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London, England, 1817-02-28 00:00:00

1111PURTAt4T PARLIANIGNTARY PAYERS.

A BILL,
ntituTed, :in Act to empower his Majesty to secure and de-
tain such l'ersoni as his Majesty shall suspect tire couspir-

ing agaiti,t his Person and Gurernment.
Whereas a traitorous conspiracy has been form-
edi, for the purpose of overthrowing, by means of
a general insurrection, - the established -Govern-
ment, Laws, and Constitution of this Kingdom
And whereas designs and practices of a trea-
sonable and highly dangerous nature are now car-
rying on in the 'metropolis, and in many other
nails of Great Britain :

Therefore, for the better preservation of his
Majesty's sacred person, and the sacred person of
hit Ruyai.lfighness .the Prii•ce Regent, as
:for
securing the peace anti laws, and liberties ttl this
kingdom ; be it
.enacted, by the King's most 'Ex!.
cellentAlaiesty, by, and with the advice and eon:
sent of the Lords Spiritual' and Temporal, and
Commons, in this present Patliament assembled,
anti by the authority of the same, that al; or any
person or persons that are or shall be in prison
within that part of the United Kingdom called
'Great Britain, at or upon the day on which this
Act shall receive his Majesty's Royal Assent,
or after, by warrant of his saki Majesty's most
Honourable •PeivY Conncil.'siined by six of the
said Privy Council, for high treason, suspicion of
high treason, or treasonable practices, or by war-
rant signed by nny•of his Majesty's Secretaries of
State, far such causes as aforesaid, may be de-
tained in safe custody, without bailor mainprize,
until the first' do? of July; 1817; and that no
Judge or Justicesof the Peace shall bail or try any
tomb' person or TcriOs so;comittitted, without
order from his snikl Majesty's Privy. Council,
Signed by six of the said Privy Council, until the
Ist day.of July, 1817, 'ft'►uy law or statute to the
contrary notwithstanding. •• . .
And it further enacted, by the atithority
aforesaid, That the Act made in Scotland,' in the
year of Our_ Lord- 1701, intituled, " An A..t for

preventing wrongous Imprisonment, and agains
-. .-
'inane delays in Trial's," in su la as the same may
4e •ia. useroed to relate to the cases .of treason and
. . •
suspicion of treason, be suspended, until::the 1t
- - •
day of July. 1817 ; and that until the Ist clay of
July,4
817; no Judge, Justice of Peace, or whet
Officer of the I.ww, in Scotland, shall, liberate,
:ry, or admit to' bail, any person -or pereons, that
is, or are, or.sball he in prisoa, within Scotland,
For such causta as aforesaid, without order from
his said Majesty's. Privy Council, signed by six of
the said Prisy ' Council ;. provided always, that
troth and 'sitter the lst day of July, 1817., the said
persons committed shall have 111-.• henefirand
advantage of all laws and statutes in any way re-
lating to •or providing for the liberty of the sub-
jetts of this realm.
Peirsided always, and be it enieted, that no•
thine ii this Act shall be construed to extend to
toviiliiihfc the ancient rights rind privileges of
Parliament, 'or to the imprisonment or detaining
of any Member of either 1-louse of - Parliament,
during the sitting of such Parliament, until the
matter of which he stands saspected be first com-
tutinicated to the noose of which he is. a Member,
and the consent of the said I-louse obtained for
his commitment or detaining : Provided neverthe-
less, that any person or persons in prison at the
tune of passing this Act, against whom any bill
or bils of indictment for high treason have been
already found, shell and may be tried on the said
indictinent, as if this Act had never passed.
And whereas divers persons arc now in custody
on charges of high treason, and suspicion of high
treason, under warrantl from one of his Majesty's
principal Secretafies of State., or front his Ma-
jesty's Privy Council,
.and it may be highly im-
portant that such persons as have been or shoji
be, secured and detained on.such charges, under
(laid by virtue of such, warrant or warrants, should
be kept wholly separate and apart from each other,
so to pt event all cOntmunication•between them and
'with other persons, except such communication as
his Majesty may think fit to permit, and tinder such
restrictions as , nuty be advisable ; .and doubts
may arise hole. far the powers of his Majesty's
principal Secretaries of State to change the places
c':eonfinement of persons so committed extend,
and it is expedient to provide that the sante shall
notbe so exercised as to deprive the persons So
committed Of any right to be tried or dischaiged,
which they might -respectively have had, if their
rtspective places of confinement had not been
changed; now to obviate ell doubts and difficul-
' ties in respect thereof, be it fdrilier enacted and
declared, that it shall be laseful for one of his
Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, as he shall
see occasion, .to order. any person committed to
a 4,410,1 or other prison, on any Charge of high
.trettson,:itiSpition of -high treason, cur treasonable
practieee, either before or after•intlictment found,
to be conveyed.to and detained in any other gaol
0 r-pAer Fisont ITt ! dischtirged by due course of
. taw, 'aria 'to %Ali—all Vtirrants necessary for such
purposes ; provided always nevertheless, that no
person who shall be removed by any such war-