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idea of the pnsihiiity of 'suds a suppasithsta he relotc.
ham to the delicacy of the Miner 1 (►N the other hand, is
it proper to 'Once the Heir Apparent In the Th tone sin a suit
uf arena with China ? Ghtat .Imerlon .Ihtrela
The fieleilitary 'Prince of Hi-sr ling. union
%villa the Princess Elitalwth of 1:nahool seems Its he via-
lain, (:,neral of dtvalry in the Ansi, ion set.. ice, and
virtu,. of a regiment of hn!•sars. At ifuig he conuuand-
ttil
the reserve Nulty, and iu Prance led the Allied Soiolitrii
Anny whirls took Lynns; the peril of tatollisn, while still
being young, thatiuguisbed himself in the fine and sitlllM
iug of Itadgisile, asid was resiarked in the succeeding n•d
equally fur humanity and Ili aniery.

Vlll. 17.

In English Papers, we find a rrport that the Dnke of CIP.-
retire a ill marry a Priuel ac of Disown k ; aid iiiey add
list of the Princesses of Abe Royal Family of Denmark, in
order in guess on which of 'lsm the choice is likely to fall.
We, however, kuu• here, from good authority, that tier,
limos have already eutimienctsl at the Elertural Court of
Hesse, fur the marriage of that Prince frith the third
amt youngest daughter of his Serene flightless the Essids
grave Fritlerick, second brother to his Royal Highness
the Elector. Thus tie latudgrave Fredreirk will bevy
the happiness to FCC twu of his daughters iliartied lu English
Princes (the Dukes of Cambridge awl Clarence), out of
whom will probably give heirs to the Eno lish thrum.
(sVarehabery Correspondent, February 22.)

This evening the war coin:net:cell in the Muse
of Commons 4)11 the subject of the Bill of lioletii-
tidy. In the Meal' tiine we feel 1111.14:11
id being enabled to present to our readers the Pro-
test entered by Lord ISRSWIVE 001 the Jourmils of
the Ilouse of Lords against this measure, signed
by himself and the other dissentient Peers, wherein
his Lordship has struily.ly and energetically staled
Its airgiontrott agaitest this 8,11, emanative, either
a• 1•, eollAted measure, or es connected with the Act
of the lest Session. In requiring from Parliament
the pre•ent Iltlls Nliiiisteri Rennie 11 very masked
anxiely to dissever it altogether from the Act of Sits-
pensiol, ; they ore uuailring, for many rea-
e4o*, that- Pailiament should again discuss ilie per,.
prey of its former eivietinent. Hot it must he re-
nierubeteil that the 'cleat powers toirorted during
the lest Session to Ministers, were gret,ted cosidatiois-
ally—not only that they should not lie almsed,
but that, the danger being passed, they should also
be proved to have been necessary. Indemnity is a
telative term, and necessarily implies a previoas
illegal action. The Legislature, however, caimot,
or at least ought not, excuse an infrina, incur of
the law, unless it -be justified by the peculiar and
pres•ing iiieoinstaisice, of the else. We agree with
the Lono Cit,thert.l.oll, that, if 10,000 pertaliis
had assembled to Ci.lllllll at; illegal nod sedilitais
act, it would be highly praiseworthy iu u Nlagis,rr te
to prevent them in their progress, nod that lie W.:4
well-deserving of an iiideuirlity, if, lii pro
this service tu the country, lie should I C.lallet.
fringe the law ; bus at the same 11111 w We slim, Id
require from this Magistrate very strong' pre-siiii,p-
tive proof of the illegal intentions of these men,
and not suffer him to stipend the liberty of les
fellow-subjects merely on I,ia own firocy, or the
wild or pelf-interested statement of iiiiy other *mill-
eiduel. We in the B.line outliner are of opinion„
that the present measure for iialemtlifing
Sera and their informere for their cosollict under the
Suspepsiou Act, cannot be agitated without in-
volving the question of the tniseen,,int itself, at rl
that it is impossible fur Parliament to dettritiiiie
swan the propriety of the one, wuluut prevnaisly
iuyestigating the necessity of the odor. Loid
ERSKINE, 111 1114 Protest, hug therefore wisely and lo-
gically commenced his argument, by ',hewing in the
very words of the Report of the Secret Coln injure-,
4. (Ina there had beta nu widelyespread traitorous
conspiracy, nor even any exteesive disaffection
against the Government," tvliiels could have ju•tified
the Suspension of the Constitution.

According to tile stateiriesirs repeat, illy made by
Ministers in Pailiollteltit 1144 Lslll it a complete
work of superierogution, for they assert that no
action whatever hail been committed. .1 heir
Assertions prove rather too much for themselves,
as they sliew how utineceisary 1,;:4:1 the Act tit' So.-
;tension ; fur if nothing more has been 'lone i 14.4111
might hoe been dune Willer the ortlinary lams or
the country, why were those ordinary loos sa wet
tool). superseded ? To reconcile this ;monody, they
pretend that their sole object is to rem ue the uremia
of their spire mill informers ficon public
notoriety. The Bil!, therefore, eitglit properly
to he entitled, " An Act for inure ctiecyrially co;
*voting the moues ot Spies teal !urn, isers„ and for
encouraging persons in future to engage in that
cutivenieut arid plotiialite employment, without fi;ir
of having their motives questioned." On this poi,t
Lord Ens* N 111 utt ft i, ivcontrovertu Wt.
argument* address theiusieri not only to
judgment as men, hut to our most fo.t:
prejodicrs as I:uglialituen. It has long hero
our peculiar happy bassi, that :I system of
espionage is incon.istetit not only with I'4.r
institutions, hut with oar 12341011N1 elraracti r, mat
in that spirit we hate ever been ircelisioillid
rook secret defamers with those who act Its p..i-
siiii and the stiletto. We trust that
Will not am 00 Kitt the introduction into this
country of Po degrading a principle of go-
vernment, nor suffer a Minister, however willing to
exercise an arbitrary power, to heroine the riezradrd
tool of a mercenary itifotwer. Our Courts of J sus-
tire are NO Silidgefll IW accinottioas. our to ti e. VOit. •
victiou of individuals charged• with trim-s; hut we
have not heard that itifacity or daitiger necessarily
aii.oted the prosecutor or the informer. The eta-