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REPORT OF THE SECRET COMMITTEE.

Thy• I).itte of MoN•rxose presented the Repor
of the Seert:CCOmmiitee.

The Rep/Irt was read by" the Reading Clerk, at
the tAbie.: The follo:ving is the substance
Pie Cominittee having taken into considera-
tion the Papers referred to them, thought it right
to divide their Report under two heads : first, the
slate of these districts since the Report of the Se-
cret Committee of the 12th June, in which dis-

turb►+nets had then taken place, .or movements to
that effect had been observed ; and, secondly, the
mode in which the powers entrusted to his 111 -

jesty's Ministers, Hider the two Acts for stispetr
ing the Habeas Corpus Act, held been exercised.

" The Committee then advert to a passage in
the Report of the Secret Committee, of the 12th
June, stating, that there was reason to believe
that the intended Insurrection had been postponed
till the 9,11 or 1C141) of Jtine ; and that, according
to circumstances, it might be still further post-
poned. 'The Coinmittee proceed to state, that on.
the 9th Jima an -insurrection actually did take
place,. in Derbyshire, headed by a person who
gent trot» Nottingham for the purpose, and w.ho
was therefore called the Nottingham Captain.
That though the numbers engaged in this insur-
rection were not considerable, they displayed a
most ferocious and sanguinary spirit ; they were
armed, sonic with muskets and others with pikes,
Uhich had been previously manufactured for the
purpose; they broke open several houses, for the
purpose of stealing arms ; used menaces and vio-
lence for the purpose of forc,ng men to join them,
a 4,443 actually committed One siviiburate :not wan-
ton m rdvr. It appeared also that these persons,
thua-ia insurrection,- were acting in concert With
others at Nottingham, a part of tvhom were to be
stationed in Nottingham Forest, to wait for the
li,,urgelits from Derbyshire, who were to join
them early in the morning of the 10rh; The .Der-
by.:hlre l!ist)ri:ents, it appeared, actually proceed-
ed tow irds Nottingham, for the 'purpose of, effect-
in z this junction, but they were deserted on the
toAd, awl in different villages they passed through,
by several of their body, who became convinced
of the danger of their proceedings. The wain
b"ly, however, from Derbyshire, continued to
proceed towards Nottingham, but owing to their
delays by the way, for the polpose of committing
robberies, they came too late.
" It appeared likewise, Wiat on the 9th June
there was considerabk Agitation at Nottingham,
and that at twelve o'clock at night there were
100 persons tlravii up on the Mace-course in line,
two deep, for the poirpose of waiting for the 111-
surgems froin Derbyshire. They continued there
till two in the morning, when the Derbyshire In-
surgents not arriving, they returned into the town.
Subsequently, there were symptoms of distutb-
ance, awl the Magistrates out the Military
from the liavracks, • who dispersed the rioters.
The D:4l)vshire insurgents having then advanced
towards Nottingham, the Military were sent out
against them, who succeeded in dispersing them,
and several of the Insurgents were taken into cus-
tody.

" The Committee considered all this to have
been clearly proved in the course of the trials at
Derby. The Grand Jury sitting at Derby in July,
found trite bTs against forty-six persons for
High Treason ; of these four were tried in the
October following, convicted, and sentenced to
death ; three of the four were executed, the
fourth was pardoned, on condition of tran'sporta-
lion. Several -others confessed their guilt, to
svl!orn merry was extended ; and others, whom
the Government did not wish to prosecute, were
iu con•equence acquitted,
" It .aprared, however, that, besides Not ling-
ham, there was a previous Concert at other plalies.
Nuttier ted with the. Derbyshire Ins urreet On,' and
particularly in the West Riding of Yorkshire.—
At a pace called Thornhill Lees, there was a

metling of prisons calling themselves Delegates,
mi the 6th of June, for the purpose of arranging
the plan of the Insurrection. The Magistrates in
that quarter, having information- of the Meeting,
went there with a sufficient force, stud took several
of the parties into custody. This, it was believed,
had materially deranged the plans of the Insur-
gents several of the Chiefs having been thus
taken into custody, and the project by this means
in some degree frustrated. At Huddersfield, also,
there had been an armed assemblage at night,
who committed several tobberies and burglaries,
and fired upon the Chief Constables. Against
svveril persons, forbeing concerned in these out-
ra

rw, true bilk were tonrid by the Grand Jury at
„v{,' consequeucv of the thfficulty of
hew, they were subsequently acquitted
(411 the ,Yirds.

HppeAred, however, no doubt of the
concert ,-! connection between t!►ese different

; and it aliio appeared, that the

surgents calculated, whztlrar truly or not, upon
the assistance of it considerable force from London.
" The Committee deemed it unnecessary to
dwell at greater length, upon these various acts of
insurrection, the greater part having been prord
to the satisfaction of a Grand Jury of the county
of Derby, and of the several Juries who were im-
patmeled to try the prisoners at Del by in October
last. • "%-, • , •
"'The Committee:however, (teemed it right to
state. that not only generally throughout the
country, hut more particularly in the disturbed
districts, the great body of the-people were peace-
able and loyal, and tint/tinted by any insurrec-
tionary spirit. And front the improvement in the
state of the country, and the increased demand
for labour, there was not now the same stimulus
to di,content which existed at the thne of the
former Report, when the great distress of a num-
ber of individuals -rendered them peculiarly sus-
ceptible of being seduced by the ars of those who
sought to render them instruments for the vilest
of purposes. lint it Must not be concealed, that
there still remained in London several peisons,
however diminished in numbers and resources,,
who endeavoured to keep alive the spirit of insur-
rection, and whom it was therefore necessary to
watch with the greatest vigilance.
With regard to the second branch of their
inquiry, it appeared to the Committee that inde-
pendently of the persons arrested who had been
brought •to trial- or otherwise disposed of at
Derby, there had been 44 persons arrested under
warrants issued by the Secretary of State for the
Home Department. Of these, seven were dis-
charged without any warrants being issued for
their detention. Against 37, warrants were issued
for their detention on suspicion of High Treason.
Of these, one was discharged very soon after-
wards, the charge against hint not being persisted
in. Another %YDS discharged on account of illness,
and a third died in prison. The remainder we're
discharged at substdpient periods, without being
brought to trial. It was intended, it appeared, to
bring these individuals to trial, but circumstances
intervened to prevent it at the period when it was
intended, and subsequently also other circum-
stances occurred to prevent it.
" The Committee, however, were of opinion,
that the powers entrusted to his Majesty's Minis-
ters under the Suspension Act had been exercised
with discretion and mildness, and that much had
been effected by the loyalty, the' vigilance, and
activity of the Magistracy, Ivlotse exertions had
produced the most important effects."
On the motion of the Duke of MONTROSE the
Report was ordered to lie upon the table, and to
be printed.
The Earl of GROSV ENOR observed, that the Re-
port was little more than a transcript of the pro-
ceedings at Derby, and afforded scarcely any new
information. Nothing, be thought, could be less
satisfactory to the House than a Report like the
present, accompanied by no evidence whatever. It
was said there was danger in pointing out those'
who had given information (there could be noire,
however, with regard to Mr. Oliver), but even
so, what objection could there he in giving the
evidence in .blank, by which the safety of no in-
dividual Would be compromised This would be,
at any rate, much more satisfactory than making
assertions without any evidence to support them.
The Earl of CARNARVON presented a Petition
front certain Manufacturers, &c. at Manchester,
complaining of the misrepresentation of that town
in the last Report of the Secret Committee ; and
alleging that there was no conspiracy there, 'or
tendency to insurrection.—Ordered to lie upon
the Table.
His Lordship also presented Petitions from
William Ogden, John Sellars, Guy Grey, and
John Akers, complaining of having been arbitra-
rily imerisoned and harshly treated. These. Pet-
itions having been universally read, were ordered
to lie upon the Table.

The bad of LIVERPOOL. said, it was the inten-
tion of his Noble 'Friend (Lord" Viscount Sid-
;00o11.) to present a Bill on Wednesday, founded
on the subject matter of-the Report of the Secret
Committee. It was also intended to move the
second reading of this Bill on Friday.
SLAVE TRADE.
Lord HOLLAND adverted to the Address of the
House to the Throne, praying that the Colonial
Assemblies in the West Indies might be urged to
adopt such measures as might be most effectual
for preventing any traffic in Slaves, and wished to
be informed whether Ministers meant to bring
the subject under consideration; by presenting the
Acts of the ColOnial Legislatures-relating to this
subject ? He did not mean this- in any hostility
to Ministers, who, he had no doubt, had done all
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in their power to urge the Colonial Assemblies to
adopt the requisite measures ; nor ,ctid he doubt
the disposition of the latter. He kuew, indeed,
that in Jamaica measures to the effect desired had
been adopted under the auspices of the Noble
Duke who presided there as Goveinor, and whose

conduct in that situation was equally honourable
to the Government here awl advantageous to the
interests of the Island.

The. Eirl BATtio UST we could not distinctly
hear. We understood bis Lordship to state, that
the whole of the Acts of the Colonial Legislatures
upon the subject had not yet been received ; and
that, therefore, it was thought most advisable not
to bring the subject untier consideration till they
had oil come to hand.

Adjourned till to-morrow (this rlay)•
*,*. For the Proceedings in the House -of Corn•
pious, see the last page.

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