The Sun.
London, England, 1819-12-09 00:00:00

vs,stret attaiost tie yslta vtiste,l to (lepive them'
of .11r• privileges of the Constitution, rind the
consttlarinos csf ; (hits reltderit,L! the m mi-
serable in this svorld, and hopeless in the next
Sir M W. Bitst.toi stipporied the clause.
Lord Entwitcyriirst was also in favour of a local
tilea'llre. In Dev(Atshire no such Bill was %start-
ed; and if ore of the seditious orators obtai-ed
ao andietter there. it woold only be over'. helmets
tvitli their contempt and disgust.
Mr. CoURTNEY, On the other hand, declared
the the majority of the county were anxious for
a treastue of this sort, and ‘voula think they wele
denied protection if 1( did WO extend Ift
hot left them exposed to the evil attacks which
would soon be matte if not prevented. "[here was
enotigh of bad blood reef' in Devonshire to ren-
der it dangerous to leave it to the machinations ot
the misrlijeeons.
Mr. MACDONALD Said, the only way the House
could show that was reluctant to pass such
Bills, %VAS to limit them to the necessity of the
case. Ile sopported the amendment, especially as
it providt d for extension it ureessai y.
Lord Nlit.ToN spoke on the same sole.
MANSFIPLD thought the Dill %could be null
to less it afforded general protection to the peace-
able and loyal.
Mr. BARHAM wisheil to render it local, in °idyl
to Prove that those who abused tights alone
were restrained, and not others for their fault.
Mr. COOPHR dcfew!ed the general measure,
which was wished for by the great iitainrity of the
CWIIIIV With Wilk!. he was connecliO (Gloocestei-
shire.) It WaS a rlleaSitry ;0 protect liberties, not
to intrinv tights for true freedom WAS 19 he
able to do all that a wise and good man would
wish to do; 1(11,1 014 could orly be enjoyed by
imposing restraints on the bad, which in no way
affected the
W..l'AutiLLL and Sir W. GUISE supported
tilt clause.
Mr. C. HUTCHINSON gave notice, that he would
tnove to exempi (anti from the Act, and expres-
sed his regret at Mr. (: t.;ratit' wholit till
vote lie had respected more in hi- piiblic cat,i.rity
than 1111," i,b tt borer he hart any connexion.
Mt. It MALTIN (I tended the Bill, and Gould
vote for its exien,ino to Ireland, that if he
died Lefute to•morrow his patritoutrn and me-
mory might? be tfip-rt,tl It could only ope-
rate against those wlt. wished to overturn the
liberties of their fellowssubieets and its diet e
tiever was a legal meeting its the open air in Ire-
tuntl, rltey would he as hee to meet in that coun-
try in the usual manner after this Bill passed as
before. Ile had addressed as minv Meetings there
as the Hon. Alderman opposite (Mr. Waithmao
we believe) had in Loonun, as he called it—(uttch
lan& er)—and he hoped after his vote to-night
to do as much again, and be as heartily congratu-

Iced.
Sir R. FERGUSON said the measure had been
described s a blessing to the people. In the name
of those wi,h whom he was most connected, ht
could only exclaim—e" From such blesoings, good
Lord deliver us."
The Committee then divided on Lord Althorp's
clause :
For it,
Against it,
Majority
The House resnmed, and the Report was or-
dered to be received this day.
The Malt Duty Bill wps read a second time.
The ArT;)ttNev-GENERAL presented an Acr,ount
of the nnotber of Ctiminal Informations filed by
the Attorney-General, between 1818 an4l 1819,
which was laid on the table, and ordered to he
in int ed.
The other Orders were postponed.—Adjoorned
at ONE O'CLOCK.