The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-12-25 00:00:00

BLASPEI EMOUS LI DEIS.

Lord CASTIA.REAOII Moved the Order of the
Day fur the third re.ditig of the liias4ibeestue• abid
Srdttiaas Libels OM.

O t the riti-scion lii ils:: been put—.
Sir lionenr Wissom said, that he could not
suffer slits toe attire 10 putt without l'UttlOg to lII*
protest against it. and saying, that it was one of a
system of inenalli es winch. under propene of pia.
kg the.
No! to keep down disaffection. was ifmrp.r.
crow upon them the means of radically euslariog
the country. Whether that intention would be
carried into elfert or tint he could not say, bat he
was convinced that the new system could not be
worked without the est rei-e of eternity never
known before, and greater than was contemplated
by most of those who supported. anti, perhaps,
even I.y those who trained is. It was well known,
that ei4orous penal laws were very inconvenient,
pernicious, on I most difficult of execution.—
His great objection to the partiemlar measure was,
that under the pietence of providing a law for the
suppressieu of and libellous publica-
limp., it provided the uteaw for persons insulted
tel Is i.ower esiol office to wreak their vengeance on
individuals for the es pte,sion of opinions on ques
wi.i Is one of the grimiest Statesmen England
had ever teen declared oat to be (petitions of law,
but poltics--nntl enabled a Minister to gratify his
ti•iret of revenge through the intervention of a
Coast of Law. In the name then of the people of
Eite!aint—one of whose Mienarclis had said to Sir
V. 'remple, that he was *only ambitious to be the
first mass of his people, and which he (Sir Robert
IVilson) knew to heists safest acid surest road to
greatness sad glory, he protested against this Bill.
Whether that people were well pleased with these
nivel laws, whether they approved of the conduct
of the Parliament who assented to them, and whe-
ther they were willing to support an Administration
which had ever shrived se disposition to govern by
force alone, would probsibly.appear during the ap-
proaching recess---whether they would exert them-
selves to establish an Administration which would
restore the old laws and atustitntinsi of the country,
and commence the work by effecting a reform in
the representation of that. [louse, in the room bf one
which had never done it single thiog to deserve the
confidence of the

:Sir N. PaaNELi. me., that lk wished to, call the
attention of the Noble Lord to The slate of the
LIM of Libel in !reload, after the passirrg of this
Bill, which was intended to extend to lb it country.
Ile was sure the Noble Lord did nut wish that that
country should he placed in a worse condition in '
this respect thou the other parts of the empire.
Bnt some years ago an Act had been pisred.alll4l-
- to it only, end now 111 (nice, whereby the Com-
missioners. cf the Stamps were empowered, ut their
discretion, to refute stamps fur the future to our
proprietor of a itewomiper, after his conviction lor
seditious libel in hiv paper. This was n rre:it hard-_
ship, hec.tor.e. during the debates on the new kills.
it had been atlaiitted that things (Atha nature might
appear 111 a paper without ilie proprietor's CilliSellt
lif k 110.• I t'll 4t of the Intlynetor. fle hope l the
N bar Lor(l %vauld tom the circumstance in hit
mind, am! take ineicoirtt for assimilating in this:
particular the law of the two countries. Tittle
wait 11140Lher 111:111.Cr 011 WIIA:11 lie was desirous to say
• word. By the Siaiiip Laws in Ireland, every
priated ailvertitentetit, every handbill containing
I any hotitication. howl-ver anvil!, was subject 11,
stamp sf a halfpenny on e.meh. Ile believed the
provisions were 50 particular awl minute at to in-
elude even a til iy-bill. L.c rupposed the exteutiou

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t.bi IsOt;y, would be tocor4epieot to them, and
wore, particuiply tit the Irisll.Merrillerp, to return
to town before tlte day he sn-ntion&d. 'Die Noble
Lora they moved, that the !Inuit., at its ri:sitlx, do
o4Vuto till Thoruhly, which was put and carried.