Star.
London, England, 1808-03-18 00:00:00

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mr, HENRY SMITH
.00nsidered Coyenuneat
:•of no *Rica. VO/.4'0 AV caPiPlaiAts from this
i:Y If • the' abuses stated_ by the Honourable
~,P'ct.,) t (Sir Francis Burdett) were founded, it was
~,',Thie they had not made their way to the Public.
'''" ed the House to institute an etitplikl into
Ile sh
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lito, and to punish, in the most exeMpLiry manner,
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~,guilt that was detecrrttel..-. • •
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"Mr. BRAND prefe a Committee to a Cord,.
• ~ , for two reasons ; ..first, it was more public.''
satisfactory to the People r and, secondly, a Com-
: invipg failed in removing those abusssi—is,
oinittee'should be resorted to. . . ,
prison well calcu •
Mr, SUMNER considered the
to give every acconutodation to those_confkapel
•,..:.•sna doubted whether there was such a; cell as
14: , , by the Honourable Baronet (Sir Francis

TorrieitsiriolliN NEWPORT maintained, as the grie-
, complained of evidently existed, app came the
of parliament to interfere. It-. appeared that
0w ?.....,„•0000 were appointed, and reported many
'‘f.r.-..,cl4Sti.rtg. in • that prison, and misconduct upon
syiart of Axis, to which he pleaded guilty, notwith-
thehe is still continued in office. If the
stanalltbes*le/ Commissioners did not get an obnoxi-
ReP°C/jugter like this removed; we had no reason
°us to expect tliat any other woUld. He there-
,. coostiered. the interference of the House indispen-
mow), to the removal of those abuses, and
t7,-•:‘,1 Committee would be appointed forth
motions of Mr. Suwas iveie dui rut, sad

vied to.
Mr. SHERIDAN said, he found it neeessarY? In
esseluenee of what had fallen from an Hon. Gentle-
on opposite; to state he had no particular preference
ix a Committee rather than a Commission, to era-
rise into the abuses complained of.- • This measure
vu mot of his seeking ; it was at the prtitnlativegtieat
dde Grand Jury of Middlesex he interfered. frai
object Ras alone the furtheranee of substantial justice,.l
Ind aCommittee was best calculated in his mind to
oil that. Whin the Report of the Commissioners
*pored, stating the abuses in this prison, it excited,
unnaturally must, universal indignation, and yet no
reprehension even of Aris was made.—So far from it,
duttliere was a poor man, he understood, now in
fad fOr a libel on that valuable 'character, and the
Lola against him were so great, that perpetual
imprisonment was likely to be his fate. He would not
take up the tine of the House, but would con.
by moving, " That the Petition be referred to a
l?ect Committee to examine into the abuses corn- ,
Wised of, and to report thereon."
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
Awed to a Committee, and said, that as Govern-
wt had taken .everrpains, and showed every dispo-
iia to inquire into those abuses, it appeared to him
dee was no necessity for this procedure.
Wir. WHITBREAD contended.. Parliamentary,
indolence was the only means of obtaining.jititice,
aadmnoving the abuses complained of, and therefore
kped the Honourable Gentlemen on the other side
weld not object to the appointment of a Committee.
%Commissioners had certainly not answered the
*nations we had of them.. The abuses still exist
a grossly as before their appointment. It appeared,
that Aris pleaded guilty to the charges against him,
and k could not help saying, the Magistrates of
Maine: did not perform their duty in not, at least,
eroding him. After such conduct as he hadleen
band guilty of, it was unfit to continue him in office.
Abuses manifestly existed to a great degree in that
peon; and he trusted ; Committee would be ap-
awed to inquire into them, and remove them.
A division then took place, when there appeared
it the motion of Mr. Sheridan—Ayes, 50--Nei s,
5-,Majority, 25.

REVERSIONS.
TIOP the Gallery sop opened, the Speaker was putting the'
*maw a Committee to inspect the Lords' Journals relative
,$s Vernier' Bill.—Ordered.
/lc WHARTON brought up the Report of the Committee of
Motive to the Swedish Subsily,—Resolutiou agreed to.
SUSSEX ELECTION. _ _ .

Tte adjourned debate on the motion for exchanging lists of ob-
*sable voters was resumed.
SeA,PIGOTT spoke in favour of the exchange of lists, and the
ATTORWrf PENgR,AL against it.
16. PONSOMIY observed, that the petition did not complain
eilibery,treating, undue influence, or any thing else but illegal
',luring been received, and legal ones rejected. This was the
Pulse which the Committee had sworn tb try and determine.
btras pocking else for them to determine, and that could not
e vrithout an exchange of lists of the objectionable votes.

TheSOLICITOR GENERAL replied to Mr. PONSONDY,
itrlted that the Petitiomr had let the time go by in which '
LI notion ought to have been made, and that the FreehAlders
vllllopported the seat of Mr. nines' had precisely the. same
Iliht that he would have had if he had tkferuled his seat.
Man% T. Leach, Tierney; H. Martin, and Str A- Pigott, mg,-
!crud the minion, which was opposed by the Chancellor of the
F3die4itr. *The liouse divided—Ayes, 34 Noel, 58.—Majo-
ritleht

BARK. BILL.
Ts .801.13 ting missing, the form of proceeding enjoined jt such
"""Sturing been read, on the fluxion of the CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUBRf a copy of the Bill was brought by Mr. Hus-
-11":14 which was !Ad*. first and second time.—Considered as
"I""nedi and ordered to be read a third time to-morruw.

LIVERPOOL PETITION.
O. PIE nation of Genenl GASCOYN, the order for hearing
eeta'd " the Liverpool Petition, was postponed until to-mor-
rry.—ddjoarsod at half p;st two o'clock*

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON,

FRIDAY, MARCH 18.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
40114) lunacy, faii--for April ace. 64H--thauthilu 3} pie.
• . Es.eistepier Bills, 4,. pre.
1111 have this day given as much of the sth Report
dile Commissioners of Military Enquiry, as our
his would allow. We shall continue this important
IlleMent from time to time, until finished.

GENERAL wHIITLOCKE.
114 Court Martial contirmed in deliberation until
t't° o'clock yesterday, when they adjourned to
this day at twelve. They accordingly met at that
hour to-day, and weTe in deliberation? when our
exPnis left Chelsea.

We cannot dismiss the subject of General Wurm
toles Court 'Martial, without pointing out to the
c'ttntry a • Public Character, whose exertions in its