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into the law of the realm. if it were taken away
it might create a questiou touching the prerogative
I of the CroWri,with respect to forfeitures. The
argtusient nf the Honourable and Lparned Gentle 7
man, that' the innocent ought not to stiffer for
the warty, he admitted to be ti very popular argu-
Mesa ; fint when examining the policy of the
laws of the land, bi: was for' deciding on them by
those principles. on which they had been framed
by our,ancesfors. He. was jealous of. those new
. lights brought- forward by the Hoistionrable and..
Learned Gentleman, who went to tell them. that
the whole penal code was indefensible. •It .eer'.:.
tainly might be said of him, that he Was one of
those who possessed prejudice:! iit .favour of the,
'ancient laws of the land. He, however hoped, that
though prejudiced, he was not. so prejudiced, but
If any real grievances were pointed out, actually
resulting from tire present system, he should be as
ready to redress them as any one. The corrinvion
of blood, whirls in cases of High Treason, made
the father incapable, .not `only of transmitting
property to Isis posterity; but of being moue the
channel of its transmission, noted, he thought, as
a priAention of the crime. Those gni'.ty of,that
crime caused the murder's, robberies, isrinugs, and
all the other miseries and shocking crinics IVlsiels
followed. i Treaon ws a epitoe of a
these
.offenceHs,gh and .ass sucha mignht tO be:severem lvll
punislh.ll. Such was the opinion of Lord Chief
Justice Hate. ' The tOtaldestruo ion of his family,
'it anti been thought, might to punish the perpe-
vator of irnels a crime, so that he should see him?
self eut off foe ever front that society Which his
treoon had disturbed. This to bins appeared inc.-
cessury,..nnd he never would- consent- to give np
this hold on the public mind. , With. respect to
the•dilli*ultieti of con veya 'acing property in certain
cases; ‘vhere a traitor hail :;een , concerned', lie
would ask, was there any difiicalty in applying to.
the Crown, (the Crown itself could of course gi%'e
restoi Aims of blood) and through the Crows:. to
P:llli'ainent, to get the corruption of blood rein „v -
ed ? . I.'rosts the manner in which this stibject was
brougiit fortvard, it might Have been imagined
lion the Crown bad been dispos'ed to act with
great severity, as in the time of Charles_ IL for in.
stance. The many instances of 'restoration of
blood which had taken place seemed to be forgot-
ten. It was in his time, and within his reeollec-.
tint, that the whole corruption of blood .affecting.
the estates of those concerned in the rebellion -of
Scotland, so .s done away. Ile would ask, was
this the time to mitigate the. punishment of High
Treason ..when within their time (nu longer ago
than 1795) one of the most sanguinary rebellions
ever kno VI) haul broke out in Ireland ? He did not.
doubt (God forbid be should) that the great muss
Of the people, both in Eogland and Ireland, were
sincerely attached.to the existing form of Govern_
'merit, but there was reason to believe, that in some
parts of the Sister Country three Were agitators,
whose object was not catholic 'Emancipation, but
rebellion and separation from England. Had they
forilattep the.recent disturbances in thhreothstry?
Mielst not tremors he at the bottom of these ?--
Ile did not impute treason to the poor misguided
wretches who Inul - sutfered for • then outrages in
which they had been concerned, but there 'night
he persons connected with those disturbances,
known to a certain det,-reti, and known to be cha-
racters of a vary different description. At a time
when the agents of France. were: so very active he
could not agree to alter the law. in this respect:—
He did not like what to bins appeared a. System
for altering the laws year after year, for better or
Ni:OrSC reasons; and such reasons' as Were in the
present instance brought forward as arguments tar
such alterm ion, he I bought Worst of all. Feeling
as he did that removing the terrors which at pre-
sent surrounded the crime of Treason, he should
move, ns anainend ment, that instead of " to-mor-
row," the report should he brought upon that day
" six months." ,

ecinvenieneet which occurreil in 'conveyancing-,
were not to be put in competition with the great
benefit corruption of• blood thus conferred on the
country. Another thing to he -ebusidered was,
the material alteration which a change iii the law
would mak& in the trial 'persons accused of
High Treason. ; On accouui of the punishment
of that clinic being one which involved corrup-
tion of blOod, great indulgence's were in the first
iniitance..granted to persons accused'of high.trea-
son. the 7th of King William it was enacted,
that they should receive it copy of the indictment,
a certain number of days before the trial cane. on,
the panned of the jury and a list of the witnesses
to be examined on every overt act of -treason. It
was also enacted, that after three years had elaps-
ed since the act was
,conitnitted, the parties (ex-
cept where an attempt had been made on the life
Of the Sovereign) should not be liable to be in-
dicted. If the Bill kefore the House was carried,
there would be au end to all these ,indulgencies.
The person accused of High Treason would lose
the Advantages now given him on his .trial; and
at any tiro after the comniksion of the crime he
iniglit he brought to trial. The advantages he had
named being connected ;with. the 'Corruption of
blood, with corruption of blood must cease. The
safe-guard.given by the existing laws against guilt
would be lost to the state, and the person inno-
cently accused, ‘voulil lose 'the advantages. given
Lim at present.

, .
Colonel F4A NK LA ND oppoied the Bill. The ob-
jection urged-ity the. Attorney-General had .oc-
curved to him, and he felt it to be one of great
importance: The tendency the present 14ws had
to prevent the crime furnished another objection
to the measure, and the difficulties
,experienced in.
conveyaaleitu were little to be regretted when
compared wah Ile was, not very willing to
give up cotruption of blood in cases of fejony, and
however. willing he might, have bc'en to remove it
in such' eases, .he could
.not but feel decidedly
against giving it up with respect to High Treason.
The SomcyrottA4ENElAL followed on the 'same
side. lie contended that the law as it stood was
cxcellent,•.'n so farus k acted. upon the feelings
and affections of Mankind; and that there was no
adequate necessity shewn. for Any alteration, nor
any practical good likely to result from it.
tiir S.,Jto:stu.i.v replied at some length. His
Opinions were thoseof Justice Blackstone, and he
thought even those who hod opposed this Bill
could not vote against it, as they had almost in—
variahly.allowed, that, at least, one part of it,
that wide!, related to felonies, was just, and the'
prts towhich they objected might be altered or
es:pnaged on recommittal.

Mr. BATH t:AT said .a few words in explanation
Of the course of proceeding ut Ro-
mill}, had complained.
The House" then divided,—
For the original Nrotort
For the Anzentltnetit
. Majority agaiiht the Dill • —B.
The Sinecure Bill was, on the 'Motion of Mr.
BANKES, reaif a third time and passed.
The Hudson's Bay Passengers' Bill was 'read a
third time and passed.
The National Debt Bill, on the motion of the
CuANctt.i.oa of the ExcrtE4ta, went throu!::,h
a Committee.' The report to he receiVed to•
morrow. • •

The ,LORD AnvocAiT. of 5C0T1,47;1) obtained
Wave to bring in a Bill for rendering the payment
of creditors more expeditious in'Scotiand. The
Bill was brought in, read a first time, and or-
dered to be read a second time to-morrow:.
Mr. Alderman.A.Txtbis obtained leave to bring
in a Bill for alljusting. the Swedish Claims for
1810-11, and Mr. IV. Fp:7,6 Eit A I.D a Bill for regti"'
biting c BUM!' Trade of IrCland, which f was
brought in, read a first, and ordered for a second
reading to-morrow.

Mr. l'aEsTos 04 defended the Bill, described
cases of extreme hardship' nely 'to ret,ult
the operation of the law as it at present stood,
and contended, that as the laW hail been founded
on the principles of the feudal• tenure, when the
latter was done away t?te former ought to have
been abolished. -

On the motion of the CuANcELLon of the Ex-
curintir,,a, the Committee on the affairs of India
was postponed till Ntredooday.
The other Orders of the Dav iverg, then dis-
posed of,, and the,lltme adjourned at Half-past
Twelve o'elock.

Mr. C. NYYNNE, though" in favour of the Report
of the Bill being brought up, was not yet pre-
pared to approve of the Bill altogether. He
knew no reason why corruption of blood in fe-
lony should not be taken away ; but the consi-
derations *bid) made hint favourable to the Bill
in this instance, did not apply to that part of it
which went to do away corruption .of blood in,
cases of High Treason. In cases of felony, he
was of opinion, the punishment of corruption of
blood did not tend to prevent tire commission of
crime, as be thought. it did with respect to High
Treason. He should support thepresent motion,
but could not promise_ to vote for the Bill in
is iwure stage, unless the word " Treason".were

A political production. recently published at
Stockholm, alier,:;.:lverting, to the atrocious mur-
der of the Duke D'Enghien, says,---". What a
contrast between this barbarous conduct of Buo-
•:naparte towards the, grandson of the great Conde,
;and the, generosity of a General,: the rival of Buo-
nnparte in inilitarw glory, but in all other refipeets
exhibiting the most perfect,contrast ! The Duke
D'Enghien secretly repaired to Paris in the sum-
mer of 170. Bnonitparte wad yet in,l4gYpt, the
Republican Government had lost its vigour, and
• the• party of the Bourbons hoped to re-establish
itself. The Minister of War, Gen: Bernadotte,
sit that period attracted the regards( of all, both
from the splendour of his reputation, and that
rapid decision ,on perilous Occasions, which forms
thexenuine characteristic of .men destined to. per-
form a great part. The. Duke D'Enghien coat
tided to him, by ,a common' friend, the secret of
his being at Paris, and offered bitn, at the same.
time, the.sititation of. Constable. of. France, if he.
would re-establish the Bourbons. on the throne.
I cannot serve their. eansc,'„replied General Ber-
nadotte, hooour binds. me to, the French
• nation ; but as the descendant ofa,,hero, as a fel-
low-creature has coulided in. roe, •he 6101-suffer
no liftrui thereby. Let the Duke D'Enghien, then,
instantly depart; fr.,.within three days, his se-
cret miglic no lOnger.be mine ; I might owe its
" disclosure to -my country.'''
• 'On Thurstlay was -buried.. at Lyndhurst, Mr.
•Flower Archer„aged.B6, one of the Keepers of the
Nor Forest, :whose burial attracted considerable
-notice tram the singtdaritty of the deceased's di:.
reetion. The dedeased bad-been confined. for sonic
considerable time to his bed, - and, during
that time, he slept in his 'clothes; and desired to
to he interred in it, together with his silver buck
les and watch ; to be drawfl to the grave •in his
cart,. and his, corpse placed on the-steps ,of the
church-yard while a half hogshead- of ,beer rues
'drank by the spectators, and twelve dozen of hot
cakes distributed. • His directions were complied
With ;.• and he as foliowed.to the grave by the ,
Ketoers of the Foreq.

omi: .
Locittwur spoke nearly tolhe same effect.
Mr. WP.iIIBRALL' admitted, that corruption of
'blood, as far' as affected the immediate de-
soendants of a man found guilty of high treason,
might have the effeet of preventing the commis-
Sion of tit It crime ; but its effect ou,his collateral
relations (Amid not have the same tentlgney. The
two cases placed corruption of 'blood on quite
ditft!.rent focitings, and he should be happy if it
cot:Min done away with respect to collaterals,
without being also removed from the immediate
descendants of a traitor. Ile did not know how'
this could-be done; and for the sake of removing
corruption of blood from eollaterals, he would
nut give up that strong hold On the allegiance of
the subject, which corruption of blood gave in its
operation, on the immediate descendants of those
convicted of High Treason. He disapproved of
the system of general innovation on the_Low of
the land, which appeared practically to develope
•
itself in the measures introduced by the HonOttra-
.ble and Learned Gentleman. Encouraged, it
seemed likdly to go on step by step; till the whole-
system of our present laws was changed. He
ported the Amendnient.
The Arrow:Ey-GEN BRAt. considered corruption
blood in cases of High. Treason to be one .ed the
great safeguards of tilt State, in tendency to
prevent the COUIEIIiSSIOII of the crime. The in-

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