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TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

letters ~f assassination, ..would he oppose the Right Hon. Gentleman
4-M r. He was disposed to impute blame to the Irish Govern-
ment fo• their conduct.
Lord CASTLEKKAGn ag, red with his Right Hon. Friend, that the
non Mover was in justice bound to for the decision of Parliament
before the cl'ise of the Secs n, a 1,4 pot to .fluty the charge against the
Gov:- t of Ireland to rerna:n unanswered.
After a fcw words from Nil F. Burdett, Mr. W. Fitzgerald, Mr. R.
Martin, and Mr. Brougham,
Mr. Tic:or. admitted, that if blame attached to any one, it was to
the judges trim whom the recotnmendati .n to mercy proceeded. ord
not to the Lord Lientenant, ei,ho had vet y properly !istened to that
recommendation. As to HZ!, h: pledged himself to bring evidence
to prove malice peo,:en-e on his part—to prove that, when cleaning
his musket on the morning of the murder, he declared he would shoot
some papist. There could be little do,ibt that Hall was confident of
anpur.ity, because a number of other ckeds of blood of a similar nature
hld pa,scd unpunished.
The ,notion was agreed to.
Mr. TIGHE proceeded to move an Address to the Prnce Regent,
pr., ing that he would he graciously pleased to cause the notes of the
dge s at th- trial to be laid before the House.
Mr. haatranAst was decidedly of opinion that the judges ought
to have every possible opportunity atllirdcd them of exculpating
themselves.
Mr. WILSON expressed similar sentiments, and added, that in his
opinion, the Judges had conducted themselves with great propriety
and humanity, and were not open to the animadversions which had
bee', m.qte upon them.
Mr. BROUGHAM disclaimed all intention of animadverting upon the
conduct of the Judges.
Mr. W. POLE concurred in the necessity of giving to the Judges
t 1 .e opportunity of stating to the Lord Lientenant every thing which
poss bly elucidate the case.
EAST INDIA COMPANY'S RECIENUE.

A conve:sation took place between Mr. C F.VEY and Mr.W ALLIS,
on the subject of the East Inlia Company's Revenue.
Mr. C a EEVEY persevered in availing himself of the right which his
notice give him to sun-tit to the House_ without delay the Resolu-
tions ch he had framed on 'he occasion. 'These Resolutions, nine
in tutinb,.r. went in suhstutce to state the prospect held out by the
Company in 1193 ; the subsequent deterioration of their athirs, and
their present 4ituation. After dwelling at some length on the neces-
sity of putting these resilirtions on the Journals, the Hon. Gentleman
moved the first Rebofution, which was to the following effect :
" That it appears to this House that the British possessions in
India, at the time of passing the Act of the 331 Geo. 111. chap. 52.
yieldel a revenue of ; and that after paying all the ex-
pences of the varir us es ta hlishments, civil and•railitary, the surplus of
thlt revenue was 1,059,1271."

Mr. W A 1.1.7 s moved the previous question.
A tier a disiussiop' in which Mr. R . Thornton, Lord A. Hamil-
ton, Mr. Gral,t, and Mr. Creevey participated, the previous question
wa. carried, and the whole of Mr. Creevey's It_.olutions were hit.;t.
The quest.on for the third reading of the East India Loan Bill being
then put,
Mr. 'WHITBREAD wished to know from the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, what me.,sure was in contetno ttion to make good the defi-
ciency whi,,h must take place in consequence of the abandonment of
thr thtion Tax ?

1 he C HANCE Ltor: of the EXCHEQUER said, he did not see the ne-
cessity at piesent of providing any substitute, especially as the tax was
slot, in point of fact, abnidoued ; it being his intention to bring it for-
ward next ..ear, in a mote productive shape.
After a few w•,rds from Lnrd A. HAN! T.TON anal Lord CA STLE-
EAGii, the House divided,For the motion, 51—Against it, B—Ma-
jority, 46
The Dill was then read a third time and passed.
IRISH POTATOE TYTHE RILL.

The AdjoTtrned Debate on the Potatoe Tythe Bill being resumed—
S:r W. SCOTT OppOS. d it, as ..1 unjustifiable attack upon the pro-
perty of those who had an interest in tvthcs. lie concludttl by
v:ng, as an Amendment, that the Bill should be read a second
tilie that di)/ three months.
A lcng Debate tid lowed, Ivhicla terminated in favour of the Amend-
ment. The Baia courbe is lost.--Atijourned.

• WI:DNESDAY, Jett' R.
The Poor Returns Bill wa, real a tii:rd time and passed.
SECRET COMNIITTF.E.
Mr. LEtcrs.rzß hrotight up the Report of the Secret Committee,
appointed to enquire into the state of tl existing disturbances in the
counties. The Report b-,:trig received, was read by the Clerk.

JULY lc

rain parts of Lancashire, and the West Riding of Yorkshire, and cer-
tain parts of Cheshire, bordering upon Lancashire.
That the outrages in the above tistrict, brought to the notice of
yeur Committee, commenced about the end of Frebruary list, and
continued (though not without cecasional variation and •temoorsry
abatement) to the latest period (the 2ad of June) at which any info',
matien has been received. During this period, Rioters in large nure.
bcrs have assembled in the night turei some of them diseeised by
blackened faces, some armed with guns and pistols, and others \sato
the implements of their trade, to be used as offensive weapons, have
broken into various houses, particularly those of dhe in inuf4cterers
who made use of shearing frames, have destroyed the machinery, somas
timea plundered the inhabitants, and burnt their house'; and factories,
exciting, and keeping up perpetual terror in the country, by threaten.
ing letters and other means of intimidation, occasionally executing
their threats against proprietors and others, not only by the destruc.
ti:n of the property, but by firing into the houses. It appears also,
that in some instances attempts have been made on the lives of those
who had been actively employed in endeavouring to suppress time
tumults; and the atrocious murder of Mr. Horsfall, a very resins.
table manufacturer, in the neighbourhood of Huddersfielsl, in the
month of April. by four men, who fired at hint with slugs in the
public road, in broad day, together with the other acts of violence,
caused a great and general consternation all over the district.
It may be proper to add, that parties at the Rioters assembled,
have, in several instances, demanded and obtained money from indivi.
duals by threats and terror.
Your Committee do not think it necessary to describe the numerous
acts of outrage that have been committed, conceiving it sufficient for
the purposes of the Report, to inform the House of the general state
of the disturbed parts, without any particular detail of specific
facts.
The object of these lawless proceedings, at the commencer:teat of
them, appears to have been the destruction of machinery : but very
early in their progress, another object, still more formidable to the
public security, has been developed ; large bodies of men having as-
sembled in the night, breaking open houses, and demanding arms with
threats and violence. This practice has been actively persevered in,
and thought in some cases the plunder of property has accompanied
both the destruction of machinery and the demanding of arms, yet it
is material to ()Nerve, that in general these two objects seem exclu-
sively to have been aimed at ; and when these had been attaieed, every
other species of property, though within their reach, has, in most
instances, remained untouched. It is stated, that in the neighbour.
hood of Huddersfield, all the arms have been taken, and that in other
parts the veizure of them has been considerable; and there is rc.wat
to apprehend, that the Rioters have difii:rent sorts of arms coneedel.
It appears evident to Your Committee, that these outrages have n 4
been committed from any sudden impulse of uncorrected
but have been the result of organized systems of unlawful violence;
that language of the most mischievous nature has been used attic.-;
the Rioters, and a sort of military training and discipline has bun
established.
- In making attacks upon houses, they semetimea scar to love
been under the controul of leaders, and to have acted upon
Rolls have been called over, distinguishing every man, not hy his
name, but by a nun b ; rockets and blue lights have been seem at
night, which are state,!, by time persons making the cotnmunicatior.,,
to have been siinals made use of by the Rioters. It is also rttprr-
, sewed, that there are establishments of Committees, tinder the r:une
of Local Committees, Secret Committees, and Executive Coml,iitee;
that they use signs and cemmtersigns, to guard them against the intru-
sion of informers; and that they carry on their proceedings ill the
greatest secrecy and caution.
It appears also that delegates for various places have born arpoirt-
el, and meetings of those dele4ates occasirtnilly _held ; that there h
frequent communication betwesn the several corner ittees and teems,
not through the ordinary conveyance of time l'ost-Oiliee, but thraire!i
the medium of (I.7:egates ; and that the follow'elg oath has b:en ex-
tensively administered :
" I, A. B. of my own voluntary will, do declare and sclemnhy
swear, that I will never reveal to any person or persons, in any Pa,ir
te
or places under the canopy of Heaven, the names of the persons whir
compose the secret committee, either by word, decd. or s:gn; da
proceedings, meeting-places, abode, dress, features,
marks, complcxs
ion, connections, or any thing else that may lead to the disci-wets- of
the same, on the penalty of being put out of the world by the firs.
brother that shall meet me, nay name and character blotted out ot
existence, and never be remembered but with cont mot and abhar:
moue. I further swear, that I will use my best endeavours to ponit.l)
by death army traitors, should any rise up amongst us, he er ile.ll
and though he shouts; thy to the verge of native, I will pm do h!:1
with unceasing vengeance.—So help me God, to keep this oath
violable."
It appears that they who were sworn in were to pay the wc.Flli.
sum of two-pence ; and that in the meetings of delegates at Manelics
ter,r, front the neighbouring towns, discord has oceisionallVcilfl)er,
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from some ot, the delegates not briegiog from their resr ctive redrit;
the contributions that were due No evidence or lamauti" t
has been laid before your Com:ohne justifies the sopodtida
hy atone of money have been dist riutod anto g the Rion:ls,
a