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THE MOCK CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION.
Dr. LUSHINGTON rose to present • Petiliate from
Thomas Dolby, • prosier and polilidise, sod he could not
refrain from empresses., his sorptriee, Omit althoogk it was
use considerably past See o'clock, sago of his Majesty'.
Ministers were pretest is the Howe, as be mach wished
that they should haw the eumplalats set forth is this Peti-
tion, than which more could he of greater importsace. The
Petitioner complained of having been prosecuted by that
Society, wh.eli bad taken emea itself the denominatioa of
"'The C.unstit otiose! Aseeciatioa." He likewise complained,
that after having for thirty.* years followed his trade as a
rimier and publisher, sad serer \seise iu all that period
bees subjected to 'ay prosecution for libel whatever, be bed
in a short spars of time bees twice subjected to prniectitioo
at the suit of that Society. After limier escaped the vigil-
ance of the AtiornerGestral, and she Secretary of State, the
only peewits by law intrusted with the exegete, of the power
of uffiehilly prosecuting such offrame, he had at length
fallen into Lb. clutches of that Association. He was
indicted fur poblishing • political libel is
as oL-
store periodical puboicatioe, which he had diseoullinned be-
fore the cutogneacentent of the proematiom. It was import.
ant to knew the aresiomnices seder which ibis pagmeolies
was instituted, as he thought they afforded • eine eager-
tioa of the principles by which the proctediegs of that Su.
tidy were regulated; sod he woo egrovineed that If the At.
togney.Gemesal had been aware of the nature of this partite,-
lar case, he would have put a slop to the prosecution.—
After • true bill ball been foetid, the Petittuaar was or.
nutted and held to bail. This part of the condoet if tie
&wiety was 'reignited use four Acts of Pathan-at muestly
passed; Acts, the passing of which be declared to be au
hivasium of the coustitution ; Acta. all framed for diminish.
ing the liberties of the petyle, all enlarging the power of
the Crown. Those Acts the Society had placed in frost of
their battle; and by those Acts only could their coodeet
be justified. Oa our of thorn Aels the Petitioner was held
to hail fur his appearance, and also fur his subscqueut good
behaviour. He stated that be had several Miterviews with
one Mr. Murray, by whom terms were proposed, ten his ac-
ceptance of which the prosecation would be dropped. Here
he called upon the House to attend, and see what were the
terms on which his Majesty's subjects were called on
to comlend against this Society ; what welt the threats it held
eat, and what the power it arrogated of accognuliiiae sport
them penalties, forfeitures, amd termini exceeding these
attendant on a couviction. The teems proposed to the Pest •
titmice were, that he should plead guilty, pay all the expenses
of the promeution—(fleardsear)—give certain required le-
formation concerning the suthur id the libel, sod eller out
to sell any b tubs or peblications which the &witty ihould
deem offensive fur the term if two years.—(lloar, bear)—
What would be said of the legality of such tes11111? Whether
the proposal brought the prosecutors within the rile of Ilse
law he would mot then stop to itiquite; but whss he saw
them wrestimg from his Majesty's subjects their trade, and
attempting to rufuree their propositiena by threats sad eg.
untie." in this:manner, be (veld nut hesitate to charge theses
with conspiracy, sued to proclaim he, as conepirstors ageism
the liberties of the subject. Any perms or any body of
persona acting as he had described, were acting is viulatuns
of the Constitution, and is defiance of the law. The Peti-
tieuer naturally felt desirous of getting rid of a prosecution
by so powerful • body—powerful indeed they were, and he
regn tied to see included in their tosinlecr many high and
dignified members of the Church—(llser, ficar)—aad many
of those whose duty it was, as dodos in the last resort, to
aliment from all concern in proceeditip in tallith they might
ultimately be called upou to promulgate judgment —(Hear )
There were also among them some other ladiridaals to about
be would out more particularly anode, because he was cue.-
veuced tit y bad beets seduced into the loading of their
Eames to a Society whose climatar and objects they had
uuduobtedly but ill uuderstood, twitted perhaps ley the
sulicitatious and importunities of some busy medallist( fawn,
such as he saw presiding over mod duetting the proceadiaes
of this Society.--( Loud elaserinp.)—Auxsusts to get rid of
the prosecutiou of such a holly, the Petitheuer emceed tato
• ueguciatitto, which was carried to 1.0018 kepis, but at last
was broken of The terms be had berme recited, because
at length too unimpoi taut to coattail the Society, and a re-
cited prusecutiou was commenced. On this the l'e itwuer
was arrested, sod viand befere woe of t e Judges to has
held to bad. There they objected as. the security be offer. I
by the parties whom be proposed as hes bail, cooteuei..
that the recognmauces entered into by them es the brat n.•
dietugent, became forfeited by the mere Ladino( the to•
dictiment le the second prese_otioa. He mild conceive no
better or more effec.ual way of Kelton a man IN gaol and
keeping Wm there than this, of entering proem-wive stet r
prosecution *falsest hie, and then übjeeting to the bail he
offered. What chime had any teadesamen of coo 'ea..,
lag against welt • power ? What protection cowed be
have from ruin by such a coarse of proceeding! The
difficulty of procuring hail at all was sot easely
ractonted; but when it was ammidered that iu eases sr Aar
usture, the security required was to beams faerfigited hya
repetitiou of the charge, how few pemeas awed be found
to andel take the responsibility ? A risk was skiwerarde
Mined by the prosecutors for a Special Jury, neat other, ,t
seemed, would serve the puerperal ultimo Comptitatioaal Amin
• !Opole beim; served with that role, she Petitioner gave
a notice to the agent for the proormitioas of • rule to for.
sish hiss with'the Int of she Members of the Ammacestoes
liable to verve tem juries is the county it Alltaffirees, winch
could not, however' be compiled with • and se tie arganseist
epos it, the Judges of the ring'sheath afforded hie all tho
relief which egested to be is their poster to give, by coin-
' lolling the prosecutors to mowed that, ea the approach-