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London, England, 1812-07-09 00:00:00

tlle met irderect to be engrOssed, and to 1* read $
third to.nsorrow, if then iingioestsl,
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... NIGHT WATCH wt. • .
' M SYNC; pre pikaad a PetitiOftireal
teak the Night 'Watch Bill. ~
MO, WHITBREAD presented a simaarPetition,
from the Parish of et. Luke, Westminster.
Mi. BROUGHAM took that oppe!tunity of ask-
ing de Ik!ght Boa. •Qemslessan oppose*, whether or
no it was ot their conteniXtion to postpone the Bill
011 trtt.Session' as such a delay would be perfectly
consonant ' . the nnblicriiiing
that Ministers had no

April, by four men, Will fired at him u,
the puir;ic road, in broad day, together With k
acts of violence, caused a great and leant
nation over all the district.
It may be proper to add, that part aril
assentb!ed, have, in several instances, dental
obtained money from individuals, by tho
terror.
is Your Committee do not think it mei
describe the numerous acts of outrage that,
committed, conceiving it sufiicient for the,
the Report, to inform the v

of the disturbed parts, withoutll 9ar;tpthesrus
with , ptt-
Mr. GOULDBURN said. _ -
intention of the kind. of specific facts.
The object of these lawless
destruction of machinery : But ter
additional -et—,
not
tbfiabe %preVHsaßinßEthAeDrehsenoptedsitha
joatn.theTtillimwporuelld. 44
progress. another object, stilt more fame '
commencement of them, apparPThees t tura:l'
Lion it had created on the people, was that of a vast
additional expense, without any additional PrOteC-
men having assembled in ths night, e'•
and demanding arms with theta
tion. No less than 074,000 would be levied on the public security, has been developed . .-
Ibnce. This practice has .been actively
people of•the Metropolis by this new Bill, for no use•
the pknae• ;et
ful purpose whatever, and it was an object of ridicule , houses,
lets accompanied both the destnietion of ,
for all those who were not afraid of expressing their '
real sentiments. and though in some cases
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY observed, that when '
the people for whose protection that Bill professed to and the demanding of arms, yet it i •
..o
Mr.GOUI.DBURN stated, that the Bill bad been cos ma •
be intended, petitioned against it, it.was surely ad-' serve, that in general these two neieess 2,...
visable to postpone the consideration of it. 1 sively to have bee* aimed at ; and wen--
Mr. W. SMITH entertained the same sentiments. , been attained, every other species of p
within their reach, has,
in most insesa
'
04 It is anted. that in the neighboorfa
introduced in consequence of the violent outrages' uatouched. ,
which bad thrown the Metropolis into a state of
alarm, and to prevent, as much as possible, the pot- ' dersfield, all the arms have been fr..
. 1 other parts the seizure of them has hautesta.w lest.
dbility of their ecctining again.
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT said, that the Corn- and there is reason to apprehend, drat the
mittee had been appointed to inquire intothe state of have dfreient sorts of arms concealed.
b
*.nsei„
the Police of the Meteopolis, which they had neglect- evident to your Committee, that these" 2 l
e
ed to do. The Bill grounded on their report was an not been committed from any suddeni undigested measure, which required father conside- connected individuals, but have bets
ration. The Hon. Baronet was of opinion, that it ; organized systems of unlawful violentellw
.
I ought to be postponed till next Session. 1 guage of the most mischievous nava," has
Mr.ABERCROMBIE thought,the Bill defective amcng the lintels, and a sort ofiniet.sl7 —.
in many respects, especially as there was no evidence discipline has been established.
before the House to justify the grounds on which the ; ~ In making attacks upon houses, they
Committee had proceeded, to propose a new system appear to have been under the controde•
of police. ' and to have acted upon signals. Rolls
Mr. HUME wished that the Bill'lnight not be car- called over, distinguishing every nus, se
.
ned further in the present instance. He had taken a name, but by a number ; rockets and bls,
great deal of trouble to acquire information on the been seen at night, which are stated, bye,
subject, and the result of it was, that the proposed' making the communications, to have bee
system would double the expence, without procuring made use of by the rioters. It is alas
any additional advantage. * that there are establishments of • commons
Mr. BATHURST thought, that the House would the name of local committees, secret
not satisfy the expectations of the public, were they executive committees; that they use sips
to separate without having come to any determina- tersigns, to guard them against the it . •
tion on a subject which had excited so much public formers; and that they carry on their
interest. He would, however, to postpone with the greatest secrecy and cateico.
the third reading of the Bill to 11 y next, and in is It appears also that delegates for yetis
the interval means might be found to obviate the ob- have been appointed, and meetings cithon
jections row entertained against it. occasionally held ; that there is a freepost
Mr. BYNG observed, that almost all the parishes nication between the several commute:soli
of Westminster were clearly of opinion that they not through the ordinary,,conveyarce of the
I might be better watched with half the expence. • Office, but through the medium of delete
Mr. MELLISH remarked, that as the present Ad. that the following oath has been erase*
ministration were not responsible for the introduction nieered :
of the Bill, no more could they be justifiable in sup.
" A. B. of my nwn voluntary will, do des* WO
porting it without farther information. He thought
swear, that I will never reveal RI any perwe orreries,
that it would be better even for them to postpone it
place or places wader the canopy of Rearm, tits moo
with a rood rrace.
Mr. ROUGHAM thought that the Bill, with Penn°e. w)...h4),""P"e___„tbe etcret cninmittee'esatierti
the eeception tithe clause on hackney coaches, ought or °L."' theft proceedings, Ibede' "1',..
to be disthissed altogether. He deprecated the idea 121"" e"lll3.`."‘""' "1311E`wu'l se say ekbg 6".4
to the discovery of the rains; ea Ow peultrO
of legislatlng on the spur of the occasion, as in the
out of the world by the first brother that llama
present Instance. The Bill had been
tint
brought in
name and eheracur blotted out of rilstesee, la
under the impression of alarm, created by atrocious
r 'membered but with contempt and abhorrence. I
murders, which, lit wever, had not been repeated since,
swear; that I will use my tea et.deavours to pundh
and had originated, as it appeared, in the diabolical -
any tr.etur or traitors, abound any rest up swept
perverseness of a single individnal. The present state them ; and, though he .tumid Ay to the vete at seat
' of the watch was adequate to its purpose of protecting
,the lives and property in the Mete polis,and Ile tittered "rive bra whit unceasing veDgesece. S° SI"
thie Oath inviolable."
his most solemn protest against giving the various keep . •
, Police Boards, of which the Hnn. Gentleman gave a "It appears that they who were were is,
humorous description, any paramount coetrutil over pay the weekly sum of twopence; and tte
*the respectable house-keepers, who, without any re. meetings of delegates at Manchester, from
muneration, took upon themselves the office of night bouring towns, discord has occasioeally •
constables. The Petiti'n was then broiight up, and se-ne of the delegates not bringing ir •111 .
ordered to lie on the table. , tive districts the contributions that were le
evidence or information,. that has ben bin
REPORT OF THE SECRET COMMITTEE. your Committee, rushes the suppositios. M
The Hon. H. LASCELLES brought tip the Re. sums of • MOlley have been distributed 21111
port of clue Secret Committee, •vhich was ordered to Rioters.
be read by the Clerk, and is as follows : ; "It appears also,• that attempts have We
" REPORT. Ito create a persuasion amongst the pommel
44 The Committee of Secret to to whorl the.cnpies in these disturbances, that their proteediest e_st
of the info-mation which has 'Ten received, relative to be supported by similar combination old
to certain violent proctediegs which, in defiance of and in other parts of Great Britain. as venal
the laws, have taken place, and continue to be car. land ; and that they are countertaisced by isilll
tied on, in several Counties of England, (sealed up) of a higher class and description, who mob
were referred - have, pursuant to the order of the themselves at a future time. But tw °all
House, examined the matters thereof ; and have been laid before your Committee to saratkolf
agreed to the following Report : reports.
o Your Committee having examined the papers .
and documents m
rate to them, are concerned to" It appears to your Committee, that MI
casts in which the outrages have beat
state, that trim the several sources of information ascertained, it has been loaod nom* .
therein contained, it appears that for some months in some instances impossible, to obtain.
past serious and alarming disturbances, destructive the persons by wLom they were
to property, and highly dangerous to private safety e' Of the numbers associated in the
and the pnbiic peace, have prevailed in a very eaten. or the disturbed district, your COMM..
sive populous manufacturing District, comprising any information that can be &mistime*
certain pasts of Lancashire and of the West Riding but that it is considerable. the
of Yorkshire, and cat= parts of Cheshire bordering deem give sufficient ground to thin . A
- they presume to state, what is the "I
apes Dine:Mire.
" That the outrages in the above district. brooght the persons thus associated, have is live°
etAolat
to the notice of your Committee, commenced about what precise purpose it is, that. thew
the end of February last, and continued, though not in at have been formed. But
t whi
sea‘l ffed!
without occasional variation and tempor
thear y abate. object, or w may he
az'
meat, to latest period (the 2Sd of June) at which whether these ComUinatiOus are confined Se
to t:ade, or whdhor
nod, rioters in largetumbers have assembled in the
any information has been received. During this pe. relating exclusively
Asti
been taken of the distresses of dr tort
pight time; some of them disguised by blackened together, under that pretence, all
faces, some armed with guns and pistol:, and others srms, with views hereafter to he deveWidiell
with die implements of their trade, to be used as n - secrecy and method apparent is the .
.._j,
alli
Pensive weapons, have broken into various houses, mane, the system of terror so industr eauli ""
at
particularly those of the manufacturers who made by threats, assassination, and attemPt3
use of the shearing-frames, have destroyed the ma. tion, the oath administered, the eagerne;s sr,
chinery, plundered the inhabitants, siod burnt their vies in procuring arms, and the .rai.aint!
mentioned, are all tircumstances wlrschw
houses and factories, exciting and keeping up -
tual terror in the country, by threatening letters and •
failed to impress uthe minds of yuur tsa,
other means of intimidation, occasionally executing . a strong sense of t end
inker arising from st
their threats against proprietors and others, not only lonations, to the peace and smut ity of we 4._,T
by the destruction of the property, but by firing into ! The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIiN
the houses. It appears also, that ip some instances
moved,, that the Report be taken into
attempts have been made on the lives of those who on Friday next, when he *add move fora
colif
had been actively employed in endeavouring to sup. Bills, grounded on the Report.
press the tumults; and the atrocious murder of Mr.l Mr. PONSONBrwished to know else'
Horsfall, a very-respectable manufacturer, in the those intended measures.
Deighbeltrkooo of Hadderspld, in the esontk of The cHANcEI,ILOR cif the Fe'
, .