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on entering the prison, he was left to lie in the open air. The Coroner's Jury returned a verdict that he had died by the v4sitation of God, but that his death had been accelerated by improper treatment. The prayer of the Petition was, that the practice of imprisonment for debt under Mesne Process be abolished. Several other Petitions to the same effect were presented. They here ordered to lie on the table. Mr. I'. Moone, on presenting two of the Peti tions in question, gave notice, that totuorriiiir he should stibmir a• motion 16 the House for ef fectuating.the object to which they alluded. • PIESERVATION OF PEACE IN .IRELAND. Ou the ►notion of Mr. PELF that this Bill be read a tiro time, Mr. It. S. CAn.rw hoped he should be allowed to trespast . on the attention of the Mouse for a few moments, as be felt himself called upon to - correct a statement of the Bight Honourable the Secretary for Ireland, which, if allowed to plkss micontradicted when conring from such an autho rity, would impress the public with an idea, that the county he. hart the honour to represeut..v6s in :such a st,,:e of disturbance to calli with otbers, for the enpctment of this pew Bill. dirt not mean to object to, the Bill ; .on the contrary, he approved of it, and only lankented the.circum sthilces which made it pec,c.ssnry t,or .Government ILterfere. Botlic begged letve..tr..v:Stute, in the most unequivocal terms, that there is no part of the Empire .more" tranquil "than the county of Wexford ; and, #or the.truth of thiS.statement,he appealed .to the 14,,olutions of the Grand Jury,' cif which he Was • Foreman at the last: Spring Assizes. • , Sir F. FLOOD, . though he. highly approved of the Bill, could not -suffer the observations of his Right Hon. Fr end Pecle), on afornier even ing, l to pass. without - - contratliction. He was to tally incorrect when he said that , he (z_i;ir F.) had . no cause . to rejoice .at the-superior tranquillity of _:NVexford, a tit. brand Juryhad represented it to bcin,rather.an alarming .state. The statement of • the,Grand Jury. was -exactly the reverse.; and.this , Atatmen,t was-confirmed , by-the resolutions of the Magistracy and Gentry: In short, .there was no county, either in . k.lnglandor Ireland, where fewer . otiene,es -woo conunittcd than in-Wexford ;• as a proof of which, there had been only one execu tion there for the last-eleven, years, and that was for murder. He therefore saw no reason why his county should he stigmatiscd, because disturbances bad prevailed in other districts. Mr. PEELE thought it necessary, lest it might be supposed, from the imposing attitude which the lion. Baronet had taken, that there was something like reason in-.the opposition which be scented inclined to give to the-Bill which bad just been introduced, to make a few 'observa4 tions. He begged leave to refer back to the ex planation which be had given on a-former night to the remarks which the Hon. Baronet then -made, and to which be had hoped *he.had given a full and satisfactory answer. On that occasion he had disclaimed most fully any intention of imputing to the county of Wexford, in particular, a dispos.i• tion to riot or diSorder, or charging the Magis trates of • that county with a dereliction .of' duty. All he had said, and hl he meant still to say, was, that at a meeting the Magistrates- of the County of Wexford, on the 2lst of March, re solutions had been come to, in which 'certain out rages, committed a short time previous:l)7in Rarh duff and Knockmore, were latirented, -and a deter mination taken to use every effort • for the- preser- Nation of the:peace of the county. The outrages alluded to, were detailed 'in a; report which.-be would-take the lil*rty of reading to.the The Right Honourable Gentleman then read the .Tteport to which he alluded, and which - stated, that some persons, ,as yet 1-114{DOWD, had. gone to a house of a man named Denoughue, at about three o'clock in the morning;—and, rapping at his door, demanded .admittance for a poor creature • whom they stated to be very, unwell, and who it :was; desired might be permitted to lie down. Do noughtte, not choosing to be troubled with such a guest, at. such an hour, refused to open his door ; upon which these persons entreated that he would _give them a lighted coal, for the purpose of light ing a pipe. • Donoughue then got up, and, on .opening the door, he was shot through the heart ! This atrocious and treacherous proceeding it was which hid- been properly characterised by thirteen ,of the Magistrates of the County in which it had _occurred, • as outrageous—and to this• occurrence it was he referred,:when lie ventured to state, on a former .night, that the County of Wexford was not in that peaceful and undisturbed state which been pictured in such flattering terms by the Hon. Baronet. Sir F. FLOOD explained after which the Bill was read a first tiwc, and ordered for a second reading on Friday. .Sir. S. ROMILLY presented a Petition from the Prisoners for debt in Monmouth Uaol, which was qrdctqd to lie on the table. ItITLITARY Pc7NISI-TMLN.T. Mr. M. SUTTON, seeing an lion. Gentleman in his place, who had asked him a question, on a former evening, respecting the flogging of a man of the' Wa:•wick Militia, and to which he could not at the moment give a positive answer, wished, to know whether his authority for asking that question was .founded on an article that had ap peared in a Weekly Newspaper.? Mr. BENNETT answered iii the affirmative. Mr. SUTT9N . then said, that he was peculiarly :desir ous ' that the subject should be fully. explain ed. He had ,taken the greatest pains to enquire into the facts, and . hail found * them to have: been most groisly exaggerated:- They. were simply these :—.--a person of bad character; who, xvas the Sur; eon's servant, hadbeen : 649re tried.aod seri,. lenced to be flogged. for some offence, but. the punishment had been remitted.; atmost atcly after which he committed a gross breach, of ;discipline; by using the most outrageous. language to his master, anfl threateni : to strike him. For this he was again tried by akieneral.Coiirt Mar tial, and sentenced to receive 300 lashes. On re ceiving the first hundred, it.was-true, that he bad dropped down sense,less; hut the cause was, that lie had foreed.his., clothes into his.rnouth so largely us to produce temporary.suffocalion; tilid . on that being removed, he got up and walked to the hos:. vital.. These lact(s, be trusted ) would remove the impression whia had been made in th . cottntry by the question which had been asked in that [louse. The Right lion. Gentleman cotreiudedyrith a high eulogium on the regiment for its' aritivservite: - .; in Ireland and elsewhere, and an the7kutiwn cha racter of its Olgeets 'for hiimaiiity. , • Lord llkoKt, as Colonel of the Regiment, spoke highly of his officers and !nen, reprehended the false • statement that had appeared, and de clared his conviction, that there, was not a regi- ThentlittliegiftvirrThort-fained:for rt!gularity and discipline. Mr..I.IENSETT in reply said, that the article had led him to think that some official exposition vas necessary. lle laniented' that Ally improper re flection had been Cast. on the LientemAnt l Colonel but the stigma ‘voidd have renizzined uncontra dieted, except for:the explanation' that bad taken place. !This, however,' 'had perfeCtly satisfied him, that there was no foundatiOn for the charge. GENERAL THANKSGIVING. Lord C.IVLERE.ApH said, he Was commanded by his Royal Higlmess.the Prince Regent tothm- AnunicAte,to the-House, that his Royal nightieSs had appointed a day of Public Thanksgiving to Almighty ,God, for vouchsafing to ,restore to us the blessings of Peace. That ,his Loyal High ness, anxious to give all due solemnity to the oc-. -cation, had intimated his intention of going -an public procession to St: Paul's .Catlkedral on that day, : and had commanded that the same be coM municated to that liouse, in order;tbat the usual measures may be adoptedlor the s eonvenience Of the 'Members. llis Lordship then moxed, that " an humble Address be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, thanking him for his gracious communication ; and declaring, that this House will attend, as a -House, at St., `Paul's Church, on the day appointed." The Motion being carried rein. dis. his Lordship' then inovecl, that a Committee* be appointed to adopt .the proper regulations necessary for the occasion ; and that the Recorils . ofthe Proceedings of the Committees in 1789 and 1.797 be tclerro skhe consideration of the said committee.-- . Agreed to. Lordship then handed up a list of sixteen inembus, to ,fortu the conuni‘tee. Lokil cAsyl.E.RE.o.ou brought up certain Papers relative to the NegociAiop, amongst which was the RecKee,of the Prince ‘ Sovereign of the Ne therlands. They-wer : e ordered to he on the,table. THE DUKE •OF WELLINGTON. Lord CASTLIEREACHI said, he now rose, to give' notice of a motion .for the Thanks of the House to the Duke of Wellington, for his eminent-Ser vices to this Country, and to ,Lurope. As Par liament were accustomed, on Certain occasions, to dispense with the formality of an interyal be tweeu the notice and the motion, he should, di it met the approbation of the House, proeced to the subject at once. On calling the attention of the House to then glorious war which his Grace has so triumphantly ended, he sh:oald not go into any' detail of events, or weaken the universal impres'-' sion of those great services by any deScription of his own. ,la truth; when we looked hack to the unparalleled events that had taken place-, they appeared even more like the incidents of a ro mance than a series of ,'facts. When we took a retrospect of time commencement of the Noble Lord's long and powerful services in the Peninsula, we found him landingin the presence of a I)lMlC rically superior army, intoxicated with victory, and commanded by one Of,the greatest Generals of the age; we fouud him cooducting his forces to re-iterated successes, ivitlmout any one circum stance that could throw a shade eiti.o:r on the Mi litary glory of the country, or on his own con summate-talents. It was a new point in the an nals of the country, that a General, however - great his abilities, should have been able to conduct his forces ,agaiost a superior army of the most distin -ituished Commander when» the French Revolu tion. had produced, and in no instance to combat it without ,gaining a victory. It was not extra ordinary thatsuckabilities Shouk inspire general confidence, and that such a Commander should have risen to the most important military dignity which could beconferred on him by the country he had sav ed: It was not extraordinary that the Government of that ,country should have had such Confidence in him as to make, him their Captain General, and voluntarily place the whole of their troops under • his command ; or on clOsing his exploits, that he • should be received in the capital of? that country with universal acclamations and joy ; for every' human being in the Peninsula must, admire the services he had performed for it. In short, we now find, at the termination of his eminent career, not one thing to lament—his career, on the con trary, is unclouded by any one circumstance, even -in a moral point of view, which can give rise • to the slightest regret ; but has been such as to entitle him as fully to the gratitude of the enemy as to the admiration of ourselves. The services of the Duke of itlarlborough, eminent as they were, need not be - brought into competition with thoSe of the Duke of Wellington ; for the latter had been far more arduous. It was ama in- ' teresting feature in the services of the Duke Of. Wellingtim, that the nature of the war rendered them of a very. different description frOmia those of ' the other I t4Tilt Conqueror. Instead of returning home annually to receive the thanks of his coun try, and to take relaxation from his fatigues, we -find hiS arduous career in the Peninsula to have been one continued struggle, perpctualty crowned with success. For this his Country and Parlia grient were now-called upon to offer him their eon gratulations and Thanks. So eminent indeed had been his services, that he was now about to re -ceivu the Thanks of the House for the twelfth time !--(Loud cheering- from all parts of the House.) His Lordship concluded with saving, that-it now,only remained for hiM to move, ":That the Thanks of . that House be given to 'Field-Mar shal the Duke of WiAlington, for-his late di;tin .guished services, and .that a 'Cotinnittee be ap pointed to wait upon hint; and communicate the same." . . 1 Mr. WYNNa could not but , deciare that it ;vas a proud circumstance for this country to- have an opportunity, after the long•period of . an , hundred years, to recur to a . precedent on their journals, and record therein a second"monument of trans cendunt BritiSli valour. The parallel, however, between tile,two cast*, it4inust-lie,admittr:tl,•was extremely small. The career of the Duke of Wel lingtouton, 'like that of the Duke of Marl :borough; had been one :of unremitted success ; but the Dukeof Wellington had the singular me • rit commanding different armies, all o: %vhich had served together with as !Mich vtlotir and unanimity as' if they had been the subjects of one - Sovereign. On voting thanks to the Duke of Marlborough, the House had thought proper to recognise not only his military services, but his tateritS as a Negotiator. Ile - ilYartil Wish to gest to the Noble Lord it soniething of this kind might not be-introduced into the present.-Vote. It. Was a proud fact .to .rellect on, that though , the Duke of Wellington bad commanded an. army composed of different nations, ,he hail never fought a battle . which he had not gained,,nor ever besieged a place which he did not Capture. He therefore thought-the same panegyric ought. to be paid to the Duke of Wellington as had been be stowed on his predecessor The motion .was then put and carried unani mously.' 'Mr. 'WYNNE wished to ask theNoble,Lord op posite, whether, as the Militia were 'low being disbanded; it were not his intention to propose On the present occasion a vote of.ThankS for their services and exemplary conduct. Lbrd CASTLEREAGIi replied, that he should take an early - opportunity to propose the . vote. SLAW: TRADE t AtloLmoti. Arr. WHITBREAD presented a l'evition,from the Town of Bedford, on the Slave Trade AbOlitiOn. On itsfbeing brought up, • Mr. OSBORNE ce.nsured some parts of its con tents, Which gave it the,nature of a party Mea sure, by'finding' fault with the conduct of Go vernment ; many persons who were consequently informed of thik.,Ciretnnstance, had declared they would not have signed it; if they had been aware. of the passage's in question. Mr. WHITBREAD 'briefs replied, and the Peti tion was placed on the table. Mr. WunnavortCp, presented an enormous Pe ti.tion from the Inliiibitants .of London and iklesex, on the same 'subject. The Hon. Gentle man stated, that it Contained .30720 signatures, *Well had been obtained within the last three' or four dais; and added . , that it it 'had remained a little longer, there Was no doubt that the number . woold-have been doubled. It was received' and read, Mr. W r iertEttroncE said', he rose under feelings' peculiarly oppressive, and with a veryh'eavy heart,! to discharge the duty imposed upon him relative. to the subject before the House.. ,After the exer-, tions he had made for the long period of twenty- Six years, and when he had hoped that the Object' he had steadily 'kepi in view would have been ac complished to itS . 'fullest extent, it would be diffi-, cult to explain the heaVy kind of sensation whielt now oppressed him : , on spcing that object in a great . ..degrce frustrated. After having, during so. long a .course, succeeded in obtaining great. success for the.. cause Which .be had so feebly! advocated, he had perhaps, in sotne,degree,,-ae-: custOitied himself to believe that the character, of the Slave Tratte' had been fixed for ever ; and that i it would never twain:have met :tvith advocate's who would have presumed to show their faces in the world. Unhappily he was•mistaken in his conjec ture, and - we had lived, to find that, a great, im portant, and civilized nation, at'the very moment when the greatest of blessings had been conferred upon her, refusing to acquiesce in our 'desires, while we had given: up to her those very princi pleSfor which we bad so long contended. If, on his first rising, lie had been led iwo an expression, of his acute feelings, he had not so expressed self with a- yew to call for any explanation as to Whether the article in the Treaty . . witi:h now lies befere the House could have been avoided ; as the Papers by Which that transaction conic! be ex plained werenot yet current. All he knew was, that not long ago, 'the .House had presented an Address, imploring his Majesty to use his utmost endeavours, during the Negociations, to induce, the Allied Powers to consent to the total aboliti2n of the Slave Trade; and that his Majesty, in re turn, had assured the House that no endeavours : Should be Wanting on hiSpart to affect the desira 'lile object. Ile had, therefore, reason to suppose that'all possible exertions had been Made to attain this object. He wished to state what was not the nature Of his Motion, because be Wiis anxious to be understOmi as not being inclined to condemn the- . conduct 'of the Negociator, at the same time that he did not i pledge himself tacitly 'to approve of it.' He. was only desirous to support even now, as far as pOs sible, that great cause of which he:had been so long and so nnworthily the adviteate. He would wish to strengthen the hands of his MRie,sty!s Ministers, that they Might haVe an oppoilnitity of showing what had, been done on so important an occasion : for the 'more the country had an Opportnnity cif testifying their feelings, 'the tnore it so rid ap pear that there was but one 'decided and inclubit able opinion on the subject. The present Mn meat was one of pride and exultation at seeing amongst its, the great men to whom the country was 'so trinch indebted : hence, When we were hurried rs ty by the *impulse of out feelings' in their behalf, . there Was 'not so mach time to at tend to tliat different feeling which so imiVer- Sally prevailed on' the subject tinder his notice.; otherwise he might say, that this feeling was one of deep regret and disappointment. The Peti tions expressed the gene"iaT Wish, that if, bye airy means the country could h e saved -front this ar ticle of tite Treaty and its deplontble effeetiavert cd from us, that such means, whatever they may be, should yet be adopted, and the sum andsrib stanee of this article be at (Mee .ohtained. We were all induced to hope, that as the exe.:cons of this country-had already been successful- to ii-cee rain extent., that it may yet ,be saved once unite from all the evils and miseries of the Slave Trade, and that therefore just me:!sures may be adopted to rescue Africa from a continuance of the abo mination. Another part of his intended motion would be, to implore of his Royal' Highness the Prince Regent,' that in any other meeting on the subject of the Treaty; that instructions be given 'to his Ministers to avoid consenting to a similar artielenith any other Power. It gave in .deed,, great pleasure to learn. that Holland had ac quiesced in our deterinimition to iiholish the Trade, He must therefore be allowed to ex press the gratification; he experieuced on this ae- count. We had, howevee, recOgnif.v l Ol e ' l.* ** are eil of Guadeloupe, an d s till S we d en " °t ' t f tio n, to.aholisb the. Trade. I n hi s v i e w of tile q ue ' a ld the cession of a'colony to any Power not enter into our id eas was a real c l -l be rea Denmark had ab o li s h e d t h e tr a ffic, and fore that country ought not to be 'P i se io the censure, as we h ave an additiooo tioit curity in the Treaty ju s t en t ere d into %It'l l) ! - t he Power., When he had formerly. arg ue ;wisit question, it was .only necessary to he facts, and when once these were made 01u could not fail in his objecte But the "S e . )0 o f now worse. By the nature o f the Coo this country, when a treaty had been r at sie t there %vas no co u r se b u t to acquiesce in the general feeling undoubtedly was, that tIO inearta should he used to prevent the fail" ° s o' country from being pledged to give tip Vol siots, which while we had been at war, w ' r , e i a• k als under the express condition that. the Sla y . e , /er irli should not be continued in them. • C"" st- i, - first the Preliminary A r ti c l es , and afterl va) :' , % , ,•e Definitive Treaty, he could'irot-bot re;Je t had not had an opportnnity of farming )))/..), 11) 4 n ;vent upo the former, which did mot cowe usual regular shape. I4ad the case bee t) t fte apparent by, a regular :Prelitninary '6:0 1 voice of the country, would hive been be` k , ) ',,, a ..Jl s one end tti - tbefether, iiiiPloring that . by this article Might receive the satiction went ; for 110 sacrifice oilii have ; w e .l' ir caeft too great to redeem us from alie odium i r) ;: ec; ltic by that article. He was 'a tta i th a t the ' 1 03 0 4 would have stated, that they.could n ot, c ca ? tently with their conscien c e; agree to %vi Cession ;'and the effect would have been, ' ' t" t should not •hav e t o regre t, t h at we h o ve' inoment;ao -- deplorable art article befire Slave Trade -he regaPded 7z;s the grka it,eat pr'' ot t o evil that.could e x i st . I ts magrritißte 11 ,1 1 0ti' be be estimated-by the five thousaud, or sand, the fifty thotiaand, or the huodreds o' sands of persons, or by the nullifier 0 ' hcings, however great - it might • he, Which sigoed.to 'bondage; Its horrors. were to ht ~2r in this—in the vast .diliusion of iniaery a .a s caused throughoilt a vast -continent, c aro) thus kept 16 . 3 suite. of irreclaiiliable in.which it must ;villain till this oci:oul; trort7 la (ft terminated. Ile• •lior- %vi a l ) to s p ea k lior.',' o " r e? the motives by whielt France was actinitea fusing heraconselif, to i,t a abOti t ' Q o aaf He could no`tbot. perauade himself that t at pOsse.sed of the 'saute deeree .if info; al;lt'' ) . ` o , l ll' „the sobjeet ayhichhalliectt • flli o ish e d t o , • try, her people` would be aga i nst co litis: o '2'W and her (iovernors ashamed-to .sland half: One great difficulty in the wayof e" 11 , ) ,, our demand for its immediate abolit'ion, arc"' 104 of our own conduct. The length of titne - pc taken to consider of it before it had b e •--rt' au end to, furnished France with a 13 ' r he :' icase for not immediately acce di ng to otir This .ipsl been urged i n - various os strongly publications and debate s 'tin the tllfest l° aleP ..the Slave 'Trade.. They' forgot that bierat caused it to be so long delayed, Was ,was. - thought other countries would carrY we did not, and thus the cause of humaiiit!, c %vg ef gain little by our giving it up otirselves,'„ o a ro o' ve could persuade. the other Powe r s of ' 9 1 , 0 0- 1(1 : enter into our view, Alas ! what a 11.1e' 1 Or this argument was furnis l ' e , c y use now made of it againsooursel yes. 1 j ives P r told its, " Yoit had time to prepare yOo rs ,'„ a chli ty its abolition, and '%ve m us t h ave t he s 3 ' l) , - ,,,ast tage." Yet in justice to ourselves, i t go ll‘..' admitted, we had put an end t o it with t ` ral voice Of the nation in favour of the at, a time whet) greater interests in th is. ', c - ill" 1 " were likely to he - aff ec ted' lay it, than 3 ,„; a rtr• c ,' could by possibility suffei. f rom it in - *,,d WO' NVith large Iry rhte stab!' I anne t ' .ett" r . e is unents c ret 4 it, and with colonies.yieldiug annually a el toi ) , - a . ofnine or ten millions, %vhich they w ere be greatly injured by the discontinuan ce d, Slave .r.frade, it had been at one aboii'l)c).s, fishy wished it to be stated .to Foreign l'o',',„ a toi":; suoli were the sacrifices we had made for l it ea ell and having Made them, bad never, entertaining the most sordid mercanti' e , a oo , q t Lion, had - reason to view them for 0 1 ' e l i t , ,dfl' f)13 with regret. 'No inconvenience hid re st e aM the the change, and th ere was rea s on to li°P. c , litical stina of the West I n di a Col°!' i l our . 011; be improved and strengthened 'by it, "; 11 , c re sessions in that quarter of the wori'' `, t he to derive the most solid advantages frc n „: ) ,,, r ett t'l'l ti_o(l Of that measure. When bec° s ' - t he the French Islands had less -"oti ( ` )I. ""` OCCaI ca u it of Slaves than the r. , ,i)giish Colonies , brit cherish a hope that even maw satile' it tl l:101)1'7 Ve.gaiticd from France in favour of tb l a t his b . 1 .1 r , race of which he was the advocal c ' o on f tto might be too sanguine ;as he rement • the real object of French Gov c . rn . e iett;ile 101 (liog the Slave Trade, was le t hat island of St. Domingo. To re-Pe Q P, I ,•, A nce , island, if such were really the Plat' thret? would be necessary to transeert lA v c ) 91: • Africa• ;- lions of persons from . the shore-5 %". h i tcrpg' 4 , , aimY w . ay 1 . 443 Could be preventeo ' not s aid 31); • :ion tee ought to, interre. e l : 1 " 1 15 wh i c h he l i n :: thing on this subject in the Adt: r i tended to propose, but as he le4l:a` i s ;. t! a cl , l l. t a ° l, t1c5.4 , 4-n of' France, he - wished ttl%, t ' t . - t - 0 rer,. C ; .of atteniptine- to carry it lilt° i aiShe•a la seated CO thC.', r )FITOCI) (.4 9‘T rilt)len t. onc l oc p44 t i l tE CaSt no refleetions Ott those w II° Ite-o"!;,t late. N.egociations, hut at thug sone - I , nd 0:20 , to say, the impression on his o‘s'n n „iv' op nothing eoukt have. induced hint to 40 , D F;ench Giloities, but 03 COIVIir I ° II th at ves Far 10)1, 1 Ai), not be cid; ivNed bvnicansco t icroe , ce"sure his Noble, Friend (Lord !Lev thottflit -, (4)°b t . I tb d e botiaa tros acluoiviedge , 1 ' itot always ;;..rear) on this t yet, aeo ~, lla time that Noble Lord ha d been in 0 _ l)s exerted him se lf by e vcrY ri~f • ble wea e ffecc• haa t) the al,;ftialst Slave. feara.alAhe„qiwations on this considered sufiicieutly early during.,tEle „lienta %:e br,. 3. ciations.* If, %vhen ammo able arro li ,g; tl . l l ,4 first discussed, the I.tit uage of I sla " %re will restore to Prance the u ( n a ' n ,en a to , tak e on her consenting to p.a . ,r ,..o,„hiy a ;gave I'raile., the4l.llies 'pledged themselves to support the P" g