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fir the waiiiitration of measittie not in liaison
• with the views of Government, after their recent
eoperiente of the dismissal of one of the most yes
aerelsle end Wright Nohleaseit in the it ingdosh
'CO Fimailliam), law merely attending a meetiuh,
sole object of ,which was to promote inquiry.--.
Mee", Aesse.l-119 the avowed object elf Ministers
was to put doWn ad inquiry. they would take care
awl pot at theliehd of .countivoi their vassals. who
tastultl gle!eir 447 true wishes.of them whoplaced
flosin. in official sit'uatioti, It was ridiculous to
say that pßrichial meetings could convey the settee
large bodies, er curry. that weight Which was
leuustiintionaffyinteelled to he conveyed by greet
abetting*. They might fie called in a carrier% which
'large meetings never could ; they might Ite cs led
flu a room, winch would loudly admit More persons
thha the rector. the churchwardens, and the
beadles..—(A laugh )--getter therefore would it
toe th 'lyave the beadle,. so briug the resort of the
siehberattons of such meetings to the bar of Per.
liansesit, then to impose the duty of preventing
them noon their Metobers..-'4A luagh.)-;-The Ho-
uourable and Gallant Member, after arraigning
In severe terms the Bill fur repressing the constitu-
tional mode of Meeting in large bodies, directed his
attention to the Libel Bill, recording to the pro.
visions of which, no man, whatever may be his wit
'or teleids, could undertake • political work with-
out previously giving excurity in en indefinite
amount fur the pasyntent of any fine which might
hereafter be levied Mims bins in au ex-officio
prosecution. For the 'skein) offeoce, too, the author
arm punishable with frabsportadon. and if he were
Jound at large befure'rhe eXpirati tttt of his term, he
was !whir to the ffenalty of death.—(Cries of
" Shame !")—ill this, too, for an indefinite of-
ferier.--,What war a seditious lihel ? lit Isis opinion.
there could not be one more seditious than the pub-
licatioo of the occurrences at Manchester—than the
depositions taken before the Manchester Magis-
trates; nor any publication snore mischievous than
that of the proceedings of Parliament in the present
Seat .—(Applause.)—The ',Pouliot) of Juries
'was els° critical—they must be condemned by those
in power if they did not bring iii verdicts of
smoky, and by their own consciences if they did.
After alluding to the acquittal of Mr. Hone, and
the ground it woe supposed to have furnished for
rt cent ineesures. the Film. and Gallant General ex-
pressed his decided disapprobution of the Traverse
Bill—hut the oilier Bill was far worse, which au-
thorised the wieute of arms, and the entrance of
houses for that purpose at night. He proceeded Co
express, with great animation. the abhorrence with
which he viewed the Bill end all its provisions. and
tatert, from his own actual knowledge in behold,
where lie bail • military command at the time of the
rebellion,
.the atrocities that were coinmitted un-
der the priri...Mos of a airoilar measure ; the out-
rage. 111-re inflicted by these midnight domiciliary
'tints were intlescribable—he could not trust him-
self there. with their iectial, of so horrible a com-
plexion rods. their nature. The Nonuurable and
'Gallant Genteel eutered lido a lew per. iculars
illustrative of these berm.* in Irelaorl, aud de-
scribed ihe conduct of Sir Judkin Fmizgerald,
who was rewarded by the Irish Government with
a Baronetcy sod a Colonelcy for hi, cruel con-
duct. The •Barnaiet anal the Colonel was, how-
ever. sent trick, by the good and amiable Aber-
'cromby, to whom he had been sent in the Egyptian
campai4o.7.-(ripp/arse.)—The people of England
bad no sec-ority., if This Bill pleased, for any exemp-
tion tar the mare sufferings which goaded the people
of Irehord to mailuess, and of which he could give
nisuy sad :pal affecting iostences. It was true that
a suair`a house could riot he tattered except on oath,
but at was all 04111, hot of a fact, but of the inform-
tea belief, mind fax which no prosecution for perju-
ry cool.' 'afterwards wise. An Hun. Gentleman
bad said. he would defend his house from such
0)411 I," exclaimed Sir Robert. •• I
shall defend my Moose and property, and the
harbour of my faintly, from the violence of
soy midnight rtiffiaii, under whatever garb he
serail claim midnight aditilasion." Such pleasures
would evetituativ make this country a hell tit
ea. th. Whets V. illiem the Third disarmed the Pa-
piste, a strung !tarty of whom, in the interest of the
exiled family, Optimal his views, he ordered it to
I.e duo.. by dry, and there wes no power of mid-
sowt eiarance reserved by the authorities of the
st.a.e.—(Applartse.)—He had seen Nlagstarstes to
Ireland tramper' wretched being* by hundred* with-
out sassy trial or fortis of law. He bad seen the tri-
yogic. up from rooming till eight its the public
streets 01 that unhappy country, for the purpose of
tiogoig will% the rat-o'-nice-tails poor wretches,
either to extort confessions Grim them of their owls
gush. ur to induce them to inculpate other end
prihipo ueent isitlividuals.--(3houre.)--The
lion. and Gillant General related many affecting
sostsuces of dor tiliction of barbarity and cruelty,
and said, that though it liapprued when Lord
Castlereagh oars only acting Secretary. and there-
fore uut in the Cahouet, our responsible for such
acts. yet the Noble Lord afterwards weut into
office with colleagues who were in power at the
time whew these atrocities were the order of the day.
—(Dear. hear.)--Fie then proceeded to justify hue
toirduct in shakmg handl with Mr. Hunt on the
bustious. and •tur calling this adegraded coun-
try--offences of which ',he, hall, been charged
rr tire House of Couitiwins... ,He avowed
both. Ile thought Mr. Hee op. ;het parte-
elder nee/mutt• au injured tufitip, mid beathatikrd
God lie had a heed mid lo,protect one so
situated. even though be were his peramoil enemy.
—(Applause.)—As to England's being degraded,
what better proof was there of that than in Ilia
erpriernierit of the present Ulegtnee..2—(Appl4lo4o—•
There +sere wow he hopes for7k caniffry but by
Two parties fillert thofitaterpsue-COri..,
sistesi of the Torte. and the Terrorists, Agso,wished •
to ruie by the sword aud withiiwe the Conststatiou.:
the usher was composed of the Whigs. and theie
trienda, who cooperated" for 'she 'defence of the •
Curistituttua and fur the itsteg4ty. of the laws: • If
time people firmly backed thq. latter, ;here was a
chas.ce tit their getting boat ithe rights of old
Euglaird.—(4pplaase.)--The •promised inotitra of
klr. Latubtou would furnish' el tangible point of
union fur all purist's who, wishes:Ned to their OWN- •
try, and Ibt trusted that in fur. a peaches!
purpose, the people would be foon4,to places 'con-
tideirce 10 the parties to whoa; *'alluded. and
will.. were presAlred to 'aspire,* a pilau of Illeferits•
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