity, but the best disposition, prevailed. But one meeting was ettoogh to overtnre ail this order and propriety, and create such chemay, that many of the persons who fled - prviously given in their names to arta themselves in'suppOtt of the Constitution were deterred. from lnlaillittg'thatititention. Was it not depl'orabl'e to tie ea, (Let toodition that a Noble Lord (Fitzwil- Tit IE SUN. 1110tE31 QUISCF.:KL FAMLIM AUI}EAT? LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1819. Two notorious Promoters of Discontent aud Sedition have been arrested upon a charge of HiGil TREMON in Lancashire. We received this morning the Paris Papers of Tuesday last. They contain an account of the opening of the Session of the Chambers on Mon day, with the Speech of the Mosattcn. His MA.HISTY, being seated on the Throne, sur rounded by the Princes of his House, the Mini. stets, Marshals, Peers and Deputies, with 0)61- liant assembly of Ladies in the •Galleries,ppened the Session with the following Speech " NlEswußs " The first desire of my heart, oil finding myself again among you, is to acknowledge the blessings that Providence lots deigned to confer on us e and those that . we are permitted. to, expect in future. " ;Sly family is iucreased, and Z tusiy bupe that the wishes I xre I-tressed •on this subject may be re❑lized. Nevi sup ports to my Hoase will become new ties between it and my people. • " our amicable relations with the different States cf the two hemispheres, fortified by the intimate union of the Sove reigns, and on the principle of a mutual independence, con tinues to be the pledge of a long peace. " By the happy effect of my negociations with the Holy See, our principal Churches are no longer deprived of Pastors. The presence of Bishops in their Dioceses will preserve order in all parts of the Ecclesiastic Administration. They will promolgate the respect due to our Holy Religion, and to the Laws of the State. NVe shall preserve intact the liberties of our Church. I shall give my ear to the wishes of the faith ful ; I shall consult their wants and their resources, before I propose to you the measures whirl► the restoration of the worship of our Fathers nr►y require. " Two years of abundance, repair, in part, the evils of scarcity. Agriculture has made seusittle progress. All sorts of industry have made a noble advane.ement. The fine arts continue to ornament and to illustrate France. I hare col lected around use their numeroms productions ; the same ad vantage has hum given to the useful arts ; public adruiration, has equally encouraged them. The tilitrarion of our soil, and more faxonrable times, Inure lAA - witted us to attend to the amelioration of our finances. I Incbare ordered that there shall be submitted to you thy state of the public charges, as well :►s of the mratts of defraying them; and I have th;: satisfaction to announce to you, that the legislative foresight wiii not br deceived by any urgent ur actideutal wants. Nu new loan will be deinauded from you for the•current year. • "'Already the first relief has been granted to those who contribute to the Revenue. The lowering of the taxes the most burthensume; will not be dehiyed longer than the time which will be still required to acquit the extraordiaary debts contracted by the State. " Every where the laws have found an easy execution, and its no past has the public tranquillity beets essentially tron bled. In these circumstances, and for the better oblivion of past evils, I have judged it proper to multiply acts of cle mency atid of reconciliation ; I have put nu other limits to this, but those which national sentiment and the dignity of the Crown required. • "'At the same time, in the midst of these elements of public prosperity, I ought not to dissemble that just motives of alarm mix themselves with our iilyeS, amid claim, front this day, our roost serious attention. " A vague but \ real inquietude occupies all minds. Every one at this time demands pledges for the duration of our se curity. The nation enjoy but imperfectly the first fruits of the legal regimen and of peace. There is an apprelteusion that these fruits will be arrested front them by the violence of the factions. The people are alarmed by the ardour of these factious for power, t Ley are frightened by the expres sion of .their tun obvious designs. All the fears, all the wishes point to the necessity of a new guarantee of repose and of stability. Public credit looks to this signal for ad vancement, commerce to extend its speculations, and in fine, France to be sure of herself, and to resume amoug the na tions the rank that she ought to occupy for her own interest and that of others', has need to place her Constitution above the assaults that are the more dangerous from being the more frequently repeated. " In this conviction,l have returned to the ideas which already . I was desirous to realize, but which were to he ISM.. tured by experience, and called for by necessity. Founder of the Charter, to which are inseparably united the destinies of my People and toy Family, 1 have thought, that if those great interests, as well as the maintenance of our liberties, require an amelioration, and which shall only Modify some regulating forms of this Charter, the better to assure its power and its action, 1 ought to propose it. " The moment is come to strengthen the Chamber of De puties, by withdrawing from it the annual election of a part, by giving to it a duration more conformable to the interests of public order, and to the exterior consideration of the State. Thii will be the completion of my work. klavyier than other States, it is not by provisional measures, but by the natural development of our institutions, that we can wield our force. " It is to the devotion—it is to the energy of the two Chambers—it is to their intimate union with toy Government, that 1 wish to call for the means of saving public liberty froin license, to strengthen the Monarchy, and ti, give to all the interests guaranteed by the Charter that profound security which we owe to them. g‘ We shall pursue, in the mea:.l time, the task ►rf putting all the laws in harmony with the Constitutional Monarchy. You have already adopted several that tetsi to this object, and I have given orders to prepare those that shall give as surance to individual libeity, to the impartiality of judg ments, and to the regular and faithful administratioo of the Departments and Communes. " Providence has ordained that I shall close the abyss of revolutions, to beqUeath to my success►x's and to my-country free institutions strong and durable. You are associated with this sacred duty. To fulfil it, rely, Messieurs, on my unalterable firmness, as I rely on the concurrence of my faithful and loyal Peers of France, and on my faithful and loyal Deputies of the Departments." As his MAJESTY closed his Speech the air re sounded with the cry of '' Vire le nos The new Peers touk.the oath of allegiance be. fore his MAJESTY. T:ie new elected Deputies dill the same. The COt►nt BEUGNOT, PUY, and the Abbe GREGOIRE, were not present. The KING itturned to the Thuilleries with the same cavalcade es he came to the Linuse. The Session was formally declared to be open ed, and on Thursday (yesterday) the two Cham bers were to proceed to b4siness. PIPE PER CENTS. Monday DR.FERRI'.D STOCK. Of the 2 , 2 d March, 1.317, 9‘l f. 45. c. 2241 Sept. 1817, B9l. 4,1 c. 22 , 1 March, 1818, 2111 Sept. IEIB, ..... 22d March, 1819, R2‘.l Sept. 1819, SI f. 40c. The Bills now preparing to be passed into- Laws for the Security of the Coun!ry are so imperiously called for by the state of the Coun►ry, that Minis ters would be totally unworthy of their situation if they (lid not look the danger resolutely in the face, and disregard the clamours that way be raised against them, from wheercr quarters t t ' el may proceed. \Veil was it asked, last nigh', bj the LORD CHANCELLOR, the firm Guardian of ()I2r Religion and our Laws, and the affectioo46: Friend to our venerable Monatch, in a nswer Lord ERSKINE, who had said that " fine ° would not be the same England if these 0 43.1 sures were agreed to,"—" where would Eng; land be if these Bills did not pass 2"--,Eng laa would then have nothing remaining but the We i lancholy recollection of her former power 'and lgji former glories. The land would be the scen e a , universal plunder and confusion . The itad icolf would contend with each other for the motel' Even the WOOLERS, the CARLILES, the Cosstills' Hod bll the Miscreants whose writings tend to 111 ; destruction of all regular Government, anti iodcc of every species of Government but that 01 : licentious lt , ibble, would be trampled fa(7! in the general wreck. As to tilt °Prost-00' Irmo whom more good sense, and more regar d 161 property might be expected, they are e ctoal giving. if we may use the term, a strong opa l ' , suppoit to Ministers, fur they chew that, if M i . %% ere in power, they would not adopt any' P les°, surer for the Security of the Country, but WI things to take their natural course, and the COO: queece would he devastation and ruin to the They therefore pi ove that Ministers o rt more fit fur their situations, as they resol ditil i bring forward measures essential to the Safely' the Empire. We find, by information t eccis' within the last three days, and communicated yes' terday to the House of Lords by Viscount MOUTH, that training to the use of arms, e nd t i) pr ocurement at Ms, had been practised 1 %; more alarming extent, and in a greater vatielY i directions, than had been stated in all the aecut iel c previously given, and consequently n o t a moo o should be lost in passing into Laws-the measure! 40 1 so itnperiously deinanded for the protectiol''. -the Country. We have only to refer to 11., Speeches of Lord STRNTI-IWORE and, Lord P' 4°' LI NOTON, last night, in the House of Lords' confirmation, to prove the alarming nature the dangers which threaten us. We also i cier Mr. Peee's most admirable Speech in the 14 0 ' 11$ of Commons, in vindication of the Mancbco,l,e,r Iltlagistiates: Justly did he observe, that those who regarded the conduct of those M a gistrs tct only in relatiou to the 16:11 of August took 2 f ill(' row view of the state of things. Those Crates, months before, had Sufficient esideuc e the approaching danger, and, considering vast numbers that were preparing to tW el' e the "Meeting, no measures could possibil adopted to prevent that Meeting, end k 1 l l that could be done was to be ready (s)1 the Defence of the Country When toe Mee ii/I° took place. Our Readers still remember that el , lately inserted two Articles found e d o o indisTls able information, of the conduct of Cs.; Radict / ti bclore the Meeting at Menchester, on their 0 13/ .. 4 to the town, and on their return, all of manifested the must rebellious disposition, blni i full hope and expectation that titat day woul d decisive of the fate of the countr y, inv ol( the entire demolition of the present form of qtr( vernment, and lead to an universal partitioo property. The legislative measures, then. o ° 6' progress, are inipeitiotisly demanded,. and cmto °l too speedily carried into effect, if our itzetO Pol our LAWS, our Coss•rt - ruTtoN, our l'anPF (4l‘ 1 . and even our Lives, ate worth preservation !we. fr COSBETT.—ThiS profligate Renegaslo lO g zo - e ' dressed the following note to the. no" )1 ' - HUNT London, Dec. /, I S ; 9 ' et "MY DEAR LIuNT-4 shall, with great preasitle, ,t the invitation with which the St Wards hare h on oore ,lll .,',o a dinner at the Crown and Anchor, at 4 o'clock to-lw °l o o l ' and I do it with the greater satisfaction, finding that the c i f, paiiy mean to abstain from the use of wine, spirits, altd b " I ant, most sincerely, your's, , -c" “ W. toBBS I "PS.. 4,- -1 - 12vin;g• ' stooped to conquer; I now vse again. No Sloop Act can stop Die. l'4o ll ".;''d of a . Cellsor.rhip will do; and even that would not fl"'" regularmarcla of things." 1 5 Yesterday evening,about a quarte r to 11 of o'clock, his Royal Highness the PRINCR 1tg 613 atrived at Callton [loose, from Brighton. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER, we are sorry hear, is inttisposed at Blighton. got.t ' Thirteen Capital Pt izes %vete sold by C AL in the last Contract, amongst which was 07 1 ; op. 30,0001., Two of 20,00/ , and °she's of 5,( of: 2.0001., &c. What portion of the Six PrizO of 26,000/., which the 6ellente contains, ir‘i:tet which most be drawn in the First Fi' 4e •o f on TimasDAY NEXT, Will fan to. the SbS r lic ei those who honour G. CARROLL With n r etell ' b e • t it cvvttltl be bold to litticip ate ha: there ca little doubt that a good account will be g ive Olt them at ids fortunate Offices, No. C orn ioid 26, Oxford-street. , i der b Pa r • ()n the Sth ult. at Us Lordship's house, -,°!1,1,,. ( :utic, Lady .I:Adky, of a sou, !rein her third C h " MARRIED. 1 - 1 1 1, On Monday, at Lewisham Church. by th, le , c -etr af Jones, William Ealnualf,e, Esq. to Miss Bson s P ei" heath.. - Cte'' LOND(INt Printed by.l. B. CARSTAIBS, Ormond-street, Queen-square; and publisnet Tog SCIIIPI'S,• of No. 7, Soul p M u tt o n-street , 3 016 ()dice, Nn. 112, Strand ; where Adrettisement inits4 i,e aJgressed- ~ ~~ r. - a : ,1 . `•? y,) t *az tirAN i t! 6 *O l t '~ tA4 %. • tO. 112i, t t congratulated Ole Government 01% fire close of the most treasonable and abominable meeting at flutisiet Moor ? Ought it to be that they should have cause to rejoice at the self.terinina. tion of such a'n excess, rather than that the Is should inter fere to quash it He was convinced . the House would out think so. As lor the prin ciple of the, Bill, it was, shortly, to provide, that .4here the constituted Authorities would not preside, it :should - be requited to meet within limits, so as to reis.er it unnecessary to call for coercion. It Parliament was not prepared to give it permanency adequate to the danger,it ‘vouid he holding out a motive to the leaders of treason to watch their opportunity and pursue. their evil - designs with advantage. Ott these gt minds, in orde r that the measure should be efficient and commensnrate to the evil for years, he aloin sub mitted and pressed the tier tJsit yof its being made ptrinAttetir and general. They would best serve the public intyte,ts,atiel attain the object they all had in view, by not impressiog it with a local all odious charac7er. hing he had heard had alt creel his-opinion on these prints, anti it would not have been car tli,l in him to allow the House to sepa ate in !hat , opposition. Lord rOLKS - roNE explained. G; lunel IIEAUMONT, referring to the statement made by the Noble Lord of a meeting of 1,700 ineit near Newcastle :trieed, saiti, examination had been made into the subject, nod it appeared no arms there .found on them. He felt some te medy was necessary to check the doctrines pi omulgated, doe wiliCh were really - elfensive to the laws of God and 111:01. 1)el LW, were spreading the abominable principles of yet lie WAS• disposed to conclude that'much of the turbulence in the country proceeded from distress. It was distress wliich occasioned the French Iter•oitition. The Hon. Member supported the noni.n. mr..umiN smurn said he never was more disposed to adupt alts Bill brought in by Nlitristers,.l than that Jfefore the I toast. The country was in dagger; yet, upon mature con s4lcrat ion, he could not rote for the measure in the tom it then assumed. As a permautoit measure he could not sup port it. if the .\ offle Lord would make it a temporary mea sure, his consent should not he withheld. Nlr. BLi(/aiIIAM assured the House he was prevented fi (ins I revit,iSillg . long 011 their patience by Severe indisposi tion. Al the same time he colld nut pass 1.11100:lerd the ,peech uf the Noble Lord. it appeared, after all the pleiges to attend to conciliation, the Noble Lord wuuld not give them the slightes‘ token of consolation. The only hope he held out to the county was this—the Noble Lord wou4 not ii»pose it cell:orship on the press ; he would out make it d, alb to attend meetings, nor would he abolish trial by Jury. Tii fact, the Noble Lord considered the measure under con sideration to he founded on rational liberty, properly un derstood. On that pond, be was at issue with the Noble Lord. He Iben contended that the evidence before the House, was to he looked at Wit h caution and suspicion. The story of Mr. florsetall's death iu 1812, upon which a Committee of the Lords drew up their Report, was proved to be false at the trial of the four men f,r the murder. The 1700 men said to be armed at the Newcastle meeting did not hear the seninlanceof tt uth.—(Here the Llouse was seised with violent coughing.)— Mr. Brotr,:liam said it was an unpleasant task to open area's eyes, who were doe/11011rd not to see clear. He objected to the principle of the Bill, and recommended the suspension of the entire right of meeting for a limited time, rather than pass a measure so objectionable as that before the House. Lord PALMERSTON begged leave to trespass a few mo ments. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman had been plea's eft to express objections to leis conduct, and that of a Noble Duke in the comity to which he belonged. He 'could never admit the doctrine, that because an individual held an offi cial situation, he could not exercise his independence as well as the Hon. and Learned Gentlenteu. 'rite House would, 110 doubt, think the Most riuns individual knew how to support t he liberty of society, notwithstanding the censure of the Hutt. and Learned Gentleman. The Hampshire protest was signed by malty respectable persons, who would have the consolation of sa)ing the present tranquillity in Hants had arisen from their refusal to participate in the unjust condemnation of men who had suffered under the grossest calumny. - ,11r. Wodehouse anti Mr. Coke mutually explained. Sir W. DE CIIEsPViNY supported the motion. Mr. LONG WELLESLEY stated that the Hampshire Mu test was signed by 2000 respectable inhabitants. Mr. MAXWELL spoke in support of the Bin. The House then divided ; when the numbers appeared— Fur the Second Reading ... AK:11115t it Majority in favour of Ministers -223. 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