The Sun.
London, England, 1817-02-28 00:00:00

s,EctIET COMMITTEE?.

Loft! STArtt.av presented a petition froth certain
11,!,iitivs a a Society its Middleton.. He had no
o,jvetion to present it, though he thought the
pr,y,r of irnot iikely to be beard.
Tice petition seas read. It 'complained of false
imputations cast on the stkiety in question by the
It (vitt Of the Secret ConVolltteeatol Prayed fora
litating at the Bar of theilthisei-;-Okdered to lie
on the table.

11E1'101,1ND OF TtIONIAS JEFFF,IIM.
• The Older of the Day haying been read for
br..l6glnkt Tbomas .letferies to.t;he,Bay for the pur-
Tir.e cilmelnii•ging hint, Lotd W. aUSiCLI. moved
th4t he' he then brought to the Bar.
On his appear.ance.theiSrl-attatt-addressed bile
tit the folicAying elleet
" Thomas .Jetferies,l'he erect ComMittee of
this 11 oise nppolfitiqt to tryond determine the valt-
y the last Election for the litirough of Woot-
tivi-Wociet, having'retiOrted that you, being called
te. n tviut-s I. erote them, had baeu guilty of WI)"
iirevaileariniC, for that offence this liottie com-
d you to 'the cominon Jill for Imigiov, all
"'l' (Al.' ioh-rc. In the Committees of this 1-rooe
efai,bliolletl by law to prosecute these trials, the
ottnolt faeont,and tooteititAsgiri alway 4 shewn to
the %i,nesses summons:4l_lf ukyear btfore them.

Of that ittdurgenee, you. on your examinetion
perieneed abundant proof. Repeatedly admo.
nished of the sacred obligation of your oath,
and ut your din %I to God and your coun-
try, you• nevertheless persisted in yoer crimi,
Hal endeavours to defeat the ends of justice in
the cause Which was under trial. Such practices
always were, and always will be unavailing. The
example of .your punishment; which followed
without delay the commission of your crime, will,
1 hope, prove a warning to those who may liebce•;.
forward be required to give their testimony be-
fore these tribuitils ; and the notoriety* of your•
ease, wheresoever you may present yourself *tor
the remainder of your life, will teach all 'men to
know that imprisonment and ignominy must be the
consequence of an imitation of your conduct. At
length, however, you have been brought to a just
sense of your error ; und, in consideration of your
penitence, this House has ordered that you be dis-
charged ; rind you are discharged accordingly
first paying your fues.—Serjeant, remove hint
front the Bar.''
On the motion of the Cu ANCELLOtt oithe Ex•
CHEctUEIt, the Speaker's Reprimand wils ordered
to be entered on the Journals.
Mr. J. SMtl u presented petitions for Reform
and Retteitehment front several parishes in the vi-
cinity of Nottingham.—Ordered to lie on the table.
TfloMAs EvANS.
Mr. I3aNSETT held in his hand a petition,
which, as the language of it was respectful to that
House, lie thought it was. his duty to `present,
though, he begged to say, be bad not known, till
within these ;few days, that the individual front
whom it came -was herxistence. It ,was from a
person of the name of Evans, lately residing in
Newcastle-street, but now a prisoner in the
Houseof COrrection, a charge of flignTreason.
lust firrth,lhat in the yew 1798 the petitioner was
arrested tinder a warrant, signed by the late Duke
of Portland; 'committed to prison, and kept in
confittement three years. While iu welt confine-
ment lie was denied all access to, or intercourse
with his friends; and further, which was a severe
punishment, as he (Mr. Bennett) understood
the petitioner to be, literary man, he was
not permitted to read or write. He saw no
one, but was (so the petitioner stated) shut'
up in a solitary cell during the whole of that
period.' lu consequence all his prospects were
ruined, and he had, in a great meassase, sube
sisted on the charity of the lute Sir It. Ford. On
the 9th of the present month the pethiemer had
been arrested, with his son, on a charge of nigh
treason. He denied being concerned in, or privy
to ally treasonable peaetices. He statedhoeself
to he Librarian to the Spencean Society, • but he
most solemnly denied that the Society wan cop-
nectcci any body•of men who entertained de-
signs, against the State, or:that he or them had
interfered on the subject of the Publii Grievances
and Parliamentary. Iteform. The prayer of the
petitioner was, that the Bill for the suspension of
the Habeas Corpui Act might not be passed into
a la., as he• feared, it' this were dour, -he'might
nguin be placed under it, in the situutiOn he had
described, as .he was when the Habeas Corpus Act
was formerly suspended.—The'Petition wits read,
and, ordered to lie on the table.
Au Account of the AMOunt of the Salary and
Emoluments for the )asst
,three years of theln-
spectors of the City of London,under the Property
Tax, was ordered to he laid before the HoOse.
DUTIES ON WINE. I, •
Mr. PnoTnetroa wished to.know if the Chan-
cellor of: the. Exchequer intended taking off any
of the Ditties on British Wines ? The stagnation
in this branch of trade was very great. lie had
understood it was in coutemplatioe to lay a duty
on Cape Wines. This he thought would afford
some relief, and he wished to know if the Chao.
celler of the Exchequer intended to ,make the
experiment.
The CtIANCBLLOtt' of the EXCIPEQUKR said it

was true that very strong represe,'ntutions hay
beet) made to him on the subject, of the stagna
lion complained of by the manufacturers of Bri
Nish or Sweet Wines. This arose from various
causes, and among them, perhaps,.was the en-
couragement given two years age to the importa-
tion of Witte trout the Cape of Good Hope. The
subject bad been under the consideration of Go-
vernment, and as it had been found the duties,
paid on British Wines were greater than those
charged on Foreign Wines', it was intended to put
them ,more on a level.. At present it was not
thought it would be judicious to impose a tax
upon Cape Wine.
POST OFFICE SALATtIES.
• Mr. LAMaTON moved that there should be laid
before • the House accounts of the salaries
,and
emoluments of the Postmaster.-General, and of
the'Clerks at the Post-Office, distinguishing those
which had been increased, and the reasons for
such increase.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ;web not
aware there would be any objection to gate the
information required, but as he was not aware
that it had ever been- given in that. simpt' which
was now called for, he recemtnended it to the
Hon. Gentleman tO withdraw his motion till it
could be ascertained if there were any objection
to it.
Mr. LAMETON, as. he only wished to get the
information he had valet' for, and its this was not
refused, consented for the present to withdraw
the •motion. He begged to ask, if the Papers he
had moved for respecting foreign missions were
about to be laidAretorelhe House ?
• %The Cat ANC itt.t.ott of, the EXCHEQUER was afraid
his Noble. Film!, who bad just liven obliged to
leave the House, was the only person that could
answer this question.
Mr. LONG was understood to say the Papers
were preparing. •
The mot ins for the Post-Office Accounts was
then withdtaWn.
Sir V. BURDETT, in presenting a Petition'froM
Bath against the.Sospension of the Habeas' Cor-
pus Act, expressed a hope that longer time would
be .givena. that the seetiments of the country might
be made . known on thivitnportant-subject, Tire
Petition in his hand had*been prepareiLlisigreat
baste, from an apprehension, on the part of the
Petitioners, that if any delay occurred it would
not be. presented in time. It was pretty.numer-
ously. signed ; but the "Gentleman from whom he

had received it, hail written that it bad been kept
but ►► few hours at his house for. signatures ; and
bad more time been afforded, it would have been
signed by 10,000 personc. .
Mr. Serje•.tut OtisLow said, the suspension of
tl►e Habeas Corpue Ace was a measure which must
command the attention of every man who had any
regard for the British Constitution. He had, he
might say, a sort of superstitious reverence for
that sacred Act. This the Bill he had recently
brought-in would he thought go. to prove. He;
however, could not say the petition before the,
House. had. altered the opinion which he had pre-;
viously formed. He thought there was an impe-
rious necessity for passing the Act.
Mr. BROUGHAM was surprised at the course
taken by the last speaker. He had referred the
House for wbat he called ,his superstitious reve-
rence for the Habeas Corpus Act, to a Bill which
he had brought into that House, and which, after
much opposition in another place, had passed
into a law ; but now having made the H►►beas
Corpus Act more valuable to the nation than ever
it was before, he shoved his 'superstitious reve-
rence for it by toting in favour of its sus.pensi►►n.-
Uuder these circumstances he could only wish,:
'that instead of a superstitious reverence; he had
had merely a reasonable reverence for it, as in that
case it was probable he would have voted against
the Bill now in the House.
The petition was ordeted to lie on the table.
Mr. BROUGHAM wished to ask the Chancellor
of the Exchequer when it was likely the Right
Hon. the Master of, time Mint would be in his
place, that. he might have an opportunity of put-

'Hug a question Louim.
TIIC CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the
Master of the Mint was in his place on the pre-
ceding night, and he expected, he would be there
in the muse of the present
,pvening
Mr. BROUGHAM darc►t to say the Master of the
Mint would conic down at the working hour to
add the tale of one to the division: Ile, hOwever,
wished to see hhn there, when they might have
an opportunity of judging of him by weight as
well as by tate.
Mr. J3ATHURST stated the Master of the Mint
to have been present at the debate on the Suspen-
sion

Mr. BROUGHAM remarked; he could not inter-
rupt that debate to usk a question about the work-
ing of the Mint.
Mr. ADOINGTON said, the Master of the
Mitt bad come down to the House on the pre-
ceding night, before the commencement of the
debate.

COMMISSARIAT.
Sir J. NEWPORT Wibileti to know if what h 6 ha

heard was tr►►e, that those holding situ►itiuns iu
the Commissariat gave no security but their own
for the sinus. With which they were entrusted,
while in all other departments securities were re-
quired bet ore a.pphiutments were made.
The CHANCRLLOR of the EXCHIMUER was Irtr•
derstood to reply, it had not been common to de-
mand seem ities in that department, but he did not
lay they would not be required for the time to

SUSPENSION OP THE II.kBEAS, CORPUS ACT.
The CIIANCELLOR of the 14XCHEQUell move

hat the House should go into a Committee ou
he Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill;
Mr. GRENVIILL said, painful as it WEIS for Mtn
o differ from those with whom he was-in the

It ►bit of acting, and with whom. he should con-
tinue to act, he felt himself bound to strpport the
13111, and doing this he considered that he ()id that
which tended to secure the liberty of the country,
and to promote its best interests.
Mr. CURWRN said, the impression left on his
mind by ss hat had occurred when the last suspen-
Sion of the Habeas Corpus Act took Once, corn-

pelted hint to otTer hi4.determined though inef-
fectual opposition to the present Bill: Was it not
at that tune attempted to make -a new law on con-
structive treason I -Had that attempt succeeded,
he knew not what' oultl have become of the li-

bellies of Englishmen. He could not, with the
recollection he hada what had taken place at the
period to which belhad rekrted, consent now to
surrender into the hands at 'Ministers the best

. _
righis of their countrymen. The existing laws,
he was of opinion, 'Were.entflicient to punish any-
symptoms of tlisaffeition that had yet appeared.
He "was sincerely• attached to those principles
which had ae►tted the prese►►t family on the Throne,
and an enemy to all that was .opposed to them.—

..•
Long might that Family continue to reign, ani-
mated by those pripciples.; but if ever these
should 'be departed from, he . hoped they would
share the fate of the Stuarts. The real friends to
'corruption he described to he those with whom the
late disturbances originated:. The former sus-
pension of the Habeas Corpus Act lie declared to
have been resorted to for the purpose of enabling
Mr. Pitt to get rid of his pledge on the subject of
a Retort» iu Parliament. - Now it • was brought
forwartk t 9 stifle the voice of the- people, and ,to
keep up a
,Jarger Army than the country could
possibly pay, ui had any real occasion for. Where
small savings had been made, millions ought to
have been struck off from the expenditure of the
nation; for, -wherever they could fairly grapple
With the Chancellor of the Exchequer, they would
.prove, that-after all the propesed retrenchments
were made, the expenditure of the country would
still exceed by 20,000,0001. its revenue. Ile was
a friend to rational and constitutional Reform ;
but whenever meetings had been :held all over
,the country, to petition for this, attempts had
been made to put them down. ItefOrm and re-
rtrenclintent he held to be necessary, and lie stre-
nuously insisted the increasing influence of the
Crown ought to be effectually. guarded against.-7-
After the decisiOn of last night, lit could mit hope
to stop the measure ;' but he Was convinced that
if any danger' really threatened the country, it
was calculated to increase that danger, because it
-would deprive the House of the-confidence of the
nation. It might indeed be necessary for Minis-
ters to arm them Selves with that power, if they
-were determined to continue in the system which
. they had hithet to pursued, and refused to abolish
a single place. When they bud sent away so many
of the brave men in the Army and Navy, who
.had shed their blond for their country, might they
not expect those-veterans to sfty, why did they
not: keep some hundreds of us instead of retain-

ing two useless Lords of the Adiitioliy?
;11'
should atik a Right Hon. (leaking') 011",1ti
whether the' first step of a Noble Relatiou 01,11 i
(rAnd §iilinuuth), when lie eame into Ace, l'
not. been to restore the liberties of the c",,ti
fOFIVIiich he had obtained its joys and gral1(1
He *as convinced that the present measure irw''.
not produce the end required, aud
fore oppose it in every stage.
lqe. BATHURST, iu reply to tbt qu•
eetiOn°f!
lion.. Gentleman, contended that b(
how soon his Noble Friend had. bt
'apply for the renewal of all the rn
lie had abolished on coming into 01
appointment at a Secret Contmittei
found that the same -persons had al
themselves with France as before, should Ile
cess to Buonaparte. The same
there sorted to, and it was the t
created by their removal 'which Inn
bblvv(i)ct
11: el': e anPiyeil
(sri,pii ttai.4oye
difficulties which rendered then) a '
cessary.
Tr Mr.LOcx.ohaT considered the at
ilexeloped in the Report sufficient g
senting,to the measures proposed.
the attempts made to corrupt th(
-people; anal create in them not
of Atheism, but all the vices 1
11;e had a prayer which we clid,,'
etriatetlienesfiltill. was an aftit'ejlintpoti et'ottial ;I:vein:l
l%e had seen, ill another country. 1
Government neglectful of its duty, B'l' op,
bating experimenta tried by the peopleuroiv
clbsuotar7i;
selves. . With such examples of ti'',lo,Bl
tendency of revolutionary doctrines, '` cl
unnecessary to ransack the pee of llisig°trio
had pissed before our eyes yin(ied $117,-ible
StrilCriOrl, and must lead to the irres's„' nil
'ie.ioii t hat any measures should be lan
.hec. k .such danorons practices.
Mr. MARRYATT thought that the ro
ret_to.t
ger
up, ,rerfs ourI
and
shores,il i
retail
nota re/o'c
rendwuadsetillicilitnoorefrrwaltleattl.l43:l;hietitivalel'ils)ia:ceettdiliiiti
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Lady
aptiaostsletenrget;!as"'liekrie: 11;111:1155:44ir:litl'
and -.all suffered Most, severely fro 1° thtlfl
precaution which had• brew taker:. 1.-liellort
that the country would be able i" I.l`;eibroo
Present gale in perfect safety, witb,oubeltri't
out its sheet anchor, which oughll'agt pecll
the most pressing danger -and the a'',- i al
The dissatisfied would avail 0001001
measure itself,' to spread dissatisfaco°
yOoktl'ivoctilictelititiht:siihne:otrlllsreoo%uytsi.e,e'lrleswutennettl,inttioctille-P-It'Acillk
its present range. (-wort
cciVe4v,lasid them Bill ordered to be re-
• of ti'll
On the motion of the CitAt4colOsiteditioloil
CH EQU 81to the second reading °f 'll' a II tii!'
seniblies Prevention Bill Wag POStP°.3 j
day.next. ~.. ;on 131105
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re°,.6ress, and asked leave to sit ag'd.ja,, flii)
_ ihe Treasonable Practice's Prevn'o'f'roo.il#
through a Comtnittee.---ltePer,,t taitloo/I,„)ti
reardhe Passengers' and Ships' tiego-iie coisw
a second time, add ordered t° 'oo°
to-morrow.
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