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avoided taking any part in it, because it was brought 1 apprehension, exercise the power which in stealer mernenl9o".
before the House so soon after he had had a contest ' might consider as indefensible. The view which i e was,
with the Secretary of State for the Home Department, but he dined to take of the subject was this : —he would assirl'on.
doubted whether he could give a proper vote with respect to it. the proceedings under warrants of this nature to such warr_ea ee,
He had heard the statements of the lion. Member for Finsbury He would have them granted only upon a Frelirninary pr°cni
last wear, when he distinctly stated that, justice should be done ing, such as a written information upon oath, and the part
infore
to all parties. The Hon. Member had now come forward and apinst whom the warrants were issued should have the
„oe
asserted that justice had not been done to him. The Right motion confided to them, and in case of ane illegality or imPetse
Hon. Baronet also at the head of the Home Department had priety, should have redress in the saute manner as in the e!
stated, last session, that if he had not justice done to him he of search warrants. He thought the observations of the 1',„1
would bring the subject forward before the House. Now he Hon. Gentleman the Member for Edinburgh (Mr. Macatel'arei
(Mr. Ferrand) would like to know it he was to have justice were well entitled to attention, and he hoped the Governe 1
why the Hon.
.Member for Finsbury should not ?—( Hear. ) 1 and the House would consider the subject with a view to I Ow
If the Right Hon. Baronet was satisfied with the report of that lation.
Committee, the lion. Member for Finsbury was not, and there- Mr. COLQUHO UN complimented the Hon. Gentle n
fi4e
fore he came to the House to ask for justice. He had last who had just sat down on the speech which he had made: the
night heard a Noble Member of the Treasury bench taunt the condemned the terms of the amendment of the Noble Lord..en
Hort. Member for Finsbury with striking at the Right Member for Sunderland, and vastly preferred the orte,';al
Honourable Baronet whilst his bands were tied behind motion of the Hon. Member for Finsbury. He looked fat
his back. The Honourable Member for Finsbury said that great anxiety for the opinion of the Noble Lord the Member
~it
he had received a personal injury, and by refusing him redress London, for he said last session that if the Right Hon. Balret
the Right Hon. Baronet tied his own hands, and committed had exercised this power in a legitimate mariner, he shouldel
that lo el',
suicide on his own political character. If the Right Hon. vote for this Committee at all. Ile must confess
Baronet had acted impartially as Secretary of State in issuiag to the constitution of those Committees—seeing that theY4ol
the warrants, the Committee which was appointed to inquire been composed of men of different political persuasions, ai'ee.
into the circumstances was partially constructed. The Right great weight and respectability—he theught that as they bat! the
Hon. Baronet must recollect that, during 1842, according to p:essed no opinion as to the prudence of withdrawing freotttnro
the inference to be drawn from the First Lord of the Tres- Government the powers at present possessed by them, theloote
sury, the Hon. Member for Finsbury was engaged in private should pay the greatest deference to that opinion. them] 4 0,0
correspondence with persons who were supposed to be plotting mittees had entirely exculpated the arone
Right Hon. B
against the safety of the State. The Right lion. Baronet any charge of impropriety, and the epeestion was now narrow
0 re
quoted an extract from a speech of the Hon. Member for to the complaint of the Hon. Member for Finsbury t tee
Wolverhampton upon which he grounded this inference. In whether his letters had been opened. He thought thaisns
January, 1842. an article appeared in the Quurterly Review Hon. Member should have brought forward his come 1,
charging Members of that House with having instigated per- immediately upon supposing that his letters had been °Pens
sons in the manufacturing districts to break the peace. The But with respect to the power itself, it was stated in the reefer
House would recollect how excited was the public mind that it had been exercised by several Secretaries of Statiliget
during the autumn of that year. They had not forgotten the the last twenty-two years in the same manner as his „,, it
trials of large numbers of the working classes of Lancashire, Hon. Friend had exercised it. If blame should fall oil siiee
when one of the parties tried defended himself by quoting should fall on the Legislature, for a 3 long as the law wiser
largely from speeches made by Members of that House. they should support the Minister while he exercised that PO
When the judge heard that question, he said that although wisely and sparingly, as the Committee reported he liaOt be
that had nothing to do with the proceedings before the Court, He would take no part in this ungenerous and unjus Itibe
yet, if the parties who had made use of that language had ceeding, and he thought the Members of that House elmunhte
been indicted, they would be punished for it. On the 2d of the first to protect a public officer from unjust censureeirree
December, 1812, a meeting was held in London, which it was in the discharge of a painful office, did what he cousi the
stated was held for the purpose of follow ing up the tactics of would be most conducive to the public welfare. It became IHthe Anti-Corn-law League in dividing the metropolis into sec- House of Commons to shelter a Minister from such attack!' .to
tions and districts for the purpose of carrying on their agitation. could have no hesitation ix giving a decided negative "
This was reported in the newspapers of the next day, as the motion before the House. lAt
et.
first great district meeting of section number one, held at the Mr. WILLIAMS said the Hon. Member who bad 1 g estl
Mechanics' Institution, Southampton-buildings. Eight hun- down would have held very different language if his lettel,rinsi
dred persons were present, including one hundred females. been treated in the same manner as those of his Hen. i' gnat
Who did the House suppose presided over that meeting ? Why the Member for Finsbury. The Government had, fillnse ttej
Mr. Warburton, ex-M.P. for Bridport. At that meeting to last, taken a very wrong course. When the questi°foroies
strong and violent language was used within a short distance first introduced the Government refused to give any in et"
of the Home-offiee. The Chairman made a speech, and called ' tion at all ; but when the people's minds became g.reati ycor,
upon Mr. Vi,liers to propose a resolution, which was seconded cited, they agreed to a Committee of Inquiry. Thatb the
by Mr. Ricardo. Mr. Ewart next addressed the meeting, and mittee, it should be recollected, had been appointed jinn
said that when things had come to that pass, it would be better Right Han. Baronet, but it was very far from giving loci he
that every Englishman should leave his country or sacrifice his tion. When the Committee was about to be appoin ,10
life in maintaining his liberty. On this declaration being (Mr. Williams) divided the House upon the motion that net
made, a Mr. Blackburn said that that was out of order, and was Duncombe should be a Member of that Commits
an appeal to physical force. That was a specimen of Ise was excluded, contrary to the practice cf the totes,
the language used at the meeting. Now, he would ask the The Hon Member for Finsbury went before the Cor°oo4
Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in his opinion, and they had shown no sympathy with him. Why did tnesititi4
the letters of the members of the Anti •Corn-law League, who report on his case as on the case of foreigners? Had thejarepets ,
had divided London into sections and districts, after the fashion that a warrant had been granted by the Right Hon. P %Or
of the revolutionists of Paris, ought riot to have been opened? and stated the reasons for so doing, then would the Hotoessl'
If those letters were not opened, then he told the Right Hon. ber for Finsbury have been satisfied. The stigma which w' eO,
Gentleman that he had acted partially in the caste of the Hon. tempted to be cast upon his fair name would have ""repsee
Member for Finsbury, and had not dune justice to the office he plainest and removed. That such stigma had been atttst 14
held. The Hon. Member for Finsbury had made his charge in to be cast on his character was clear from the fact, 1: elo
a bold and open manner, but the Secretary of State had not Right Hon. Member for Bu'e had connected his nam etruso
replied like a man who felt that he had conscientiously dis- the riots which were attempted in the north in 1842' 0%04
charged his duty. He had spoken with t, bated breath," and that Right Hon. Gentleman had afterwards tried t° e 011
in a faltering voice—(Ironical cheers)—and if he had not ans- away this insinuation ; but where, he (Mr. Williams'st ell
wered boldly, bow much more had the Hen. Member for Ken- was the necessity fur mentioning these circumstances or.
dal laboured in defending the Committee. If the Hon. Mem- Notwithstanding the system of espionage in France,. itbeerir
betefor:Kendal had not had nis letters opened by the Hight Hon. tended that there was more real liberty here--(lronical 'hi sit/
Baronet, then was the Hon. Member for Finsbury justified in for where would they find a minister—ot police, he wseeuse fie
saying that the Right Hon. Baronet had acted from personal —who would be base enough to open, without just ce.--;ffe
feelings towards himself—that the Right Honourable Baronet letters of a Member of Parliament ?It was high Silt cti's
heti made an improper use of the office lie held for the purpose this power should be put an end to, or that such re` igeoel:
of satisfying a e prurient curiosity" by peeping into his letters. should be placed on it, as would destroy the dangerllci les
But there was another question of more vital importance quences to which a wanton use of that power wou enir
than the question between the Bight Hon. Baronet and the They were aware that in the late disturbances in Waif:, 9 O
Hon. Member for Finsbury. He believed those two gentlemen series were sent into that country with warrants from
had been friends in their youth—( A laugh)—they had both cretary of State in their pockets, and yet the Bigh t'
tare'!es
served in the same gallant wars, and he was sorry to hear ex- Baronet was well aware that these disturbances werejstfit
pressions used by them, which on cool reflection he was sure local, and created by the injurious conduct of the Meet plei'
they would both be sorry for.—( Hear, hear ) But that was appointed by himself. He should support, with Rte `leper'
not to divert the House from the consideration of this impor- sure, the original motion of the Hon. Member for FM of the
tent question.—( Hear, hear.) He wished attention to be di- Mr. B. COCHRANE did net think the opening stillel
rected to the right which the Right Hon. Baronet claimed to letters of the Honourable Member cast an/ oppos.;
issue warrants. The Right Hon. Baronet was a great friend upon his character, as he could not be spent°.
to centralisation, and was now attempting to introduce the to be aware of their contents, even if written by ply ery
new poor-law into Rochdale and the surrounding districts. discontented with the Government. He could nerieneerire
By his authority and under his sanction the Commissioners derstand why the Right Hon. Baronet refused to antest to
sent down an Assistant-Comnaiseioner to form a union in Hon. Member's question. One Hon Member said ste-11
Rochdale. The ratepayers elected a board of guardians, who question, as respected the Hon. Member for Firolliw, '
refused to enforce the law.—(Cries Of " Question.") They alone. He (Mr. B. Cochrane) did not think so. lit Ilea'
might cry question, but he was speaking on the question of whose letters had been opened might call on the Rig owl
opening letters in the Post-office. The Commissioners ob- Baronet in the same manner, to explain hie reasons flerelN
tained a mandamus in the Queen's Bench to compel the guar- ercise of that power. The Right Hon. Baronet, he
„eon
dians to enforce the law. Now the instruction of the guar- would find it very incnnvenient to do so. But how, in iniew
diens to their solicitor for the defence passed through the Post- ask, did the Hon. Member for Finsbury know that his
office. —( Hear, hear.) lie did not for a moment insinuate had been opened at all ?—(Cheers and laughter. )
that the Right Hon. Baronet would open their letters, but he " He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen'
.0
had the power to do so, and if he could do so in the case of Let him not know it he is not robbed at a"
the Honourable Member for Finsbury he could do so in (Laughter.) ,
gh ti
And, therefore, he thou ht the /I°ltserotteatt,
others. The Right Hon. Baronet had issued 18 warrants in 1842. to know on what proof the Hon Member gigaroec
Ile believed that the letters of more Members of Parliament his charge against the Right Honourable , d 0,0,e
5
had been opened than those of the Hon. Member for Finsbury. The Hon. Member who had just sat down, had alluile tie t 9
—( Hear, hear.) If the Right Hon. Baronet was an unscru- French post-office. Why, it was a general practice I
pulous Minister, he might have stopped the letters of those country to open letters.
t 4
agents who were conducting the opposition to the proceedings An Hoer. Meeteza—How do you know? tiali ill
of the Poor-law Commissioners, and thus become acquainted Mr. B. COCHRANE—Why, he had been sone eenttie
apt
case, their defence. He did not know whether that was the the Continent, and he was aware that such was the eept re
case, but this he knew, that the Poor-law Commissioners practice. There was a great objection to the amendle l'
e Ii!
shrunk from meeting the Board of Guardians ix the Court of the original motion, because it would be constitut ;le
Queen's Bench. He believed they did so because if the merits House of Commons a house of appeal for every triflingriefq
of the case were heard, they knew that the mandamus would in which Hon. Members would think themselves 310 ba'
be quashed, and that evidence would be brought forward which The House was certainly a legal body to correct alilti Dt4
would go far to annihilate the Commissioners. It was upon still it was absolutely necessary that some trust titneal'it COL
that ground more than any other, he was desirous of taking placed in the Executive, or the House would find that • flew
away, not only from the hands of the present Home Secretary, not get through the business of the country at all. If titeslorl
but from every other Minister of the Crown, the opportunity of Member could say, and say it sincerely, that ilia -reaee
using such power at his discretion. ter was injured, then indeed he would have s°r°,,°, kei'i
Mr. STRUTT said that, as a member of the Committee, he for demanding this Committee, but the Hon. Mein"-trer In,
felt called upon to make a few observations on the present dis- as well as he (Mr. B. Cochrane) did, that his charalineerlsbir
cussion, and he agreed with the Noble Lord the Chairman of not affected in any degree by this proceeding. The eat 1>•
the Committee,that the most ample statements had been volun- in the case, he thought, (pressed upon the Govern'-inest
tardy made by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of cause the accusation against the Right Hon. Baronet „ slt!;,
State for the Home Department and other members both of exceedingly painful to that Minister, as it encouragettin CIS
the present and of the late Government, and that if there was picion in the minds of those who were not conver_7o. P
any want or fault in the report of the Committee, it was not this power, or the necessity there was for its exert,. I
in consequence of any lack of evidence on the part of the wit- could not support the Hon. Member in this meat -elontlo
nesses who were examined. The House should recollect the Mr. BLEWITT said, that while admiring tu4, WO, lit,
circumstances under which the Committee was appointed, when speech of the Right Hun. Member the Secretary aht. If "',
it was said that the report was defective, and that they had not could not agree with him in every part of that sPeee lt/,10
communicatedenough to the House. The Househad appointed a letters had been opened, as had been those of the Hon';tete° ,f
Secret Committee, and it was understood that the statements ber for Finsbury, certain it was that he should have opPle
made by the witnesses were confided to the honour of the precisely the same manner. He thought it a Ines,tbe SeeLe
Members composing that Committee. If that were not so, proceeding on the part of the Right Hon. Baronets,' ee ofnve,
perhaps the evidence would not have been given.—( Hear.) tary of State, and the Right Hon. Baronet at the nufelit Itfo-e
Now if any Member of the House repented of the decision to Majesty's Government. He was sorry that the it) wish!`
which the Committee had come, he was to blame himself for Baronet was not in his place, because he (Mr. Blew "„
consenting that the Committee should be a secret one. If the to refer to several cases in which the Right Hon. oat n nela•ps'
House wished for a different decision ;if they wished to call for sheltered himself behind the authority of her MaleisYt the Piaal,
the evidence that had been taken before that Committee, it With regard to the Post-office, he del not think that eiaier
poses and institution of that office had been Pr°Per of thou of
was in their discretion to act as they thought proper. But ly en OP
after the decision they had come to, he did not think it was The Post-office was never meant to be an object " whoia ef
reasenable to complain of the Committee for having adhered to He would ask a question of the Solicitor-Generate itett
re
the rule which the Howe itself had laid down ; and because it saw in his place, and he would wish te, know if ,t et s alse
had refused to commit that which would have been a violation Anne did give any responsibility to open letters wit'l°;/ Stlen
of all honour and confidence.—( Hear, hear.) The other rant having been previously granted by the Secretary e sires l'is
charge was that of having opened the letters of the Hon. Mem- fie felt he had trespassed too long upon the H°, list ; buntee,
ber for Finsbury. The Hon. and Learned Member for Lis- though he could say much mcre upon the subteen the P..
keard had asserted that there were three distinct charges ; one would now conclude by saying that the motion °A epee- e,
of opening the letters of M. Mazzini ; a second, of opening the Member for Finsbury should have his most cordial sue' to oi'weie
letters of two Polish gentlemen • and the third, of opening the Lord C. HAMILTON had but a few observatiTothern, s
letters of the Hon. Member for 'Finsbury himself. The Hon. in consequence of what had fallen from the Hon. Il it retb`.ter
and Learned Member said, the Committee had reported on two had just sat down. He should confess he thought
ens
of these questions, but had declined making any report at all singular ground of complaint that the H°°'
injustice bail bate
on the third. Now he was nit going into any sta'ement of the Knaresborough had made out, namely, that injustl-0 warr—
reasons which influenced the decision of the Committee ; but done the Hon. Member for Finsbury, , t the
there was a great difference between these cases. The first mention had not been issued. —( Laughter. ) ere tea- at,.
of the subject in Parliament was the presentation of the petition Mr. FERRAND said the words he had used vr% with P
which M. Mazzini addressed to the House, complaining of bit Right Hon. Baronet, the Home Secretary, had :tete.
, be
letters having been opened. This was followed by the petitions tiality.
1001e1 f'34't t°
of the two Polish gentlemen he had already alluded to. These Lord C. HAMILTON—WeII, however, he 9,5 b attelnit
petitions, and the allegations they contained, produced a great had heard with great regret this rather un-Enghsweeld lot
impression. The general feeling was that these foreigners had raise a cry against the present Government. 11° d sall OF
because more
been inhospitably, harshly, and ungenerously treated. He be- that the practice was open to objection ; but he wool.eo ono
booed that was the general feeling which Prevailed in the the manner in which it had been brought before. ;co coop
House and in the country, and he confessed that he himself at afforded him just cause of complaint. He shoulcl.unjecteptys
first participated in it. The impression produced was so strong, that some Hon. Members, in speaking on the :sate 10'0
that the Right Hon. Baronet the Home Secretary came down used language that would not be tolerated in III:t elottse'beer
to the House and made a statement that he had issued a war- which ought not to have been listened to ;
ea the
._r bet o f sbes
rant for the opening of these letters, and consented to the ap- language similar to which had never yet come unneitent °ry ?
pointment of a Committee of Inquiry. To that Committee cation. But, now, let him ask, what was thef es Fiesbeebiee
were referred the petitions of these foreigners on this subject. mischief that had been done the Hon. Member
ea°t. the 'nil y i'l
The remaining allegation was a very different one. In that case —lt appeared to him-4 Lord C. Hamilton)—te-„ the °nit'
no admission was made by the Secretary of State that he had consisted not so much in what had been done, iye thelibnl
opened any letters whatever, and he declined to answer the which it had been represented. He did not mean Wthgat ipealtisfr
question. Neither was it alleged last session by the Honour- tics his unqualified approbation, but he did think r eiffien ottlA
able Member for Finsbury that his letters had been opened, as been I (-lofted to, to surround it with unneeesta4 he vr 01
at that time he probably did not know it as a fact. —( Hear, hear.) There was another point to w_niaerkehle,ioo4
Now he did not wish it to be understood that he was giving the wish to call attention. It did strike him as remark
eiPtriblo
reasons which might have influenced the Committee in their it was a source of pain to him, to have observede, by the teso
decision in not reporting upon this allegation. He thought he silence with which this subject had been treated by 01
had said enough to show' the disconnection between the three Lords opposite, who recently held office, and We woelotbote
cases, and the necessity of reporting upon one
Buteustion, and period had exercised the very same l'e.svetoble L°llllfinst°
the abstaining from the reporting on another. then it had that, censidering the high position of those tneret to
,eleht
been said, that even supposing the Committee were net able talents, and their character, it was subject n! x"
occasi°n' so
to give a decided opinion upon all these particular questions of have observed them remain silent en this nor, andre'
fact, the substance of the evidence might have been given in a the discussion was carried on with so much acrim . st the tess
the &sett" ti co°
summary. It was said also, that the Committee might have whole current of public odium was poured out again isior) Id
reported more satisfactorily as to the degree of discretion under sent Government. But it was now too 1ate—
.......,be evil c ,4„0
which this power had been used by the Right Hon. Baronet. gone forth, and the public mind was poisonebder t
what the
would only appeal to the House to consider not be remedied. Much as the Hon.
whet the constitution of that Committee was—it con- had to complain of, he (Lord C. Hamiltondnenear,
~wh°,vells
,Aie in
beggeeocin coe I Int foci
sisted of nine gentlemen holding very different political the House of the ewe of Mr. Feargus o,l;sa:' ye, ) 'web
opinions, and when they recollected the difieult matters with suffered as a common felon.—(Cries
of
Orrespondenc°l bat
which they had to deal, he did not think that it was at all at least, he had been detected
surprising that they should come to different eonelusions as to those who had been convicted for the did tiC't
the particular discretion which might have been exercises! in never could have been known but , ile , frog'
any particular case. They were, however, all agreed as to of this power.—Hear, hear, and cheers.be)
exempteetid
the general views and motives which had influenced the Execu- wish that Members of Parliament should
1,.,, that ic°u „Ole'
thoug"` ho' • 0 tive in the exercise of this power. He had no intention of this power of the State, because he
was to be a
_ono
eulogising the Government, nor did he wish it to be under- odious and invidious; but if the power in
csedition ; en et.eise
t the inforteviroe
stood that he was whitewashing the Right Hon. Baronet, done away with, how would the Statea.o! member fore] big
when he declared his opinion that he had been most harshly they required ?—( Hear, hear.) The
insult and
i
sult anu conttualn.ba
and unfairly treated on this subject. However odious some bury, it had been stated, had sefferedin _er,stiteents I,loeart
Gentlemen might consider this power, and however disa.gree- the opening of his letters, and that hisviras c_utdieuious•-ae telt'
able its exercise might be, he did not believe the Right Hon. felt it as an insult to them; but that
affair
et; e
t ouwic • ~eel,
Baronet had done more than those who preceded him in office. hear.) Who was it that made the
Hen. sfentner nelin,---•
In another particular, the report was said to be unsatisfactory. it to his constituents? Why, the
e to h„e it to %Zia been
Some Hon. Members said they ought to have made (Laughter)—and too glad was h Member was to .
_GI beet,
a clear and satisfactory recommendation to Parliament ( Laughter.) Very glad the Hon. 7, put Jinn: neyitg
as to the course which ought to be pursued for the future. He made a pseudo martyr of.—(L7egettitetri,r!
thought if anybody who had attended much to the general said that the Hon. Member had
the amount of tant
soneict t
business of Committees—no matter whether of special or or- insult. Now,victim ni .oev sus;
in cases of libel, .ore „nee give
,00 iss:
divary purposes—must have been struck by the different tained should be proved before are) eioinry having i'elembei,
opinions entertained by the different Members of that Corn- but in the present case, so far f m
believed the Hon't;;(l,orti
mittee. It was scarce] y possible for them to come to any tained, he (Lord C. Hamilton) believed :sole jos'
clear decision, but in ordinary cases nothing was more come had never made such a hit in hisalkief life.—(
Lau
arge3 but he hoew
trt;
lmon than for the Committee to simply report the evidence C. Hamilton) did not wish to m
which the Hon. Mann the erel_e
which had come before them, and leave it to the House to mention this!—He had heard reports, he knew noteseraber for
draw what conclusions it might think proper; in their case, to the effect that the means
and theyeie Chidll e°tsee
however, the Committee was secret, arid of course they were Finsbury had obtained his inefobeyneinaeteioani, were those oust have
precluded from reporting the evidence to the House. The ployment of the Postmastef Tee
in i order to enable be h ,e.„,
Committee took the only course it was competent for them committed a breach of corals e
vast
mass
of eyieenc_.e
_,,ee de"
to take, and instead of pointing out the course which should Member to put together the
t for the Hon. 310.7
tnitz 1 _
be taken for the future, endeavoured to show the different tained ; and that might account for
who, he
cetntnao cot::
lights in which the evidence might be viewed. If he were clining to bring forward hdi
sowi
The Hon. Gene lieereatit ea,
asked whether he had formed any opinion on the subject, he lose their situations if he di
betrayed nf, therefo,e
would say that, looking to the amount of advantage which was not say that the nine gentlemocur.dwhhaoveemp
obtained from the exercise of this power, and and were sworn to secrecy, I
wed to rotect them was' to 5.
at the same time looking at the effect which that The anxiety which he shew
d House would not c
thePhi° exercise had on the public mind, he felt bound very suspicious. He hope
t. le of. the had
to give his opinion against that power remaining in its motion or the
wouldamendmen
not
follow the exarnll_lllo Lard on
present state. The Right Hen. Baronet at the head of the Mr. WATSON.
for he must say No
attaolt °eel'
Government had pointed out in very forcible terms the position Lord in personalities,
discretion, and that thes_re, bet
v...
in which the Government was placed in 1842. Terror per- shown more zeal than
was not °nit' unneces %Joe/ I,e
varied the manufacturing districts, and a serious responsibility Hon. Member for Finsbur
the case when arty for
soe you'.
was thrown upon the Government, and the Right Hon. Baro- justifiable. But it was always die heads of a party le"
net truly observed that the Government would have left them- ward to make charges against
defence. posed th,
,te_
wujoessere.
r for
N I belong to no partYe Iferribe etn
a- Lord C. HAMILI Oi
selves open to great blame if, under such circumstances, the recruits to rush for ward to the
Government had not exercised the power which the Legi.l
case of the Peon' refill ps
t unsatisfactewy many of ;
but he Finsbury, hi thouht the tepor OS
ture had placed in their hand.—( Hear.) He was unwilling to
.Mr. WATSON—As to, the in _ _i, . g
attribute blame where it was not justly attributable,
--
must say that a Minister might in such times, and under p.ell }yilgn ~ was appointed, although it Rai tlomP v"

Members, 1
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Finsbury,
motion the
that cue t
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Inent of a
roittec.—(
for not ha'
for
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and eon
Learned
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