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done so ; 'he should have done the same; but when they paid
demands made by Austria, without even mentioning these loans
to counterbalance them,. could they say that, in a transaction
like the present, his Majesty's Ministers were bound, in honour
and equity, not only to claim some part of these loans, but every
farthing ? In the situation of this country she could not be call-
ed to cancel bonds without some composition, but if it had
also been urged that to make a reasonable composition would be
for the interest of Austria herself. Had he (Lord L.) been the
Austrian Minister he should have advised such a measure, and
he was convinced that nothing had operated more to the credit
of that Government, situatod as it was, than its actual adoption.
Austria had gained more pecuniary credit by it than she had
lost money by the sum which she had paid. He was convinced
that when persons came to consider the subject coolly, they
would be more disposed to doubt whether we were justified in
asking what we did, than in pressing for more. It had bean
said, on a former occasion, that we owed this to the individual
feelings of the Emperor of Austria. That was certainly the
principal ground on which we owed it, and those feelings were
honourable to him, and raised him higher than any other Sove-
'reign. But they were not exclusive with him, and the indi-
vidual who was his chief adviser was equally anxious as his
Imperial Majesty to conclude an arrangement. As to the other
points mentioned by the Noble Lord, it was not proposed to
provide 'for the services which he had mentioned out of the
money paid by Austria. The whole of that money was to be
carried to the Consolidated Fund., and had, in fact, been so
carried. It had been said, in opening the view of the finances
of the year, that out of this and the surplus occasioned by the
flourishing state of the country, his Majesty's 'Government
would do what they conceived would afford her the most effec-
tual relief. After having first proposed the measures which ap-
peared to them most conducive to that object, they thought
they might apply certain sums to special ones. He should not
enter, at present, into the question of the grant of 500,000/. for
the erection of Churches, further than to say that they had felt
it to be an essential object. As to the two other sums, one was
for the repair of a structure which was the admiration of the
country and of foreigners. and the other, to a smaller amount,
was for an object on which there was no difference of opi-
nion. The Noble Baron had disapproved of the appoint-
ment of a Commission to superintend the application of the
money to the repairs of Windsor Castle, but his observa-
tions were not warranted by precedent nor by the nature of
the case. Had the sum applied to that purpose been drawn
from the Civil List, it would have been lett to the usual direc-
tion. But *hen the object was not to erect a new building,
but to make alterations in a structure which attracted the pecu-
liar admiration of the country, and the sum was not taken out
of the revenue of the Crown, but granted by Parliament, it was
thought expedient to place it under the management of a parti-
cular Commission. With respect to the Bill before the Ilonse,
he repeated that he saw no ambiguity in the way in which it
was worded. It described the transaction as fairly and as fully
at it ought to do, and notwithstanding the representations given
by the Noble Lord of the conduct of Austria, he (the Earl of
Liverpool) was persunded that the feeling of the public at large
was, that we had received as much as we had a right to expect
from that PoWer. •

• .
gaged in unsuccessful wars ;.he had done so for his ort! advan-
tage,..Lord KING contended that the Emperor of Austria had en.
* He wished the Noble Earl hd been able to give
calculation'.
of Austria than he had done.
not ours, and ought. to bear the consequences of his this
t explanation of the conduct ,
lebelteeprsthe money had been paid into the Court of Equity at
Vienna, and the greater portion swallowed up by lawyers.—
There mighthave been fees to counsels, petitions, hearings, and
rehearings, in this case of Rex versus Imperator. It might
have been considered and reconsidered ; judgment promised
and then put off; fresh time taken for consideration ; and at
last judgment given, when the sum was reduced to what we
were to receive. But had it been in. this country, the matter
would hare been still worse, and after twenty years litigation,
instead of receiving, we should hare had to pay 2.400,0001. He
understood however that our system of Equity was to be im-
proved, and that a Commission of Inquiry had been appointed
for that purpose. He had no doubt that those interested in the
event would pray that there might Jeerer be wanting a succes-
sion of good men to ensure delays.
r
that the Loans had been
granted to Austria for an object t.
eich was considered ;of great
importance ee,
England. The Netherlands
Earl
to o f
A BE R PEEN stated
had then been lately
occupied by the French armies,
and their recovery was consi-
dered so much of the British object,
M , that r. Fox himself had
declared that he should have thought it better to give Austria
the money as a subsidy than as a 104 n. The end in view being
to re-take poeseseion of the Netherlands, all the securities
of the loans were placed in those 'Provinces, and a succession of
misfortunes having overturned the Austrian dominion there, the
securities had ceased to be valid.' In 1816 Austria had adopted
a new and more solid system of finance than that which
previous calamities had so deep]. ,
shaken. She had publieb-
ed to the world the list of her debts, and that of this country
did not appear among them. Surely that would have been
the time of taking notice of it, •
existence, and remonstrating
against the ornision ; but no such representation had been
made. well, therefore, ••surprised if -
It Austria be we
should afterwards have raised the claim. The Emperor was
said to have declared that leeeteeteleu,
g to the letter of the contract,
if the case were brought before own Courts, lie should be
obliged to pronounce a decision ae•linst himself. He (the Earl
of A.) doubted whether it wolahave been the same in this
country. As to the amount to be paid, it was a question of
ability. Had we demanded too
much, we should have had no
thing. In point of fact even, we had been paid just about as
much as Austria had received
from us_; owing to the loss
on the exchange, and the difficulty of making payments at the
time, not more than 3,000,0001.
, had ever reach ed herliand, endso
much were the loans granted for British objects, that they were
expended under the immediate inspection of British Officers re-
siding at the Imperial Head-quartars. [Here Lord Holland said
across the table that part of those loans had bean paid to Austria
after the peace of Campo Formio.] This was true, but the ex-
pence had been incurred during the to enable the Austrian
le war,
armies to undertake operations at all. The Noble Earl then
paid a tribute of praise to the virtues of the Emperor of Aus-
tria, and stated that his Prime Minister entertained the Caine
views as his Master respecting
the propriety of making
an arrangement with this country. With respect to the appli-
cation of the money, as far as the embellishment of nalaces was
concerned, lie (Lord A•) wished that his Noble Friend (the
Earl of Liverpool) should put it on a more satisfactory footing
than it appeared to be. There was no period at which greater
architectural talent had ever existed in the country than at pre-
sent, and when large sums were to be expended, it would be
much to be lamented if the best means were not employed to
produce something worthy of the nation, especially when gal-
leries of art were to be erected.
Viscount CLIFDEN contended, that all the money used to
stimulate Austria to unsuccessful exertions had ultimately
founds its way into the pockets of Napoleon. As to the virtues
of the Austrian Emperor, if what Mr. Rose had written about
his Government in Italy were believed, a greater tyrant had
never existed. And as Mr. Rose was neither a Radical nor a
Buonapartist, there was no cause to think that his statements
were exaggerated.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH admitted, that the conduct of
the Emperor of Austria was not unimpeachable, but, .compared•
with his Allies, he appeared an absolute angel. He also be-
lieved that Austria was the only ally on the Continent in whose
friendship we could securely confide. It was our interest,
therefore, to encrease her strength. With respect to the ap-
plication of the money, lie wished to know whether the Com-
emission for directing the repairs of Windsor-castle was to be
appointed by Act of Parliament, or by the Crown ?

The Earl of LIVERPOOL replied, that in all cases of that
kind, the Commission was appointed by Act of Parliament,
but the names filled up by the Crown.
Lord ELLENBOROUGII hoped that, in this caxe both the
Commission anti the names would be left to the appointment of
Parliament.

Earl DARNLEY observed, that although the money to be
paid by Austria was talked of as 'being in our pockets, only
100,0001. had been actually received, and the whole would not
come in for a considerable time.

The Earl of LIVERPOOL was happy to be able to remove
:the anxiety of the Noble Earl, by informing him that in con-
sequence of an arrangement by which discount was allowed,
every shilling of the 2,600,0001., with the exception of the
amount of that discount, had already been received and
realized. .

Lord HOLLAND—Then I am ready to acknowledge that
'the Noble Earl deserves great credit.
The motion fcir re-committing the Bill was then negatived,
and the Bill read a third time.

OF DISSENTERS.

The Marquis of LANSDOWN brought in a Bill fur the

relief of Dissenters from the operation of the Marria.ge Act.—.
Read a first time and ordered to be printed.
The Noble Marquis also moved for some Retains relative to
the West Indies, which were ordered..—Adjourned.

PilitE .Sht,t'N'Ptlctt,..

case as far as their knowledge of It Went. lain occasion a.. steed
to hate beer. thrown away when the pastions -of the. ....le
might have been tranquillised 'by a nteseettail sof tatitaliat in,
and therefore it was teoceesary that this infatitatiOtt in gild, be
laid before the Entice. lie did nbt ketow whether theateetion
would be objected to, and he should coneentlihnsalf brtisAng
for'Cotais Of tang Proclamation issued in the year 1820 by the
magistrates or any :otlierpetarms with the turthaity ,cifl3avern-
meta, Offering eheumreate to the Riblatbuteti of the tountiita of
Galway and Mayo. Also ettpies of all eateepondehee be-
tween Mr. Bennett and a 11?... Gregory in the feat '1823 :re-
epecting the suppreleion of, and an attitresty to, the Ribbon
Lodges in Ireland ; also a copy a a memorial from Messrs.
Labia and Yore to the. Lord Lieutenant respecting the case of
Thomas Hughes. . .
Mr. GOULBURN said, that he stood in a situation of difii-
aulty as to saute parts of the cake, as he had not been able to
receive communications front 'rebuilt its theta to.mett it. ,But
he would state to the Renee why ha 'thought itattexpedient to
comply with the principal object of the ernotion. As to any
proclamation in the county of Galwity ih the year 1820, heaves
officially ignorant ; and from those Gentlemen Mew in England
who were likely to be acquainted with the itibject, he Waseaot
able to learn that any such dOcutnent existed. But the real
question brought before the House by this Motion Watley/tether
the Government was justified in refusing to pardon Hughes
after he had been coneicted of administering illegal oaths undet
every aggravation of that crime. What they had to determine
by the vote was, whether the tloaetnment *tete mijust Ot• Wrong
in refueing that pardon. lie would therefore state how the Facts
stood with regard to this tnah. Then objects of the Ribbon
Society were the perpetration of the Most atruciinie crimes, and
ultimately the 'subversion of the 'Whole constitution of the
country. It happened in the beginning of the year 1623, that
the Government had submitted to them the eilitens of bringing
one of this society to trial, who who was not i here subordinate
member, but a man who had been extremely important in the
formation of the Society, and who was admitted by those Who
petitioned in his favour to be one of its most influential and
powerful heads. This Was the person whom the Government
brought to trial and convicted. Opplicatitms were afterwards
made, stating that if he was pardoned he would give up the as-
sociation, and execute a power which he posseased ofdettroying
it altogether. This statement being teccompanied by a declaration
that there were in the City of Dublin 13,000 men with efts,
and who should all he ready to give up their coil course at his
command. These were the terms upon which the govermnent
were called upon to capitulate. He believed there Was no coun-
try in the world but Ireland where such a proposition would
be trade to a government ; and let it come flout whom it may,
it Was the bounden duty of the Government to treat it as they
had done. In the petition it was stated, that if this Mon ware
allowed to go throttle) the country with his Counsel, and har-
rangue the Ribbontnen, they would all abandon their evil
courses at once; such was the porter with which he strayed
FREEMASONRY. their conduct. To have pardoned such a man, or to cone to
Mr. S. RICE presented a petition from certain free and ac- any soch terms with an Association of that nature, Would hive
cepted Masons in the County of Limerick, praying to be placed , -
peen an unpardonable extent of weakness in the Coverriment.
in the Mlle situation as the Masons of Great Britain. The Lord Lieutenant was far from desiring to execute the
Sir I. COFFIN said he was made a Mason in Ireland some
' Criminal Justice of the Country with hardship • on the con-
years ago; and without betraying the secrets of Masonry, he - Crary, lie was ever anxious to slim the ereateet forbearance,
would declare- atilt it was founded on charity, loyalty, and hoe •
ToSnTplaAbiloNZlSlt linNa lilltilEl
ho-
nour.—The Petition was ordered to be printed. and was lenient even to the guilty. But all 'who knew him
way to the utter imbecillity of treating with any
EtoAanNienn.d the 50th of knew his character too well to suppose that he would give
Lord ALTDII parties under
Geo. 111., so as to prevent the distraining for rent upon grow- the circumstances he had pointed out, or of considering for
ing crops in Ireland. The Bill was read a first time, and the a moment such conditions as he hail stated to the HoOse.
Noble Lord stated that lie wished the Assizes to take place in I Upon these groundi he should oppose the motion of the Noble
Ireland before the Bill was read a second thus. The second i Lord'
reading was consequently fixed for the Ist of May. Mr. ABERCROMBY skid, that if' such conditions had been
.. proposed as those ended b the Rae
Mr. DENISON presented a Petition from the Brewers of,ht Hon. Gentleman - he
agreed with him that the Governmente
Small Beer in the neighbourhood of the berthaMetrools, expressing .tion.ilut right not to Have gi'van
them the least considera he was acquainted with
their satisfaction at the disposition manifested
papers
adopt the principles of free trade, and praying that all restric- which professed to be copies of the correspondence end a 'l' pp 1-
tions may be removed.—Laid on the table. cations that had taken place. in which it did not appear. that
there Colonel TRENCH presented a Petition from Cambridge in - •
was one condition or qualification submitted to the Go-
favour of the Bill for the Recovery of Small Debts.--Ordered vernment the of I deludedpeople. Allthey on part t iese
to lie on the table. quired was an amnesty for the past, and then they were reedy
Also a Petition from the same place against the Duty on .e
to give up their arms, and return to their allegiance. This
Coals carried coastwiee.---Laid on the table.
MARINE MUTINY BILL. • was exactly the case in which information ought to be
grted. is
Noble Friend had made a statement foural-
Mr. CROKER moved the Order of the Day for receiving .
ed upon documents placed in his betide and the Right the Report Report of the Marine Mutiny Bill. The Report was re- , ble Gentleman that h.'
noun., asserted t ere were other facts,and
ceived, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.
CONVICTS AND EMIGRANTS. ;refused to produce them. Why /!'it the Dense of Cothrisons
i
not to know the tru - h .
th ? If ahe_ ease was suc as the .Right
Mr. G. BENNET moved for a Return of the Number of lion. Gentleman described, it,
and
House would Sanction the
Convicts transported m the British Colonies in the years 1823 conduct of the Government, enut no harm could be Gone by the
and 1823, diatinguishing the colony and the sex of the convict. pduction the
Also the number of Vessels and Passengers cleared out from }cis Noble Friend lot believed'. he was making a fiat Itatement
the ports of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the quan- . ' .. . ,
of what had happened, anti that there was a inning prima
thy of goods exported to New South Wales in the same years. • ••
. facie twee for arraigning the,. (lovernment flit a neglect of duty,
—Ordered.
BOUNTIES AND DRAWBACKS. in not availing; itself of a fit-opportunity to disarm, and bring
Mr. MANNING moved for a Return of the amount of i back to peaceable habits, one of the parties which distracted
Bounties and Drawbacks allowed upon Manufactured (foods the country. It never could he forgotten that one part of that
! country was arrayed in hostility against the other, and no oc-
exported from Great Britain and Ireland within the last six
years ; distinguishing any increase or decrease of the amount casion of suppressing such party feelings should be neglected:
allowed upon each article of manufacture.—Ordered. Ile caret'. not which parties they were ' • he wished' to -destroy
WINE DUTIES. . Ribbonmen as well as Orangemen, and it was the first duty of
Mr. W. SMITH presented a Petition from the Foreign the Government to put cloven all such parties withoei distinc-
Wine Merchants of the City of Norwich, prayiug fur a ?ethic- tion whenever they had the power of doing so.
Lion of the duty on the importation of foreign wines. Mr. PLUNKETT said, that in justice to the situation he had
Upon the motion of Mr. T. WtosoN, the petition was or. the honour to hold, he felt called upon to make a few observe-
dered to be referred to the Committee on Foreign Trade. dons on what bad fallen-from the Noble Lord and his Hon. and
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. - Learned ' Friend. Ile believed it was not regular hi that. House
Sir G. CLERK moved the bringing up of the Report of the to ask for information for the purpose of examining whether it
Weight and -Measures Bill. The Report was received, and ! contained matter of complaint against the GOvernnient. Henn-
the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday. I derstood the practice of the House to be, either than there should
Mr. KENNEDY presented a Petition from the Burgh of be a conclusive charge against the Government., or that there
Avr against the Salmon Fisheries' Bill. should be a prima lack case of misconduct before informetien-
After a short conversation between Lord AnCIIIDALD Ha- was granted. But he would ask any titan who had heard the
MILTGN, Mr. DitumMosp, Mr. lie MS, the Loan ADVO- Noble Lord's Speech, whether there could he the least rational
CAT E, and an lion. Member, whose name we could not learn, ground for any such charge or imputation. He had no ooca-
the Petition was ordered to be printed. f sion to Ask the House the any confidence to the Noble Lord at
Sir M. W. RIDLEY presented a petition from certain Pro- the head of the Irish Government, but he trusted he mightbe
prietors of Colleries in the neighbourhood of Newcastle, against excused saying that it was utterly impossible there should exist
the Coal Duties.—Ordered to be printed. an anxiety more intense—a perseverance more anxious, than
ALIENS, the Noble Personage displayed in seeking—he would not says
A Return was ordered of the number of persons sent out of 1 reasons, but an excuse for the exercise of the hipaieet and best
the country under the Alien Act, between the years Ulf) and I prerogative of his eflice—inerey to the criminal. The Govern-
-1324, specifying the names of the Persona and the places to ment having obtained mean:, undertook to prosecute this
where sent. manllualies, whom they found' the great mover and ringleader
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:HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Leave was obtained to bring in a Bill to improve the Navi-
gation of the River Medway.
NEGRO SLAVERY.
Petitions were presented from a place in Cornwall by Sir
W. Lemon ; from Kendal, by Lord Lowther ; from Ilolbeach
and Lovrnde, by Sir W. Inglgby ; from Milden Hall, Wood-
bride, and Devizes ; from 011nacester, by Mr. B. Cooper ; from
Hertford, by Mr. N. Calvert; from Maidstone, by Mr. Ro-
harts ; from the Parishes of Carlton, Bagwell, and Sutton, by
Admiral Sotheron ; and from Wallsend, by Sir M. W. Rid-
ley. These petitions were disposed of in the usual way, by
their being laid on the table, or ordered to be printed.
SILKS.
Mr. WARRE presented a Petition from the Silk Throwsters
of Taunton, praying, that the prohibition on Voreign Silks may
not be removed.—Ordered to be printed.
Sir W. GUISE presented a similar Petition from Gloucester.
—Ordered to be printed.
Lord ALTHORP presented a similar petition from certain
Proprietors of Silk Mills in the neighbourhood of Burton. His
Lordship expressed his disent front the opinions of the peti-
tioners.—Laid on the table.
Sir T. LETHBRIDGE presented a petition from the Crape
Manufacturers of Taunton, praying (as we understood) that
the alterations, proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
should not be carried into effect—Ordered to be printed.

EXCISE LICENCES.
Petitions were presented from the Licensed. 'Victuallers of
the Western Division- of the Hundred of Brixton, by Mr.
DENISON ; from Macclesfield, by Mr. DATENPOUT ;
from
Mansfield, by Admiral SOTHEIION; from Middleton, by Lord
ALTIIORTZ • from the Wards of Vintry, Queenhithe, IVal-
brook, Candlewick, and Dowgate, by Alderman WooD ; and
from Rochester.—The Petitions were ordered to lie on the
table and be printed.
COMBINATION LAWS.

Petitions were presented from the Journeymen of Lough-
borough, by Mr. 111ANsriici.D ; from Gloucester; by Mr. B.
COOPER; from Newport, Salop,.by Mr. PEratam ; severally
praying that the Combination Laws might be repealed.

IRELAND.
Lord ALTHORP said he rose to move for the Production
of Papers which were of the greatest importance to the eluci-
dation of the state in which Ireland had so long existed ; and
he should proceed, at once, to state the reasons why he thought
such Papers ought to be laid before the House. In the year
1820 there were great disturbances in the County of Galway,
which extended also to part of the County of Mayo, so that the
Hon. Member for Galway thought it necessary to move for the
extension of the Insurrection Acts to those parts of the coun-
try. In consequence of this, several persons were tried and con-
victed. An Amnesty was then offered to all Ribbonmen who
would give up their arms and take the oath of allegiance. The
consequence was that since that time, even during the distress
which prevailed, there had been no disturbance in the county,
and the conduct of the people had been so good, as to demand
the praise of the Committee who managed the relief which•
was given them by this country. It was his intention to move,
therefore, fOr a copy of the proclamation by which the amnesty
was declared, and of any documents which might he in the.
hands of Government relative to die conduct of the people
since that period. The other case arose oat of the transactit.ms
of 1822, when the Attorney-General prosecuted a number of
persons for administering illegal oaths to the Ribond Society,
two of whom were convicted and sentenced to be transported.
A professional Gentleman, Mr. Bennett, who had defended
one of these men, named Hughes, wrote to lilt. Gregory, the
Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, to inform him that a com-
munication had been made to him by his client, intimating that
the Ribbonmen in Dublin anti Tipperary were ready to give
up their arms and to take the oath of allegiance, if an amnesty
were granted them. Mt. Gregory replied that he would lay
the information before the Lord Lieutenant, and thin give
Mr. Bennett an answer. Two Catholic Chaplains, Mr.
hie and Mr. Yore, presented a memorial to the Government,
stating h6w desirable it was that this Society should be put
down, and recommending: that for the accomplishment of such
an object; the execution of Hughes' sentence, if not mitigated,
should be delayed. This memorial was entirely disregarded.
In the July following, Mr. Bennett 'again addressed:3lr. Gre-
gory upon the .suhject, and received from him the reply, that
he had no authority from the Lord-Lieutenant to give any AM-
ewer to the. communiCatiiin. The Noble Lord declared:ehat
he could not poasibly.conceive by what motive,' the conduct of
the Irish Government was actuated in.this affair: In candour
he must admit, that he expected to liorsome' explanation .to
show that they had extraordinary reasons fbr the course they
pursued:. Mahe must also confess that his impression was un-
favourable towards them upon. the whole appearance of the

of the Ribbon Societies. It was imposSible to conceive
how a man of his humble rank could have obtained such
an influence over a large body of people, and by his single
exertions have undermined their industry, their Morals,
and their religious feelings. This man had been broweht
to trial and convicted of their crimes, to the perfect satisfac-
tion of an impartial Jury. After that opportunity of making
an example that was due to public justice, an application Was
made to the Lord Lieutenant, resting on no other accredited
mission than the Gentleman who had been employed tr make
the defence of the prisoner. The Lord Lieutenant- refused-to
enter into a treaty with this bend, and the- Gentleman alluded
to failed in establishing his ere dentials. Übe had not Optc's°,
instead of an amnesty, he (Mr. Pluukttt) should have had to.
engage with him in a very different proceeding, and which he
sh uhl have been very sorry to resort to. Without meaning
any disrespect to Mr. Bennett, or the prioession to which
in common they belonged, he • muse say that he could ima-
gine-no system worse than that of- nceeociating with .the pro-
fessional men employed by- such people, for the pnrposi: of
getting at the true fire's of such a case. Again repeating
that he intended no disrespect towards this Gentle:lran, he
must state that upon former occateions the Governments that
experieneed great ineonvenience front • listening to' progb-
sitions of a similar nature made through hint. The -docu-
ments called fur were not exClusively in the ponsession of -the
Government, for the Noble Lord stated that he had 'coPics
of them. lie only wished that the Noble Lord had -farther de-
tailed their contents to the House, as• he was sure there wduij
not have appeared that
,unconditional application' to- the.
Government which had been represented. If there• was• no
condition annexed to this statement, that those 13,000 persons
had arms in their hands, what *as to prevent than from giving
them up, and ceasing to belong to an-illegal association.? The
plain meaning of such an application was,-" if yon will pardon
us, there are sonic persons in our body ready to give their words
that they will renounce their criminal course of - conduct."
This proposition, too, was made by criminals on the one hard,
and to be received by the Govefnment of the country on the
other.—(Hear, hear !)—But • what was the threat held out in
case the, proposition should be rejected ? It was this, -"•if.'you
will not promise us a general amnesty, we will tontinbe'to•set
the laws at defiance, and to debauch the people from-ther,al-
legiance." Any. Government attending for a moment to such
*proposition would have covered itself with ridicule; it'll:Nils-
, robed itself' of all .future' authority. tither 'there Must 'have
been that conditione or the- other of the pardon -of -Hughes.
lie quite concurred with his Hon.. andeLearnedTriend:(-lllr.
Abercromby), that no hones: Governinent would make a dis,-