The Sun.
London, England, 1817-05-16 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT.

lionsE COUMONS, rbtAV 15.

:11r. r;figNPELL gilve rmtiee, thin on the third
reldiug of the Lottery till, he should move to
repel! ii ehnse allowing the Bank 3,000/. for the
&Awing of the Lottery.
After a conversation between Mr. 'FREMAYNE
and Mr, FittottaAtm, the third reading of the
Salt Bill was postponed till Monday.
TIMUER TRADE,.

Sir W. Ct7ItTIS presented a petition from sundry
timber merchants, against certain clauses which
the Commercial Dock Company are endeavouring
'to intrmlnce in a Bill now pending, the effect of
which was to give them the monopoly of ware-
housing. timber.
After'a few words from Mr. BARCLAY,
AItICNISII ATKINS expressed. himself strongly
against the Bill, and presented a Petition to a
similar effect front the Grand Surrey Canal
Company.
The 'petitions were (Inlet ed to lie on the.tahle.
CORRECT STATEMENT OF TEIE CdtitLISLL SOL-
DIEIt'S CAsE.

Mr. M. SOTrON, sesing a n liononrable Baronet
in his.ptice, begged to say, that he had received
Rn official statement respecting the soldier found
(Irovrned at Carlisle. The lion. Baronet had stat-
ed- from the Carlisle Jaurnal,," that this man-hay-
ing asked vermission to marry, and having been
reftibed, had absented himself without 'raw, and
laid married; that for this offence be had been
sentenced 1.1 tereive 200 lashes, and after the in-
iLiction of 100 was ordered to receive the remain-

der on a future day ; that under the dread of thk
tre had drowned himself." ;An official return In :l
• been made to the Adjutant -General's Office, and
.the loos were as follow.:•---Tlte man, who was n
suddier in the 13111 Light Dragoons, hod asked
Mpermission to marry, and had been refused. '(The
Boole must understand, that a refusal nil the port
of the Officer did not prevent a soldier's marry-
ing, or his Marrying without leave constitute any
military OtTeno ; tint its the hart neks had only ac-
contmodati4t for a certain number of females, it
wits thougTit fit to ieitve a discretionary power in
the Officer as to is hat females should be intro-
Aticed.; so dolt respectable women already there
• tnight Dot be annoyed by the presence of abandon-
ed females.) In the present instance the Command-
itig Officer had refused his consent,beeau,e the man
• was already marrie&—(llear 1)-110wever, the
man absented himself for a considerable time, and
pnrhaps went to Gretna-green, for he ret nroetl mar:.
tied.. lie was tried for the military offence of be•
ing: absent without leave, and wal sentenced to re-
ceive 200 lashes : 100 were inflicted,und the remain-
der were remitted on the spot. Some days afterwards
• the man was found droivned, and there was tea-

son to belieye that his death was occasioned by
suicide. Ilere lie should have stopped, but that
tic thringlit something was due to the character of
Major APAlistey, the commanding officer. lle
'Lad received a letter (which had been written vo-
-3 nogrily, and without 'tiny iniplity) from Sir J.
Lyng, who .commanded in that district, stating
the prtienlars of the case, Were the Honour-
able Alembic read the letter, the statement ire

coincided with that above given, and con•
eluded to the following etTect :) " Had there heels
any titling blam&ahle in the conduct of Major
n, Mister, he should have thought it Isis duty to
'institute an inquiry ; hnt a July hail at on she
betty, and %%ere satisfied that the Nilljor had done
nothing wrung. They, indeed, eumitivred that
the molve inducing the soldier to destroy hOn-
self was despair at having rashly married a Woman
of abamloned character. lie knew Major NpAti„,„„
to be a mild !onetime !Tian, Much eateeased in his
'regiment i and Wes happy in having such an
officer an station. Lord Lonsdak COold jry
that this was not the first occasion on which he
bad thus borne testimony to the Werit3 of that
°Aker." •

Sir F.'lluanarrsaid, be had cast no imputation
on any officer, and he did not even know the
imam of Mdor M'Alister ; but he had gated tie:
tact; a 33 ito instance or the mischief of tjifit kind of
punidonent. On a former occasion, the House
had tety gener.dly agreed that this species of pu.
niihmeut was improper, mid could only be justi,
Pied in foreign service ; 'but that at home and in
peaee, there could he no necessity for it. After
,all,. it seemed that the mau had been punished
for,inarrying ; but the commanding officer bud no-
thing to" chi with his niArrying twice ; an,i thouph
it might he proper he should bare a poWer to eli-
chitit abdru.k from the barracks, yet it
Was un abase of all military law to punish man
for marry=ing. Lie thought that the fear of farther
panisloneur was much more likely to prOduee an
act of suiehle titan the repentance arising from. a
hasty marriage, and he had strong reason to be-
lieVe that the satires sense of honour itad ren.
tiered life intolerable after his disgrace ; tie should
,therefore bring the subject of military flogging
I,;,;.aiu before the House.
; Vy
Mr. MAstuatts Stirropt contended taro the in*
noarahle Baronet had entirely mistakenillitn. The
otficer's cometit h tcl been refused merely because
be could nut give it ;. and surely a mats could be
subject imputation because he had refused
conlient to all illegal act. It was hard, if it
inis'i its- execution of .that act committed-a known
military crime and was pnnishett, that the pu-
,,,,;sment should he attributed to other grounds
I,lld surely the officiAt statement of the facts was
entit led to more credit than the Carlisle Journal.,
CLltiWicsl observed, that the Bon. flarenet
lord cat no imputation' ou the conduct of Major
N'Alister.
•• • .

:ir FRANCIS lit/IMETT did not enmplaitt of the
°hirer, but of th system of the army..

A:r W. SMUTti atiMitted, that the
,ukilty Would
have been punished for a military offence, had it
that be had deserted ; but as he !not only
irs f.ritott himself, anti his.absence was styled
it way; f,iir to infer that he was punished
for in.irrying without the consent of his officer.
Mr. M. SUTTON replied, that tlie mart was tried
and sentenced hy. a Brigade! Court,martini, which
not try deserters; lie had therefore been

IMO
and 11111.1.1ted tiet Convma
tints here ended.)

FURTHbft SUSPENSION OF THE IIiBLAS CORPUS

ACT.

Peisoxite, after observing that the present
Att. for the Sopension of the Habeas Corpus
would expire in July, and that the middle of May
being now at hand, a pm iod was approaching at
which, according to all experience, a number of
members would retire into the count-1-y, begged to
ask the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Castlereagh)
if it was the intention of his Majesty's MiniSters
to,apply to Parliament for a foirther extension of
that power of imprisonment which, had already.
been given thetta Ile did not enter into the
question, as.the rules of the House forbad it; but
lie hoped the Noble Lord would give an answer
one way or the other.

Lord CASTLEBOACII replietl.that after the holy-
days, about the Ist of June, n communication
would be made to the House concerning the in-
ternal state of the country; after which the same
proceedings would be proposed as had taken place
in the early part of the Session, and it would be
referred to a Committee to enter into an inquiry
as to the measures proper to be pursued. After
„
the question put by the flight non. Gentlemen,
without any wish to provoke. a tIiSCUSSiOII, ur to
commit the House tore premature declaration 'of
its sentiments; he felt it his duty, under the cir-
cumstances the House had- been placed in by the
question of the Right Hon. Gentleman, to state,
that his Majesty's Ministers, in the present sitott-,
tion of the country, thought themselves called on
to propose to Parliament a continuance of the
measure now in (Term ione---(LOtul Cries-of Hear,
hear !)
Mr. Pnwors said, as the matter was of the
most setious importance, and demanded a full at-
tenthince, he should move for a Call of the
House.

Lord CASTLZURAGII was as willing for a call as
ale lion. Gentleman could he.

Mr. Ileimonfror nsked whether it was the Noble
Loid's intention, after the holydays, to propose a
Committee,, as in the early part of the Session, or
to proceed without a Committee
Lord CASTLEBEAG4 repeated, that a communi-
cation would be made to the House, after which
a Committee would be proposed for the purpose of
making an inquiry, as at the beginning of the
Se,sion ; after Which, .his Majesty's Ministers
would propose to Parliament a continuation of the
measure now in force.

Mr. BHOVGHANI.—" Am I then to understand,
that a Committee is to inquire, and that this is to
be the result of the inquiry i"---(llear, hear !)
Sir FIIANCI3 .13C11iDETT 11:11Ittrkell, that there
could he no what would he the result of
the inquiry.—(Hear. hear !):-...-.l3tit be should first
move for ft list of the; persona .consned tinder the
present Act► tiho, they were, when taken,, and
where imprisoned.,
'Mr. BitauortAta hoped that some Meinher, of
store weight than. himself, would give'notice of a
motion for an Addre,s, praying his Royal High-
ness the Prince Regent not to disaotve Parlia-
ment while the Habeas Corpus Act 'was muter
suopensiow, • •
Alr...Pimurs moved, that the House should
be railed the old out June.

Mr. J. P. GRANT, after re.minding the House
that the first 'Law Officer of Scotland had stated
that the C,onspiracies at Glasgow were' not con-
fined to the poorer classes of the community, said,
that he (Mr. J. I'. Giant), knew that only one
&riot) above the rank of kill operative %rosier had
been taken, and he had declared that he had no
communication what,‘ver with Political Clubs ;
3,000/. had been Oleic(' for hail. in order that
he might 61)111111e his occopariim, but this was
refused, 'and properly' enough-, as the man was
charged %s kit High Treason. But he was• now
,Jult, that without any farther information, the
Law Officers of the CroWn, after having confined
this min silt 'recto, discharged him..without far-
ther statement, and, without bail : so that a.re7
spcetable individual had been incarcerated six
creeks without cause, discharged withotit imptirr,
:thear,, bear !) and left to seek redress for the loss
of his trade, character, and health, in what man-
ner 1 could,—Meat., hear hoped the
!louse would consider in what Manner the powers
of the Act had, been applied, and .what was to he
expected from the Law Officers of the Crown ; he
dud not impute motives, but mentioned faet, and
he trusted some explanation would be given.
The Call of the House was then fixed for the
2d of June,