The Sun.
London, England, 1817-06-04 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 3.

NEW snAKEIL
The F nose was summoned to the . Molise of
ds to helr the a*sent of the Crown signified to
their (bOice of a §peaker. On their return,
Mr. SPEAKER saulj '' I have to acquaint the
Horse that this House has been into the House of
,and that his Royal Highness the Prince
Itegent, acting in the name and on ht alf of his.
'7,4:4)'esty, has been ple:tsed to signify his graCloili
approbation of ilia choice which the House has.
been plea,cd to make of a Speaker. I perhaps may
iKrmitteti to avail myselt of this opportunity to.
ex2ress my deep and grat ef_pl sense of the high dis-
tinction which the House haye bestowed upon me,

and the great cOnfidence•with which they have ho..
pritirednie,•---( (-fear. 1.)-01,1 many oceasioilwri shall
/hulk necessary to have recourse toltheassistance and
indulgence of the House, buLliest perfecthsatisfied
that as fir as' I endeavour diligently to ilischarge
dnties of the situation in which they have been
:pleased to place.me, I shall nut appeal to them in
• hearl)---.--I know that the i-louse
will support me whilst I endeavour to the best of
my ability to stir port their ancient rights and
privileges, and to maintain their rules and-orders,
the pres"ervation of winch is as important to the
liberties and independence of the subject, as to
the di,nity and welt-being' of the House.—
-(1-.teat7l)—The•House perhaps tow permit
tr::: to sug.gest, That there are many dropped Or-
theTmay think it right to'dispose at
before'they proceed
,to other business."

Lord CASTIAABAGH said, of; to-morrow was

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the anniversary of his Majesty's birth, he should,
a%,reeablv to custom move, that the }base on its
rising do adjouili to Thursday.—Agreed to.
The sfvei al Orolcrs•were then fixed for future
days respectively.' •
BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.

Mr. 711.1,MtrIT toi;t: to mention a circumstance
which he thongt:t might not to pass
t-..-r,vition. The Second 'Report of the Coin nit tee
nn the Police of the MetropOlis had mound its way
to,a newspaper betore a single copy had been is►
sued to a Member Of that ilouse.—(llaar
did not wish to make-this, a matter of fornial com-
plaint, butt it , was a want of care, or an irrego.
Inity (.11 the part of those to whom these (topic-
uteurs' and reports were entrusted, 'which q
thought it his dnty.to
, COMPENSATION BILL.
The further consiiieration of the peppit upon
Ott Civil Serviecs ltecompt nc.e fiitetl frig
Thursday, after a tew Words from Cattle.
reagir, Lou ar..l?otisonby, Calcraft,
and. Air. flusLisson.
.ExtE,NTS.,pd ATP;
On the motion that the Iz,x.tents'in Aid Bill be
read a sreOnklime my Thursday- nest,
Mr. S,:iriTti'gaye notice, Oat he would pre;
V.lotiSly move for a Select Committee to enquire
Mir; tilt sttitivet.L—(lear !)
IL 'l)Avts pfesenteil a petition
.frpna
11,e'rchants, Bankers, &c, Bristol, complahaniz
ortlie ineffie-a'ey t f the- prov.isiO'nj th.e:isbose
mit, and penvin4 41..41 to .adopt.a 'ineitsnre
• to,,meet the mAny.evils' arisit',g out of the present
system.
Prioxlteßoe ctiMplained Of the insufficiency
►oi-the Lill.
'Mr. 'W. Sttrra wished that. the Bill might not
• lie.Precs-d .the question, Whether a
Sel'ect COmmittee shtiufil, be appointed ?
,ba&been
diipusot •
• .Time,enAtmeLLott of the SXCHECILIER was not
sa sanguine as to `believe- that .the Bill would
obviate ail -Objections, but lie thought it would
effect much good.
Vetition orlered to lie on the table. "-
tiAny.As CORPUS SUSPENSION ACT.

Nr. Sheriff Brydgeg presented at the Bar, the
Fetid 0, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Corn-
eiton:; of the Ciiy of London, in Common Council
Inienthied, pi.,:yiog the lionse not to extend ftir-
titer Ott.. present SlispensiOn of the Habeas Corpus
'Act.—llead;and ()Hued to lie on the Table.
sTAT

111 r. CtinwaN rim naice a Circumstance,
%thick appeared tohnn of: the greatest importance
in :the administration of erhuinal justice, and to
tilove For a pper, to the- production ,Of which be
appre bender! thure would be IVO objection, as to
Wait the tot tnality of ultotice would.he to-defeat
the object liehad in v;ew, It' it was, the duty of
the Members of that House at all 'timeS to watch
over and protect the rights of the people, it was
partietthrly so at the present
,moment, when the
Constitution was in abeyance; and the libel ties- of
the people.
,were in the hands of Ministers. The
law of Treason required that n list of witnesses
61)6411(1 beserved on-prisoners ten days, at least,
before their trial. In the'prosecntion of the per-
-sons now in the Tower, tinder charges of High
Treason, forty-one witnesses had been examined
before the Grand Jury tut what would the
llotise 6%1(4 ;when -he stated that a list of not
fewer'-than -two hundred
.and forty witnesses had
been served 'upon them. Individuals prosecuted'
by Govern:Dent hail to contend against 'fearful
odds, and this was etiough to 'create the jealousy
!of ihe.lionse. Mr. Fox said,. the privilege of
Ote virtual• infraction. of which he 11.01 eomplain-
ett, was one of tOcs'geeatest that. the subject en-

jileti. 4
Lora CAtiTi,ti.ur„...on Dere rose, to remind the
}louse 'there vv‘ts'A;lll4l. husiness- pressing upon
the► . hat waft iii4,o,:cdt.to sit dowil agiiitt,'by cries
at Order ! Order, ! • .
CuLiNgN proened,.:d. Ile should bel rehtly
;Jo givt: way, but iv! 1110 to be of
Dortonce, and lit milyfee,retted that it Was Dot in
/Oiler The delivety.tirf of jOO
liesveoi wore th'an'•4ati,ixedit'aiecosstry.lartt Grand
Jury to hurl billi-ot,osliethrtott:opon, ttpit,c;4l.§cl to
Hot It) toilittitit.at94il+it 1114• spirit, irnot itgainst
the b tter,, otzinr-Lttoptstie—provivivni of the law.
wi141,14..u5k, could-'that crime a trea3„,,
, b,14, which le9A.‘red 240 witnesses to wove it Or
wss D045,y14,41.4t, extraordiDerynninhe r should
b‘tcx hcvn tsotor4 cruveot the.p.ritopt4s knowing
Wiri) welte I.ivetstily to 4e brmigitt.agaiust them ? If
tiong without t.he knowledge of
'401114, thank Mini. for, giving them
41ft9"PP"riOn4Yt9iiliVVMY it, potl, to correct Ott'
c vii:r there was time -to do it, by tilt.
lictl of a contracted list. There seas adothet

point ssvirlels be Most ;Overt he limped awl
trusted no. Report, .recomineudisyv the continu-
ance of the suspension, of the Habeas Corpus,
would- be brought 'before the House *Until the
trials of the prisoners', which tommenee op -Man-
day next, were concluded, as the debates to
which such Report would give rise, might have
the effect of. influencing the minds of those who
were engaged in'the administration of the highly
penal law by which they Were but to be tried.
lie should. &nye, that there 'be laid before the
House copies of the lists of, witnesses served on
the prisoners in the Totver,,now wider arraign-
ment for high treasnh..
The ATTOLINEY-GENTERAL said, the [loth Gen-
tleman had not-, to his mind; Made oat any case
for the papers. he . had moved for; He did not
know how it was possible. to suppose that any
list could have beetH prepaied with the view that
had been insinuated.—(Hear, hear !)----The list
certainly contained a great number of names, but
it was because the law had made it imperative,
that the mune of every ,witness called on the trial
should be included in the list, . ltt other cases it
sometimes happened, that in the process of a cause,
witnesses, notpreviouslythUnght itei:esiary,inight
Le wanted, and might be had, to strengthen teSti=
molly that had gone before ; hut .when the law
had said, that a list of every .witness to he called
should be served on the prisoners, and-that no
witness should 'he tailed upon whose name was
not iii that list, it would have helot a neglect of duty
in those who had to 'conduct the prosecutions if
they had omitted the names of any persons at all
likely to be wanted on the trials.—(lieur, hear !)
He ventured to state to the„ ilouse; that those
whO conducted these.prnseeutinus would not pin
the of a single individual in the list of wit-
nesses for any other purpose than to arm them-
selves with the powersof doicrg what Might prOve to
he necessary to substantiate their'
He eid not mean to say that it was considered
iterative on them to call 'every;witness, but they
would have been nnpardon.ible if tliq had wanted
one individual of whom thy had deprived theni•
selVetthY neglecting.to inclnde hint id the number;
though the nnuthei had been swelledto a host, it
could. not he considered, an abose of the law to
iitjtt all who could in any event be wanted,
'diprecated producing disciis4ion on impending
!)--He woul4 not venttsie to allude
whir might possibly best he e e vent:, but be ntilli.
take upon himself to say, that there was not one wit-
:.ness put:into'the list to whom some 1:110,i ledge of
some fact was not ascribed that Might he neces-
sary to bastated. Many .circtimsiances standing
,simply by- themselves might appear indifferent,
Which by concatenation in ht beeinne of the lit-
-most iniportanee 'Aft there Mitt. Hot, one perSoh;
,in the list to the knOwledgeibi some fact
Was OM asmihed,he should oppose the atotion.—
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(Hear, hear l)
Mr. CUEMEN said, after wkathad'been,stated
on the- resp.oosibility of the:lion. and Learned
Gentleman, he,sboultrnetpeess-tho motion wiiieh
he. had thougho4 it Lis Only to -6tifig before the
House. '
1 he motion. With.the permission .of the House,.
was accordingly withdrawn.
Scrjea t ()its Lc) w presented aiVetitionlrpm
Belfast against the-Laws th4Atte,of 111-
teretit Money......Ordcred lo:lieokOhetable. •
NRIV WRIT& •
New INiritC Were moved for pie University Of
Oxford, in the room of the Riga HOri. C Abbot,
Tailed to the-House Of frets ; fur' Limerick., in
the 'room of Cal. Vereker, reinovetl to the
Irish-
Peerage, by the title of Lord Viscount.Gort ;. and
for the 'City of Loudon (moved:by Sir William
Curtis in the room of H. C. Cotnbe, Esq. he
having accepted the nominal place of Steward of
the Chiltern Httudreds.
These Writs having been ordered,' •

Jr. •PONtIONBY he femed he was tno late
to make rein,rks on the motion for a Writ for
Limerick to be of avail.; but he understood that
there w 23 considerable doubt as to-the validity of
Colonel Verekcr's Peerage. Such being the ease,
he thought the Writ ought not to have been
moved. • '

After some conversation nip the tiOderiliat
should he pursued,

• , The SPEAKER said, the diffietilor ‘i'as of easy
remedy, us he had umitted to put the motion on
that Writ. The omission was his, and be trusted
the House would pardon the oversight, it having
been occasioned by the quick soccession of motions
for new Writs.—(Hear hear !)
Mr. PEEL then withdrew' 'the motion for that
writ.