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bid slush open dutianee of the law. But it was turtliet trptc~c: feel
that %%lien one Mogg, a respectable attorney of that place, emit d
for the purpose of waiting upon a pi i‘oner who wished to consult
him ;Mont AolUe legal business. admittance was refused ; and w hen
Mozg adverted to the letter of Lord 5W1114,004 eommandit,g the
go;iler tee allow the prisoners to consult their legal advisers, Mr
Cinatingliain answered, that he did not care for Lord Sidnionth.
Nogg might easily he examined at their Lordships bar, to aicert..in
'whether this statement was correct Another allegation was, that a
prisoner wishing to give instructions to his attorney, rel.itive ti. the
rOCIIrItig tat miler from Lord Ellenborongh respecting his trial,
was prebented from A.eitit: that attorney ; or prevented from writing
Lim a letter, withorit its being inspected. A pirson tried and touted
guilty, or a verdict found against him ',craw', he was not allowed
to consult his legal adviiers! It could hardly be believed. He
walk' did not know how their Lordships telt, but he bad never in
Lis life been more indignant.
The petitions having been laid on the table, it was agreed that
the petitions should be taken into consideration on 'lice day=, Lord
Stanhope engaging to give notice to Megg to attend to be examined.
.IPTII SHAFTISBURY, at the retrest of Lord Sidmontit,
ponvil the notice of the motion tor the aecoml reading of the Irish
Seditiolis Meeting 13111 from Alimflaty to IVeduesday.—Ailjourned.

S4TURIMY, JULY °23.

.11as day the Royal Assent was given by commission to the fol-
low ilbg Rills. The Commissioners en the occasion were the Lord
Chasieellor. the Marquis of HerttUril, and Lord Chohnondeley.
The Irish Insolvent Debtors Bill, the Irish Aunnity B:11, the
Greenwich Hospital Embezzlement the Highway Bill, the
Pap Duty Regnlation I;ill.,the French Wines Duty Bill, the Stic.ar
Dr 1M back Bill. the Irish Postage, the lrkli Stamps, the Irish
and several other public and private Bills.
The East India Shipphig Bill, the Irish Peace Pieservation Bill,
the Irish Bank Re-ttiction Bill, the Spoilt Stamps Bill. and the
Irish Statre Co-deli Bill, were read a third time and passed.

Ti. U,oversity Paper Drawback, the Insurance Stamp Duty,
the Tea Expo, t„ the Spirit Intereour.e, and the Annuity
wure se. trady read a sectind. time anti committed kw Monday.
me following Bills wvre brought from the Commons : —The Of-
Ere. of IVorks Regulation, the Gunpowder Wmoval, the Agents
Gc Hes. Regula lion, and the Scotch Customs Bills. They were
severally read a fit.t time, and ordered to be read u steoud time on
Zlonday. atljuurucd.

HOUSE OP COMMONS.

MONDAY, JULY 18.

The Cu ‘xert.r on of the Excot tan co brought up a Message front
the Prince Reeeett, for a Vote at Credit.
the l'op‘.:•,ilt 1341 was reportrd after some conversation, and or-
th.red to be read a third time to-ruorrow.—Adjourned.

JULY 94.

were alike. I ord Elam to„ ~a=d he coulit not co.oloy won ties re..
Bluest, .ceitsiderine.. 4s he did, that it wits leis dues to brine forward the
'object. In .douig this, he eid not at all wirert to the guilt or 111110.
crime of the Noble Lord, hut he wished now 40 he the 11,,use. an „p.
portueity of declaring the (Orden it entertained et the past service.
Lord Cochrane, aid !so the opinion, which, he beliesea, was
Lfenerally entertained of the St eerily if the sentence. Lord Eli', g.
ton then adverted to the punishment by the pillory ienersilly. which
lor considered a disgrace to the *wide the populace both Judeee
and executioners, wfii.'t as !fry pleased coeverted it into a scene
either of mockery or troolin—and sotnetinies even C 440 tied it to e
scene of death. The Noble Lord also releoed 'v his principal int‘al
services, and to the dreadful streets which the punichmetit of pilkry
would !vine on his Lordship ; and concluded hy inayine, " Finn an
humble Aildrts% be presented to his Royal Iliehness ME Pripet. Re.
. -
gent, pra:Aog that he would he graciously pleased to noun the isou.
minims.: part of the sentence passed upon 'Lod Cochrane, in conAder.
itn of his professional services."
Lard Nyco NT Sinolloed the motion, very ably supporting. the argu.
!rents of Lord Essington.
The Soutetrott GEN a.t, (Mr. Serjeaht Shepherd) opposed the
motion. Ile considered the Noble Lord's former services acted rather
as an aggravation than a palliation of his clime. Ile had read the evi.
do nee and summing up of the Judo., and could truly and costseen.
tionsly declare, in the presence of God, that it' he were on the Jury,
he should Ikel himself hound to give the seine verdict, even it it were
auniust his brother. Ili, Lordship's Solicitors were as honourable men
any in the profession. They had been accussd of negligence its pre•
paring his defence, but the truth wa., it had iecn prepared by the his
structions of the Noble. Lord himself. The brie f was read :o him for
his approbation ; the muminatitin of witnesses was also read and eon.
'reefed by hiin, iu ime partietihr. After all this it was stated, that the
Noble Lerd had bren careless in prepnring his defence.
Mr BA RHAM •UppOrird the otiotion.
Mr. Weotti tscsy 'to a view of the whole case, thought the Nob)*
Lord gull?), of toe charge iinguted to him
Lord A. !Issue-to.. supported the motion. There was no evidence
of De Berenger's appealing before Lord Cochrane in the dress he had
assumed, and the charge to the Jury was therefore so tar incorrect.
Mr. Ascii r a 'Lill on thOULhr the House bad nu right to interfere.

Mr. Wv:.. a Collt6ided, on the contrary. thit there was no prero-
gative of the Crown with which the House hud not a right to interfere.
lie considered the evidence sufficient to warrant the coaviction.

Mr. Ile HST was f,f opinion that the sentence was more ignominious
than the occasion ceded loc. One part of it might at any rate have
been spaced
Lord CA STLIIRF ACT! saw no reason for parliamentary interference.
Alter expatiating at some length on the mucmtude of tin- crime, which
went to overthrow and subvert the security of property in this country,
his Lordship proceeded to state, that, its consequence of a- Leconat.en.
1.0 the Crown, its mercy would be iorerposed on this occ.ision;
not, however, merely to screen Lord Cochrane from the pillory, but
the other petsons who wr-.e reut••t:ecd to the same punishmen4 with hint.
•l•tris was Rut done (and Ito wished it to be perfectly understood) from
sissy doubt of the proptiety of the cmtviction anti Of the sentence, asit
respected the morality erf• the case, and the prop. rty of the country.
This step was taken, because the crime was so little known to E•gitsb-
srmen--because it was a sonrce of emolument they very rarely emoarked
in. The Crown, under all the circumstances, felt, as the law was in.
tended for example and prevention, that the sentence *night he ►emitted
in the present inytance, in the Lope, that tl e offence being ts,us pub•
licly h?anded, woehi nut occur again.
S;r F. bun:mt.: rettretted that the Noble Lord had. rot made the
declaration, with tshicto he concluded, is little sooner, by which meats
the time of tt•e Howe would have been spared. He could not, how-
e• er, help thinking the cause given fur remitting the pillory most ex-
traordinary—because funds st ere extremely sure On the Stock Ex-
thange ! It he (sir Francis) met a gentleman-in the hail, read stattd
this to have been the reipon ussiped, he should expect that he would
laugh in his lace. _ _

The ArrottwEv•GENEßst, said, it was utterly impossible for P n
honest Jury yo have deci•led otherwise than the Jury io this ease had ;
he had no doubt when the rift rvescence Gf p-polar prejudice should
have subsided, and ti-e public cone to the exercise of their sober judge
latent, that they would agree with him iu this conclusion.
Lord EISIUNGTON said, the pillory befog monied, he should with.
draw him motion.
Mr. liot.mEi hoped Lord Cochrane would release his Counsel and
Soloci!or trout their obligattfm of secrecy, otherwise every matt must
come to the conclusion that he was guilty.
Alter some further remarks from Mr. Abercrombie and Mr. Whit.
bread, the caution was withdrawn.