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

PA R LI A :U ENT,

HOUSE OF COMMONS, WuDNESDAy, DF.c. 8

CALcR AFT prt•Setited fi Petilion from
Proprietors t.t Drury hoe Theatre, praying for
Iravt• to bring ill a Dili II) qmend their Act.--
L,tia On the Tablt• null or,'?eted to be plinted.

Sir rfolik.RT WiLsoN said, fie livid in his hand
•signed by seieti:inhabitants of the
parish- of A • lit on - uder- Lji".,- iii tbe.Ca>+u>!
La !wash re, which stated. that, petitioners had
pre.sent at the mi•etin:.: held at ,Manctlester,
on August lfirlt last, anti that they %vete teadv
dri,ose on oath, that the said meeting had tp.•en
dispersed by military force, in a-must tor.vat rant-
able manner, and that to the strong conVielion
01 their minds the Riot Act had never been read
previously to that dispersion. It proceeded to
slate, that they vietved with discontent the mea-
sures which had been introduced into that {louse
by his Majesty's Minivers, and cupeluded by
praying tie House to address his Royal Hi&flincF•s
the Prince Regent, praying that his Royal High-
r\e, would be pleased to dismiss the present Mt-
nisters, as incompetent to perform the dt,tiesof
their -tation. •

The petition was then read, and upon leave be-
ing asked that it do lie npo•i the table,
A M F MBE R tin the Ministerial side of the
House said, he hid nut heard the petition read
New diSt ; but he had heard sufficient to be
able to declare, that it was a gloss libel on
the tribunals of the country, and he thouLtlit it
iocumbent on the House to ht•Ml it okiiticily rr ft(
b,tore it allowed such a production to lie on its

The SrFm,:rn hoped the lion,:e would pirdon
his interit'reriee itr 11,is p-o iti th, rend-
j:tt, of the petititto he teinmActi the following
" peti•ioi, is h..ve seen ift;it the
views and rmidtlut of the people have lo.:eit gross-

Jy ilotol misreprest•toed by speeches de-
H tioose." A, he con-
et,irell 'hese wor,lp woo!fl he tonna to be .o ob.-
f•tioti to the petition hying Tccf ived by the
Ho use. he shotdil rtcomotend (i.e Hon. i\:,ti)Cotr
to ,itildt:t‘v if.
Atte, sortie farther eonver,itioo,
Sir H. IViLsoN AL:Trefl to wirh(l7aw
VV.'S irdingiv done.
Sir 16>ET. PFEL broocht the Cotton Factory
lit!1, which tv-,s red a Tiist time and
oid-ted to be ptiotcd, and to be read a sceond
titt!c on Friday next.
Sit C. lit_lttnt,. L broil:J.llf in the Bill to remedy
the eforopt ur,tetiers which existed in !he
of Peoryn,.. ‘vhich tv;.s reel(' A first time. And
v‘:
.10. be it ad it second time on Friday

nex.t. ,
A IIRMI3I, Ft, wince name could not he learned,
prescired a petition ruin Lord Vitctitis, corn-
plaihing of-'the (indite election of Mr. Douglas
filunaied, for lii-tioi.'s Castle, it, the Comity of
.`_alitp —Ordered to lie on the tattle, and 10 be
taken into co•,sidera ion on the 18th inst.
Lund SErroN presented a l'etition, which, he
said, wits signed by npwaitis of two thousitui re-
spectable inhabitants of Lice; pool, complaining
that evltat had taken place in the two Mous- S of
Parliament slice their meetinc; iu the Inesent Ses-
sion, ti,teatened the intinrinetion of dangerous in-
trovation on the Consti'utioa of the coiintry, and
iirayntig Ho:lse to bike into its serious consi-
tiett:.,tion the probable conserittence of the boasted
liberty or Enni.Vislirrien before it allowed to pass the
restrictive measures •whielt were at present tinder
its deliberation ---l•he petition was ordered to Re
on table
Lad LowTrusa presented a petition which Wits
nUiller,MSly signed by the resident inhabitants and
freeholders of the Couiity of Westinisieland, prey-
ing that an inquiry of that House niglit he
toted into the ttansactions which toulc place at
Matiehester, on the 16th of Angus! last ; at the same
time. expressing a hope that the house would not
agree to the measores attempted to be introduced
by his Majesty's Ministers for the abrogation of
the rights and liberties of the subject. Hi; Lord-
pH!) took occasion to observe, that this petition
did nut speak the sentiments of the great raajority
of the hi!,abitants of Westmoreland, which, he
said, looked up to that House for protection
against the enemies of the peace and tianquillity
of the country.
Mr. BaouGnAm contended that the Noble Lord
who had just sat (low(' made an unfair statement
of the sentiments of the nrijority of the inhabi-
tan•s of the county of IVestmoreland. The peti-
tion, he believed, had been signed b 7 more than
3000 niersons. There were two ways of taking
the sen-e of a county ; one was, by calling a
meeting regularly, at which it was expected that
all chin held different views from t hose' b which
the meeting was called, or trout what were pm-
mitigated at n:, woold step forward and express
them. A meeting had been regularlv etstivened
by the Constituted Authorities eviCi reference to
the piesent petition, and if- the Noble Lord had
been dissatisfied with the result of that meeting,
of lari entertained any doubt that the sentiments
exp:essed by it were not those of the niaitrity of
the conn.ty, he might have called another, or at
least have attended at it hirmelf. The N'td.ile
Lind, hint ever had done neither ; and he (Mr.
Broughani) confessed himself at a loss to l:tiow,
under geese eircnnistances, what jest guninds lie
had for stating that the petition did not ex;atess
the sentiments of the majority of the county.
Lord Low"itH en, in reply to what had fallen
from the Honourable Gentleman opposite, de-
e.red that he did not see nioch reason ,to boast of
t!..enumbers which were attached to the petition.
The manner in wiiiele they had been obtained was
notorious in lVet-itmorelatid. Advertisements had
been cirettla ed of the places where the petition
lay fir signature, and, in order to obtain names,
it had been hawked about from place to pilee.
From his own knei,
gating,npon looking over flit'
names, e:hieit from curiosity he had been led to
do, he coidd as-ert, that even females had been
proceiren to sign their names, so great had been
the a .xiety to scs'eil the numbers..
Mr litouctrAm said, lie did not believe what

thr Nnb Loin stated respecting females 114ving

5i,4,,,t1 ;he petitiou ; but lie would inquire i::to
he truth i f it, and had no dotLht lie s..otolfl
that the Noble Lord bad been tnizinforruca. Ha

did not set: v.h:it other trays there were honestly
10 obtain tl.e sigwdtores to t petition than by
avvlciog, it about. Fle thougl:t it a more hollow-3,
ahie w,ty than that of eitottnitig private nteetint,ft
to draw on y Retilion, awl to circolote it Priva;rlY I
tO ord:-r to Frocore vatof..s ; H practice tvllick.had
been tes_ottesl to by Nohle Lord and his 'par- I

The petition was read, and ordered to lie on
the
LOrd Ni..'GENT Was desirous of ttstttrlg a (VP'S-
ji.q.l4./0-...the Noble iJ td of posit, in the absence
nflisr-..s~.'t;retrtry at Far. h was testi.et!-ing the
ri'oclatilatinii wale!) had lately been issued,
tirdeting all Chelsea Peiisioneis to as.emble at a
c'ertaill place nik.tiiionecl", in ori!er to be. examined_
by ....4,1.41F-Sfirgeiitis, w-ho were in ie./dines; tir that
p,,rifdse. and statitig that those r:lio did riot
cfniipiy order would he deprived nt ;heir
Nutt ,%•bat tie was kiit.x:,otis 10
was hy ‘eifar law or right his AI aiehi y's.Govee r,-
mew woidd be :aide So tts take away iron)
,chn hai been regularly di charged born the
army, rat pt1;,1911 which
.the provisions of an
:Per of Parliament lia.Lati•ardtti them ?

Lord CASTI,ER EAG FI, begged pat (lon ler inter-,
rupting the Noble Lord, but lie suggested tba! it
wonid be ativisable.that lie delcried enteting into
the qttes7ioti till the Secretary at War should be
io I.is !dare,
Lor;! NUGENT conceded tO the wish of the
Noble Lord opposite bit, iti .the mean time, he
Was desirous of reatlitiz (it the House roll ch4tises
of the Act of Which directly leferied
(11.13 Sill'it!Ci • Ili, Lottls:l4p accordingly read'
the clauses, ‘siii‘h stated, thai atter a 501dt....r had
.been discharged hilt his Alsjusty's set vice, lie
leg,ally citified to such pension as frpnl the
his scrviceF Coinniissioners appoint-
ed for that purvse s.hot.dd him to lie ett,ti-
thffd to. lie conceived, therefore, no Pro-
CiaM t 1011 could have the power of depriving him
of this pen,non.