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mew the persons who engaged to do the 'Logien*.
Some of them were armed. Ile saw a pistol with
one of then. at the Jetty gauchos public-hook.
Ades 1114teliell's trial 'fifers, come to them, and
told them 1w woos condenmeil. Fle then said, he
would have thesluslge deoe for. Fle polled not S/.
im4l said that was all the money ha rya, had—lost
that, in mldition to what he had promised, he
would give a golden guinea to any persois who
pulled the trines, to pat as end so the Judge.
Da fteuast asi4 No seek ellsen-totierlet heatievapessif.
Word observed, it emildevaily bedew at the Judge's
lodgings, or elsewhere—lie would sleep at Losigtibo.
rough, to he net of the way. He left the 3/. in
Depeoent's hands. White Ward ins at Leicester.
he recoasseiewled frames to he denveyed. The 101.
whicli he received far basoltion fames at Wool.
peck-lane came, he believed, from Ward. Depo.
sent distribeted part of she awn Of Mime his ac-
complices. Wiled proposed that a subscription of
5,. each should be entered into for the Castle Don-
aington business, of which Deponent received a
This confession was, of course, transmitted to
Government —sod a few days afterwards. another
man. of the name of Savage. Wher had bees coo.
vieted of similar offeuces. sod was ordered for ex-
ecution, also made • confession. Ile disclosed
some particular, relative to Ward, which fully cor-
roborated Mitchell's statement.-ekhougle he had
e commesitiastion with that calprit. As the Ant
pies at his elepiaitissi related- to person* Who had
• net been ineprisassed under the seeniension of the-
VOW. Oorpus Act, he would not detail it—but
earth* himself to•that portion of it which was il-
Intareeive of the character of Ward. Sorott, sell—
' S. W. first proposed to me the destructions of
Hanhesiars's meddler,. • S. W. drew a plan of
Hostiverite's premises,- which I believe was convey-
ed to Frank Ward. who burned it, when the busi.
lane was dour."—(ilear. hear.)
'ibis was the only fait its which Vard was men-
biomes' is the deposition Made by Savage. Bat it
corroborated the fact, that he was one of those who
were actively employed in the system of destruction.
If the House hod been acquainted with the renit-
ence of those depositions, Gentlemen would mot
fare been is reedy to give credit to the good cha-
racter of this individual. Mr. Ward. this moral.
this truly religious man, yomplained that he had
suffered rest hardships. But who would now be.
lien him, softer what he bed stated He had
been committed for dimmable practices, du the
oath of more than one witness—and it appeared,
on the dyi.tg declaration of two of his associates.
that he had been closely coonected with them dread.
fel, these aurorael trausectiesos. which had die.
graced Nottingham mot some of the neighbour-
ing districts. Those misguided iudividuals, not
following the course gathers. who. at the point of
death. gyve a different colour to all they had stated
is their more serious monsents, coofessed their mi.
iniondity. And, if Gentlemen chose to returns to
the subject of the individuals to whom he alluded,
/oe believed he could 'tete circumstances that would
tend to alter their opinions epos that peiot. as much
se those he hail now laid before the Howe mast ope-
rate ineffreting a change is their Sebago with re-
toed to Mr. Ward. There was, in **case be had
laid before the Howe a moral condentuatioa; it
poly wanted the verdict of a Jury to render it a
criminal one. He stated this. that Gentlemen '
might not be run away Wets by the chows', of
Mr. Ward. who had been described as one of the

most Moral men that ever eziated.—( Hear, Afar.)
—lf Ise had severed say grievance, let Wane be
thrown Mho such a shape, that it could be submit-
ted is Come of Justice—but he denied that any
round was laid for bringing it under the considera-
tion of a Committee of that House—and, if it were
net ratieseal to proceed thus, in ,the case of Ward, it
was mostly irrational, with respect to all the
other cases. On these grounds he would oppose
a motion, founded on ex-parte statements, and
meant for the benefit and protection of men, whose
cool et bad modeled it oecessary that his Majes-
ty's Government should be armed with extraor-
dinary powers. He believed, whew the course
adopted by Ministers had been remained in the
Committee up stairs, it would be found unworthy
of the Mame that was attached I. it. That Com-
mittee, he bad a doubt, would find that the state-
ments made against theta were unfoundell--arl the
flouse, be was convinced, would participate aith
them in the propriety of that conclusion. They
would perceive that what Ministers had done
arose not front a lime of oppression, but from
• desire to relieve the country from the evils
which threatened it. The Noble Lord had
mute is bringing forward his motion, attempted to
clothe the peoceirciiine with that chen:eter of ream
which mein to belong to it. He called for an open
Committee, and seemed to think that his Majesty's
Ministers could bring before that Committee those
persons who had given evidence, on the express
condition, that their names should he coureuled. It
was isaisossible that they could do that. He would
again state, with cnnfidence,tbat no person had been
enmenitteel. recept on oath, and with the advice of
the Lao Officers of the Crown. Now was there a
single installer in which Ministers could not bring
Inane to the party accused • strong probability of
crime ? lf, by agreeing to this motion. they took
from the Clovermnent the opportunity of procuring
private information, in times of great danger.
they would hind that the consequences would be
moot dangerous.—for, ender such circumstances,
flee conspirator himself would scarcely venture to
COMP 0411/pfd, and place his life in jeopardy.
11 hen the House considered the moll number of
p.rsons arrested smiler the Suspension Bill, owl the
5c,i..4 that took place in the disturbed parte of the
rinentiy, they would, he was sure, come to the con-
e !amnia. that Ministers had not acted improperly—
hut that tl.ry had only eudeavoored to put down a
Vreat danger, which, but her their resections. would
hese give.. Gentlemen such proof of its mimetic?,
al might elassys to be avoided. On there grounds
hr would give his most direct negative to the, case.
Nlr. .1. SMITH imid, he understood the object
of the Noble Lord's motion was, merely to refer
to a Coosulittee the Petition of Francis Want—
soil be rogue down wills the full invention of op-
-1.0.i0g that notion.—(ileor. lieere.)—Beesesse, he
believed, when that nosit's caw was fully known.
inn notilodenet mould behove • word mestained in hie
l'etitnese. The Hon. Member then adverted to
Certain falsehoods contained in the Petition. and
I.roccrtled to state, that he had received intim..