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emend lie. glid they would tate to these/elves the .
&slit of redressing the evils'stated in this petition. •
if tie saw O'diipOiitiOli Olt their part so to do, he
would take another opportsuiti of eoiniag for
and giving thew every support m his power.
Tee CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought
it necessary to say a trio words on the sahject of
this Petitioa. He thought that the manner in
it was iutrodueed was not the most regular.
'the grievances complained of in this Petition, he
hull reason to think had been hien'', ed into, cud a
satisfactory answer NO been elven. Alini,der., had
reason to suppose, that the (fraud Jury were satis-
fied with the nivesegation that had been male.
He wai not disposed to give any opposition to this
Petition ; if it was intended fo. the furtherance of ,
public justice, he would give it ever y support iq
kit power.
Mr:SHERMAN had no doubt of the sincerity of
the Hon. Gentleman's wishes to do all in his power
to miaow the grieiances complained of in this re-
tinal. He considered it but justice, hoe ever, to
stride. that in the year 1800, eight persons were sp-
rinted to report upon the situation of that prison,
to which many serious evils were discovered, u:ai
Governs' Avis was dismissed.
The Petition was now read from the Table, end
stated in substance as fullows:—
u Tint of the Members of the Grand Joey of the
snow of Didellesea had visited di, Presuo that (hey bad
Land the %rights fur the tueassuremc.it beCal tit the pri-
sower very deticieut iu quantity. That the weichts fie the
measavelseat of mist altuwaoce were also eausuktably
Illtiedlt in virility. That they discovered several pers.pot in
tbertatert stale of aretcbcdness sad misery, and partirsi-
lierly a firuale pr.sutber, alto bad base de:mu:bed by the Go-
Tertniell IOW"
• This Petition was signed by Mr. Sheriff Phillips,
and several Members of the Grand Jury of the
county of Middlese.i.
Mr. Suettrose said, there were u nuiulser cf
other abuses not mentioned in this Petition.
Mr. SUMNEa thought it was the dote of those
Members of the Grand Jiiry who had disenierot
those abases, to have stated theta to their brother
Jurors, and to let this Petition come ;omenl in a
'regular manner, sigued by them all, tie had no
disposition to oppose it.
The CHAR CELIAM of the EXCSSQUES thought
it streage these Jurors did riot make u ereseitt meat
of those grievauees. lie believol they wen not
Grand ,wrors of the county of 31iricitesiee at the
time of again this -PeCtioo. The Mouse, he
thought, could not receive this Petition, the pese
rio.fla 11/gibing it hgnug stated themselves to be whet •
thee aere not.
Mr. WHATBRI A D said, • that one of the flentle-
ems composing tied Jury load called ripou hint
Mlle time, and, as well as his recollection served
he conceived they were Grand Jurors whoa
libet report was given.
Mr. Suneea did not think they were; he hoped
Mr. Sheridan would withdraw tins Petition.
Mr. Satan:me thought it did not become the
1,404. the House to he so extretaidy particulars
it-imam suited in the Petition that it was that
oldie Grand Jury as e body, but that of some of
its Members. He thought the withdrawing this
Petition, on muds grounds, would be highly fr•••
tamp and unjust.
The SPEAKER observed. that it Wad fur the 1-1011Pe
ay whether this Petition was cooteadictory or
informal ; as, if it was, it could not.be suffered to
lie on the tibk.
The CRAWCALLOR of the Excerieueit conceived
that it could not be,considered the Petition of the
Grand Jury, as it represented itself to be. He
weld therefore recomniend to the Han. Gentleman
liewithdraiv it, mud bring it in on to-morrow, in a
"regular way. it was alone ow the principle of in-
formality he now opposed i 1; but when it came
before the House in a regular shape,. he shou•ol give
it every eupport in his power.
The Petition wits then withdrawn.
ORDERS 124 COUNCIL.

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Mr. Peackvsi. mioved the second reading of
the Bill brought in to carry into effect the Orders
in Council.
On the motion being put from the Chair,
Mr. EDEN rose and stated his objections to the
Bill at considerable length. lie said he should
wit/Ito discard any view of the principle of retalia-
tion, as he deemed it a principle in the law of na-
tions that reprisals against an enemy- were not to he
exercised to the injury of un itootfcialing neutral.
It had not been shown that Ministers had first pro-
cured the acquiescence of the United States to
these orders, but on the contrary he believed it
would be clear that that neutral power bad reason-
tamed against them, as likely to he more injurious
than the decrees of France against which the orders
professed to retaliate. The French Decree had
never been executed, and therefore neutral powers
had suffered injury alone fro.n those issued by the
t overnment. It was not sufficient to al-
legeeienG that neutral nations had not interposed with
the Government of France to withdraw their de-
cree : for although that French Decree bud uctu-
ally passed, it could not justify us in transgressing
the ordinary limits of hostility, nor pave the way
to a Bill of the .present description. It was a Bill
that had nothing to do with the general blockade
declared by the enemy, but .3nly tended to distress
neutrals. He had no doubt, however, that such a
measure met with the approbation of those who
were advocates fur vhrorous steps against that per-
son who was now denominated the Tyrant•of the
World. In this. however, they would be gr'lev-
nusly disappointed. He objected to it as being a
breach of the law of nations, and as a violation of
a specific-pledge to a country at amity with this
one. lie objeeted to it also, on account of its ha-
policy in regard to ourselves.
The AoVocatte-CENrem. then rose and expres-
sed his sentiments nearly as follow :—" Sir, the
Blouse will naturally expect I 'should lay before
them toy opinion vipers the subject of this bill, and
tire ritneis of that opinion, upon this occ:nion.—
in doing this it is Tweet:mil: for me to 1o:A tu the
policy and the legality of the present measure, both
of which have been ..liarted stpsinst h by the 110-
anumble has just now sit .loan. lit
biking a con.preiwn are visor of this matter, I am
afraid it will be tito .s.san- to tuner.! belk some of
the cirenmstatices ollich I.d e•-I:!rilir to its
et:option, because we hoist not con ,i3er a mea-
sine like this dataelied flow the t'srcunistanr.s,
which . proneded• no • aecompanies: it. It.
1,‘).0:y and le;iity can only be fairly appreciated