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ebet the ease #9 atatet( did not warrant the exercise of the
delicaie juriidiction which was vested in the House of
Commons There were other ways of coming at the real
muse of the rase, which might and could be resorted to
bernre the Hon. Member for Middlesex applied to ti-e
,se. He might, for instance, have applied, in the
proper quarter, for an inspection of the minutes of the
court-martial ; and, after reading them, he could then
have ascertained whether there was any just ground for
the more solemn proceeding of an anpeal to Parliament.
With reference to what bad peen said of the conversation
thtt took place between the commanding officer and the
soldier, and to the assurance that if the soldier expressed
his contrition for the one offence he should not be punished
for the other, he was confident that the conversation had
no effect on the minds of the five eentiemen who composed
the court-martial, and that the decided purely on the
evidence brought before them. Of this court-martial the
commanding officer with whom the conversation is said to
have taken place was not one; and he was confident--
relying, as he did on the honour and probity of five gen-
tlemen, bound to administer justice on their oaths—that
the soldier was tried and sentenced for the military offence
alleged against him, and not for any political offence which
might have been known to the commanding i.fficer. There
was no allegation in the petition, nor nothing in the
statement read to the House by the Member for Middle-
lex. which connected the commanding officer with the
conduct of the court-martial ; and as that court mat'
was acknowledged to have been held with strict
privy, and the puni hment awarded according
Art clew of War, he certainly did not see the p-
prndecing at present the papers which were re
Colonel PEEL was satisfied, from what '
manner in which cnurte.martial were co
-soldier had been fairly tried for th
alleged against him, and he should
of the minutes of the coert-marti-
the character of Major Wyndl-
Sir F. BURDETT, whe'
cow or withdrawn to he r seer the motion was pressed
Cot m, would Vote for i; •odut•ed hereafter in an amended
factory elticidatinn of the s a method of procuring a satis-
t ant to every clime case. The question at issue
that
was
the punishment award
for there could he nodoubt
'
ed on this oc -asion greatly exceeded the measure of the
what lie knew of h; offence. Colonel Wyndham, from
was the very last min whom he
would suppose
m,
to cruelty or op? ,y to be guilty of anything approaching
(Hear, hear)e-eb reeeinn.—( Hear. ) He ad-eittt d that
soldiery, the m, lit it was necessary for the safety of the
riteactien of the public, and still more for
the character c
f Major Wyndham, that the case should be
luny terelereto
should vote, therefore, for inquiry ;
and in the r od. He
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4tipa tean time he implored the Government to turn
e e en to the subj,Tarect, revise the Articles of
16e. a eemed to he undeniable that men were fre-
-94"h‘-..-v Ptlai shed for one offence, under the pretence that
they had n,,E emitted another. The existence of such a
41).:/e was mf instrnus; but its abuse intolerable and de-
tstae h's TI ie feelings of the people were much excited on
t 1 ;he subject, and he hoped the Government would at once
-tesiiee the NI, atiny Act, and take away the possibility of
the recut rent -e of such offences.

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ERT PEEL said, the charge was, that a
~01dier had been punished for one offence, having commit.
red another ; and that was a question totally distinct from
al punishment to which the Hon. Baronet ba
the torpor d
n dr
, ,ffl to direct the attention of the House. He
` oughteavou r c would have been better if that question had
th
been left untouched ; but convinced, as hethat if
tituted themselves a tribunal for the was,exination
ties c rms.,
aceedinga of this court-martial, on the mere
of the pr
of the offender, they would have a petition for
statement
the same t. urpose from every person who might hereafter
He should certainly vote against the motion
be tried.
rug to constitute themselves a tribunal on such.....
By consent
ground,, f, i the investigation of the proceedings f
court-inarti al, they were withdrawing from the offioce a
of 0e regi me nt, and from the Commander-in-Chief, thre
orliol, of ti to a utbority delegated to them by Act of
p ,rliarneat , and a t the Rattle time placing the matter under
e v,,,..1.4 pna,- ible j, ariedicrion which could be selected. He
tl- 'idjv ail t. dti tat nothing could be more highly con-
cant- 4,,b ' t lte i tfficer should accuse a soldier of one of-
&rune. r, ln th ac to be peu;shed for another. He %you'd
fence an Mr se ,
ti,,:i ;
ibut he must at the same time say,
begin by s tats rig
t.afr impossible):odier to maintain the dis-
- ma
of Soewwere allowed to he political
that it woui' i , be u
cipline of ear army i,
partizans, COM ',To nd eL '.) Then,spap!rs.or members of
political club& —(Cheer. indeed, a standing
curse—then ight they bid
army would be in truth a
abeers.) He thought, Sc.power of the officer in
hrewell to c'is .1 liberty.--(,
unication with the
etardinelv, that it was fully in the
the
memb7 of a
en romend to inters lict a soldier's cou'Ul
new Vapers, and vrevent him from bei.ng
Polio, -al Union. lie denied the truth ot,‘
of eadoccit.tirzienne. that
soldier eostinaed to ei•joy all the right.
portion of his
awas quite dear the soldier must forfeit that
f to the
hick would interfere with the .discipline of
civic right x v „ham..)
the army (a But now to address himse:
matter immesit, ‘tlYr before them :—The question sna:.oly
71s, had they „u Slide rat prima facie evidence to induce
them to believe tba,t thia individual bad been punished for
he had bean accused of another? The
one offence while
expediency of corporal puniiihnlents had notbing to dto o
with this charge; it was most improper to appeal
men's passions on this topic. Now he did not th;uk apritaa
.fticie case had been made out ;Thathe disbelieved the charge
( Hear.) He could no t believe Major Wyndham and the
ether officers on the Caurt- martial could have violated tneir
oaths by trying a so; dies on one charge and punishing
him on another.—(Hear, hear.) He did not believe that
Lord Hill and the other superior officers of the army
wpwid have suffered the proceeding' to pass unnoticed, it
anything appeared against this line of conduct pursued by
Major Wyndham.—(Hear, hear.) Wishing. therefore.
:to leave the army to its natural Protect-ors—desiring net
to est iblish a precedent for the it, terferetice of the House
of Commons in such matters, whit.musl: be fatal to the
decided state
discipline of the army—he would give his
. Middl
az-ainat the proposition of the Hon. Meeriber fur e-
,se tr. however it might be shaped.—(ear.)
Colonel O'GRADY was quite convined that it was :.ul
po, =dile the charges brought against Major Wyndham ant:
others would be sounded in fact. The charge against '
the pi,: +oner was necessarily referred to one or more of the
Articles of War, and this most strictly, and no verdict
could be riven except upon the charge. He was quite
convinced that the court-martial had been properly can
ducted, and that the officers upon it had acted as became
gentlemen and me n of honour.
Mr. HUNT atrerm-nualy .upported the inquiry.
Sir R. FERGUSSON thought it would be better to
leave the case to the propo• military 3 utborities.
Lord -- LENOX highly
laoded the personal and mili-
tary character of Major 'Wyndham, and expcetakal his utter
dishellef of the allegations in the petition. He hawed
that the assertion in one paragraph, touching the man's
being k..pt in the guardhouse to receive a seeend hundred
I ohes, was false, and contended that this ought to induce
them to doubt the truth of all the rest of the petition. For
the put pose of showing the falsehood of all the charges
agairoo his friend Major Wyndham, he would vote for the

inquiry.
M.. SLANEY was in favour of inquiry, though he dia.
believed the assertions in the petition. Inquiry, he be-
lieved, was soon to take place; he therefore requested the
lion. Member for Middles xto posrp bis motion.
Mr. HUME said the Right Hon. Gentleman begged
the question altogether. He els•
ti there was nothing is ;he
charge respecting a political oft.nee. Of course there was
none. The Right Hon. Gentlem in admitted that a man
became a soldier in order to defend his rigs as a citizen.
Well, then, when the man was if duty, surely dare could
be no great offence in his expressing his political sentiments.
It was tru-, there were ex-parte statements, His very
obj it was. that the other party should he heard. It was
a reflectian on Lord Hill that he had n:t yet taken notice
of the subject. There was, therefore no means of appeal
but to that House, and that was the reason why he brought
forward this motion. After the candid and manly obser-
vations of the Noble Lord opposite, he cl;.i not wish to
press the question in a manner to which the bioble Lord
might object. He was prepared, therefore, to withdraw
the present motion, arid give notice of a motion for this
day week, to refer the petition to a Select Committee.
He did this in order that no one might accuse him of tak-
ing the House unprepared.
The motion was then withdrawn.
SUFFOLK ASSIZES.
Mr. R. WASON moved for leave to bring in a Bill to
remove the Suffolk Assizes, in summer, from Bury St
Edmund's to Ipswich. He did not wish them removed
altogether from one town to the other—all he desired was,
that the Assizes ;night be held, as they once had been, at
each of the towns alternately.
Alter a few words from the Earl of Jermyn, Mr. Wil-
son, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Morison, and Sir R. Peel, the mu
tion was withdrawn.
OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH.
Sir ANDREW AGNEW presented a petition from
London anti Westminster, for the better observance of the
Sai.hstl.. The Hon. Baronet then went on to move that
a Select C..muntree be appointed to inquire into the laws
and practice relating fir 74/ Otoerviteee of the Lord's day.
Atter a few yvords.froaalkii!
Lord A L prpRP had no ohjentinia,:lo the motion, but
be Loped the,comenittee wordiLsiot,,:isnome fresb restrig-
tions ou the people.
Mr. LAMB consented, like hie "N,aki Fritxtd, to the
motion, but strongly urged it on Ow Msvet that he

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