The Sun.
London, England, 1820-05-10 00:00:00

vohle Tiyer ; • sceona /n tymeTra against
liegiingto the Valile Of ss. in a _shop ; and the
third co stnend the act figalosl pti vat ely stealing

_thug-lionse to the amount of 405.; were
'severally brought in, read a first time, and or-
dert.tl for second readings -on the 24q) and 30th
'of May —On the last motion,
Mr. BeNtieTT rose, aud complimented the
Moyer on the zeal and gteatrpnwers which be had
di-splayed, and expressed a hope that he would
'continue his labiturs ru h successful termination.
But the principal reason kit his addressing the
House was 10 tiscertaio irany measure was in con-
Pemplation tor taking away the accessrit`ty part.; of
the ponislimentfOr higli treason ; a desire which
be entertained, and whiCh Sii S. Romillylokane-
t lotted by his example; 'l'be House 'sittbulii remem-
ber that there Was lett with the Crown the power
of ()Meting the ctiii inai to be iptartered, of fixing
the heads on Temple•har or any other public place,
and of Motilating the bodies of .the deadiu a•ntost
appalling manner. He Wisher) I.tis Hon. F'rien'd to
say it he proposed'that this 41011141'1)e altered. In
bringing forward ibis subject-, he begged to tie un-
derstood as basing no reference to what had re-
cently happened. He can't: 40 the Ilouse is hoot
the slightest political feelieg, .anti thing fell
front him which inure a differrnt construction, he
hoped it woutt' he vontrideted as contrary to his
intention Butt he must say. that the Oleo of
such punisittnnts (with which he had opportnni•
ties tit h. iug better 4Cittniurt d 111311 most of the
Gentlemen who heard ittn) 'was of the t»ost op-
posite tendency to any ben. fit that Might he
to he derived from such spectacles. lie could
assure the House that flute never wia3 a feel*
ing mote gener..l then. the sensestion of disgust
and thrilling horror at wituessing • this execu-
tion. 11:s objecti.nt to all such scenes was, that
they' Itr otatizt d the minds and weakened the Moral
taste and of the petiple. So strong
was the feeling on a late occasii,o, he -conhi
as-
sert, that no•execution had ever lett- behind rt
tooh painful recollections. h'itterd, sh' well was'
Ibis understood beforehand; that the person'atetib
performed part of the ceremony canto in a mask to-
perform the duty which he had utotertaken, He
kaew of no itts't ance'of this kind since the peridd
of Chalks the First ; anti now when it wa's te-
vived, it had raised a feeling highly ittinrioUs to
the morals of the people: This system had no-
thing to deter men front crime it only inflicted
wounds On the stirVivors and'on their helpless
Dillies, F,tu these reasons, he was desirous that
it should be abandoned. and he entreated the Hon.
G.-•itleman to give time (louse an opportonity of
svipitig away that power in the Crot% u to mutilate
of u-onvic s for High Treason.

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Sir JAMF-i MACKINTOSH, in ansecer to the only
put of ,he last speech whic!: required notice trOm
him, st,.est. that his opinion had been recorded
on Sir S. It ,itully's moduli, when he vote'd for
the 101.1 anor ion of ihese was his
wish that these vain Sevttti ies should be given tip,
find it might hereafter he made the subject of a
distinct proceeding on Isis part. But he did not
wish the subject to be brought forward connected
with circumstances like those to which his lion.
Friend had alltided, and which were likely to 'cm-
baTrass the question will) fteliogs and difficulties
calculated to prevent its being successfully agi-
tated. 1-1 e profewsed the highest regard for the
unwearied benevolence,' and gratitude for the ex-
ertions of his Hon. Friend in the cause of Imola-
nitY, but he trusted he would excuse him for 110(
en;ering. further into the subject he had intro-
duced, lest it gave rise to inconvenient
obitructions to those measures which he bad
brought forward.
The,Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to pro-
pose his other Bills, but owing to some informa-.
li!y in the title, he concluded by withdrawing.
them, and giving notice genet'a!ly, that he would
to-morraW or next day move for leaVe to bring in
a Bill to consolidate and amend the laws-relative
to forgery.