Star.
London, England, 1810-04-10 00:00:00

came it had the effAt of chewing them what kind of
man they had to deal with. He could not desire
better commentary upon his previous argument, than.
his acts since its publication. It was not passible n
foresee the con,equences cif a resistance so unusual
and which was consequently not to be suspected.—
The Serjeant had seen Sir Francis Burdett twice on
Friday, and his Deputy bad seen him on Saturday,
and if on any of these occasions the arrest had beer
made, all doubt would have been done away ; be-
cause, in the event of rescue, it would then be lawful
to break open an outer door to place him in custody.
—lt was too much, he contended, to say, therefore,
when the warrant might have been executed on Fri.
day or Saturday, that his Majesty's Ministers were
to blame for not having it executed. The precautions
which had been taken were not in consequence of any
apprehension of resistance on the part of Sir Francis
Burdett, but for the purpose of suppressing any rio-
tous proceedings on the part of the description of
persons who were likely to follow him. Ministers
had placed the military power at the disposal of
the civil magistrate, to he employed whenever, in
the exercise of their discretion, they should think it
necessary. No remissness, therefore, he contended,
was chargeable upon his Majesty's servants, nor con-
sequently could they be fairly liable to any blame.
Sir MARK WOOD wished that the Messenger
who had been left at Sir Francis Burden's House by
the Serjeant at Arms should be called to the Bar, in
order that they might learn how Sir Francis had be-
haved to him. He was of opinion, that the Magis-
trates should not have suffered the rioting of the mob
to proceed on Friday ; but he did not think that any
blame was imputable to his Majesty's Ministers.—
They felt themselves in a responsible and delicate si.
tuation ; but if he had been in their situation, he must
own, that when he found that the Serjeant had suf-
fered the delay of a day in executing the warrant, he
should have taken the whole responsibility upon him-
self, and enforced the execution of the warrant.
Mr. SHARPE agreed with the Learned and Ho-
nourable Gentleman, (the Attorney General) that
the consequences of the measures against Sir Francis
Burden had made them acquainted with the manner
of man they had to deal with. But they had also
shewn them what manner of men his Majesty's Mi-
nisters
were.—(llear, hear.) It was the observation'
of an Italian political writer, that no man was fit to j
be the Minister, of even a small state, who could not
foresee the consequences of any measure he may t
adopt. This eminent writer was of opinion, that no
man was fit to be a Minister who could not see two
steps before him. His Majesty's Ministers, on the
contrary, had shewn that they could not see an inch
beyond their noses. He contended, therefore, they
were wholly to blame, and altogether incapable of
administering the Government of the country.
Mr. PETER MOORE censured the conduct of
Government in not having assisted the Serjeant at
Arms out of his difficulties, and in not having taken
the opinion of the Attorney-General until Saturday.
The motion for calling the Messenger to the Bar
was then put and negatived without a-division.
On the motion of Mr. WHITBREAD, the minutes
were ordered to be printed, the Honourable Gentle-
man observing, that the present impression on his
mind was, that it would be incumbent on him to ori-
einate some motion on the subject ; but that until he
carefully read the minutes he would not bind
himself to do so.

Tile SOLICITOR-GENERAL for SCOT-
LAND wished that a letter from the Serjeant to Sir
Francis Burdett, and his answer thereto, not at pre-
sent before the House,should be presented, and printed
along with the evidence now adduced.—Ordered.