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1,, oamer, and that he was then liberat.d..wer ioUt
trial.—Laid on the table. 111/
Sir S. RostiLLY presented a Petitioa from
George Jenkins, of Haverfordwest, praying that
no alteration should be made in the law relatite
to cotteynticers.
l.vresurom. presented a Petition.Ssam cer.
tairklitturneys resident at Dudley!
,pralli.ix that
provision should be matte to prevent persons iiims
acting us coiivey.ticerg, who were Hot welai ly
qualitied.—Laid on the table.
• WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Sir G. CLaug, serilig a Right Hon: G.Cutle!
•trltt in his• place, was desirous of putting is (111404.
041 to 11140, which, he believed, it would be to his
power to answer. It would b.• recollected.
two years ago, be introdUced a Bill to eststitlis4
uniformity of weights and meatutea, which passed
that Hays!, was lost in the House of Peers.
was then said, would he is-
to the Royal Society,- to determine wlyit sta
itriiiiifitii.and measures .hotild be adopted.
last Session, asked, whether that Commission had
issued, mad if so, what steps bad been taken under
'it ?, He was informed, iu answer, by the Chancellor
a du; Exelleguewiliat it hoc] not thenissnerl,--but
that it would .iu a vary-short tne. He tow under-
stood :Oat it had mit yetteeti walk out. lie there-
foie wished to know, what circumstance had
occu red to preient., it—and whether it was
prob !hie that any C ttttt inission would speedily ha
Issued If answered in the negative, he. should
muse for an address to the Prince Regent; i)rayiug
that a Conttni+sion shotdd issue immediately after
the recess—since he could 'untiring ilia Sill 04the
subject, with any chance of suceess, lilt thaepte-
vtons step had been taken.
Mr. BATHURST, us we understood; stated, that he
could not give the information requested, but. lie
would itiqntra into the Matter. ,;.

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On the mottos' of Captain WALDEGRAVI7:, the
pitpeat were ordered to be laid before the
House

1. An account of the expense incurred in transportinz
convicts to New South Wales doriii!.; the last two years.
2. Au account of the number of convicts trausgorted to
the same piaci 'during the saute period, specifyam age.,
sesei' Sm. •
3. Ass account of the number of convicts who have died
On their passage to the said settlement, during th? same lisle.
ELECTION LAWS.
The Bill for arnettiliiiic the Election I.sw% sit fir us cc-
cards essesentruts for the Land Tax, was raid a seepts4 time,
and ordered foist. committed ou IVednesdiy.' •
The Greenland Pishery Oaths Btll /mated tbropllt a Cum.
mince.

BILL OF INDENINITif.
The ATTORN EV-GENERA I. moved.- the Order of
the Day for the third reading of the Indemnity
Bill. . •
Sir JOHN NTwpoRT observed, it would be the
preferable course to have the Bill re-committed, iu
order to introduce an timettilnietit into the pream-
ble. It was stated u, the plettruble, that whereas
ceriain persons had committed some lieu iikatip.
preSsing the lite conspiracy, not strictly agreeable
to.-law, they should lier.eay he isratectrd -from the
Res-le:11y opted in the prieeple
of inclemitifyii4 those who had something.overs!tep-
!ski -the law lit the. perfarmance of their ditties.
But 'from whence iris 14e price of iodetooity ua
equity to come ? Feom the public por.e.
politic should pay the price of the ruhlic security.
Nothing ',was more: unjust than that, when
had Iwo* mimed in bringing about public
good, they themselves altuutd pay the penalties.
The penalties ought to be paid by the State at large.
The Bill ruacted that One individual shorihipiy the
Price :of the national safety—nothing was wore in-
equitable. He admitted, as all must, this princi-
ple in the :distract—but particul ale train tinfifr-
tuisiste experience, dirt lie do so in the detail. As
it had been his lot to ;sass through unparatlided
Scenes of cruelty and atrocity, all protected itoi by
one, but by two Bills of Indemnity. The case he
was going to 'elate to the House did not with him
• rest oil hearsay, or the lamination of uthers......it
Caine within, hie own personal knowledg, and o
the truth of it he would stake his honour a* a mae,
and his character a, a Member of Parliameot. !1•••c
eise was that of .14 trader in Ireland, •rohlred of his
taupe; ty by a Bill of Indeuttiity. The fact took
place in the end of the vex 1798, or begilliliflg
17gq. Mr. Scott, a respectable metcluint
Carrick-on7Stiir,'' WHO dealt very largely tie
earn tends!, was apprehended by Sir Thomas JUrl.
kin Fitzgerald, on a charge of couveyinz pikes
in a corn boat to loss. He made ou atlidasit of
the falsehood of the change. Security for I:is
appearauce Wiill'offered to the amount of 100,0007.
His own brother (Sir John's) 'sae one of Owe who
proposed to juju in it. It was refused. lie vies
made prisoner, drago„ed,to Counsel gnu', and after
five days detention offered his discharge, on limits%
••bail fur 20,000/. He said Nri;" you have:ridited
ine—)ou have blasted my character ass inetci•aat ;
nothing call repair it but a public trial, alwre I
eau spew my 111110eellee." No tri +I was allowed
him. He was discharged without eideripg into a
recognizance; and was made a bankrupt. Da
• cmilinesnent corn suffered a great fall. •Ain IA
in emit could not dispose of his stock ; amid on his
entipigement the corn in his stores was sold necesse-
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rily. at such a loss as to bring on bankruptcy.--
That Gentlenuia was. prevented from bringing
his action agaiost Sir Thames J. Fitzgeruld,
and so teas robbed by the Bill of ludemnity. Lit
any man lay his hand cm. his heart, anti • fey that
that in-an was nut etitatled,tu redress. This
of farts witilio.hiorown kawiedge, *tiloht.awct ith at
he laid•demen at first, that. the country sl.ould pa,
the wronged individuals the damages in-erjoity to
be..granted them.. It was with.great reinetaixai
had spoken of occurrences in Irel3tid, in the pri-
setscept she Noble Loud wider whose sciispices such
deeds had been door, thivi4li lie folly acqiiitti.l
him of directly cou:itnnticiog upbobiirg Oulu.
In passing two Bills of Indemnity, sthe
inent had signed their own death-sv:irrnat —a hen di*
assailed. it fell. • The people. of that atter
seeiug their riAlthr- so sported with. wee ta
take refuge under any other Government ; and in
his conscience lie bell:tee'', that were it tint,:far,tlsess
Bills, awl the prilvinus exrraordiw•ry measiire!.
the•Nnble Lord would iiever have carnet tie
mea-
sure of (Join!). Fie would not, however, go so f ••••
as to say, that they had been planned and put in
exectition by the Noble Lord, in old. r. to carry
it—though hi knew !hat ,some held that opiginii.; Fle
wool:i assure, the. House, that.if the penile orthk
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